Pitch Perfect 3 does have elements that reconnect you to the charm of the original idea, but it's so out of tune that you are almost thankful for the final curtain call.

The third round of the Bellas is basically a bland, very-occasionally-bubbling-to-the-surface, not-enough-laughs comedy.

I also really liked the closing musical number quite a little bit, and if Pitch Perfect 3 ends up being the Bellas' a cappella swan song, for my part I can't help but feel the entire group goes out on something of a satisfying high note.

The strain is showing in this third entry, with too many of the characters placed in developmental holding patterns and too much of the storyline given over to daft contrivances.