Rebel Wilson’s ‘Girl Group’ Comedy: Fizzy Fun Lacks Real Substance

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Sep 13, 2026 4:52am PT

‘Girl Group’ Review: Rebel Wilson’s Bawdy Pop Comedy Is All Fizz and Little Substance

Wilson stars as a coach to a crew of singing misfits whose harmony as an ensemble is the movie’s greatest asset.

By Natalia Winkelman

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Toward the end of Rebel Wilson ’s “ Girl Group ,” a fizzy, gaudy clone of “Pitch Perfect” sculpted from the mentor formula of “Bad News Bears,” the movie spirals into an interminable sequence of pop music performances. The song-and-dance numbers are so awkwardly endless that they call to mind the denouement of a very different pop spectacle: Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” in which Natalie Portman’s megastar becomes a tragic emblem of the emptiness of the celebrity industrial complex.

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_Originally reported by [Variety Music](https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/girl-group-review-rebel-wilson-1236860366/)._