Beca (Anna Kendrick) is starting her first year at Barden College with a free ride because her father is a professor there.  The only problem is, she doesn’t want to go to college.  Beca would rather be going to LA to become a music producer.  She spends every spare moment (even in the cab she took from home to avoid interacting with her father) on her laptop, creating mash-ups and musical creations, her real joy in life.  She has an awkward first meeting with her roommate, she scoffs condescendingly at the goofy people she encounters around campus (especially the cute guy who sings at her out the window of a car), and her embarrassing dad is insisting that if she gives college a try and doesn’t like it he will pay for her to move to LA.  This would typically be the start of a typical college movie about romance, parties, friends, and finding your place.  But Pitch Perfect has something different going for it.  You see… Beca is a nerd.

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