Sausage
Party
Bag
of Chips: "What did they do to you?"
Toilet
Paper: "You don't wanna fucking
know."
Sausage
Party is directed by Greg Tiernan (Thomas
& Friends shorts) and Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens,
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted)
and stars Seth Rogen as Frank, Kristin Wiig as Brenda Bunson, Michael Cera as
Barry, Jonah Hill as Carl, Bill Hader as Firewater, Tequila, and El Guaco,
Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr., David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul Lavash, James
Franco as Druggie, Danny McBride as Honey Mustard, Paul Rudd as Darren, Nick
Kroll as Douche, Selma Hayek as Teresa del Taco, Anders Holm as Troy, and
Conrad Vernon as Toilet Paper.
Once upon a time in a grocery store, there
lived different kinds of foods and drinks that dreamed to be chosen by gods
(humans) to go to the great beyond. The only problem is that beyond the doors
of the grocery store, humans actually consume food and drinks. We basically
fucking kill these "living things". This story revolves around Frank,
a sausage, who discovers this truth and tries to tell everyone, yet nobody
believes him. They choose to believe what makes them happy. It's now up to
Frank and fellow food friends to show everyone the tragedy that can happen when
they leave the grocery store...in the most raunchy, sadistic, and hilarious way
possible.
Oh Shit! What the hell is wrong with people?!?! We're eating food with feelings...They taste so good though *diabolical laugh*!
Well, fuck. Sausage Party is honestly one of the raunchiest animated films I
have seen, on par with South Park:
Bigger, Longer, Uncut and Aqua Teen
Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. I swear, if this was somehow
translated into live action, I think this would be released on some sort of
porn site that allows twisted people to watch sausages and hot dog buns fuck
each other. However, because of the premise alone, a Disney/Pixar-like R-rated
animation, it gives me great relief to recommend this film to you. Holy shit, Sausage Party is weird, funny, and,
surprisingly, a little thoughtful with the social commentary mixed into the
plot. You would think it'd be fucking hilarious to hear the word "fuck"
coming out of hot dogs, bagels, feminine hygiene products, fruits, alcoholic
beverages, and more. Well it fucking is. Personally, I just found it to get a
little overused throughout the first half, thus making the rest of the movie to
lose that shock factor of a curse word in a 3D animated movie. It's almost as
if it became second nature for the characters to swear every 10 seconds. So I
do have to say, that part gets old and, unfortunately, that's almost what the
filmmakers relied on most to be funny. It's definitely not unfunny. The
swearing is just not AS funny as what some of the action scenes were like. Oh,
God, the fucking action scenes...you WILL be shocked and tickled pink (yeah,
both in laughter and horniness. I mean, that last part could've actually just
been the sour patch kids I was eating) by what a bunch of produce will do
onscreen. You'll never look at a bagel the same way. The fucking ending really
fucked me up. It's one of the funniest and raunchiest (and sexiest, possibly)
endings I have seen in any movie. I found myself laughing at this scene so
fucking hard. Like, I think I busted a blood vessel in my eye from laughing.
There are about 6 or 7 seriously gut-busting laughs like this throughout Sausage Party and those fucking count.
It was just the in-between scenes that are kind of drawn out and therefore
didn't consistently keep me laughing.
I have a lot of admiration for films that
contain big underlying subject matters like racism, religion, and other social
aspects, but hide it well with abnormal environments (Zootopia comes to mind, since it's the most recent). Sausage Party somewhat accomplishes this
feat, obviously with a bunch of raunchy humor. To be completely honest, it may
have been a little too weird to mix the topics of racism and religion in here
considering that the slower parts of Sausage
Party (less funny parts) touched on them a bit too seriously. I get it. Sausage Party is almost like a satirical
look at society using the Disney feel and style of animation, but they shove
these views in our faces a little too hard. I can see like light hot dog slaps
in our faces, but to fuck us in the mouth with this satirical hot dog is a
little too much for me. Not into it. Putting all the seriousness of social
commentary aside, the racist jokes are really racist, the religious jokes are
incredibly shocking. It may be because I am 22 years old as of now and I have
either made plenty of these jokes or heard them, but I was not taken back by
the offensive humor. In fact, I relished them because most people in Hollywood
are afraid to make these jokes. They're afraid that most people will get
offended. Yeah, if you are one that's easily triggered, don't see this. You'll
definitely be offended. Actually, if you're easily triggered, don't see any
movie. There's going to be some sort of hint of racism or sexism or anything
along those lines (even though there is no intention of hate). Anyways, Sausage Party is hilariously offensive,
but to put all this offensiveness in this living food world is genius. There's absolutely
no boundary not crossed. Fucking shit, I can see why this movie took around a
decade to make.
With seemingly endless years in
pre-production, Sausage Party has
gotten the treatment a Disney film usually gets: musical numbers and lively animation.
I don't fucking understand how Alan Menken, who wrote the scores to such Disney
classics as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and Hercules. What the god damn mother
fucking hell? Well...I guess people get tired of being stuck in kid world.
Sometimes you just got to jump into sex crazed food films. Nevertheless, I
loved the crap out of this score and the animation. I do want to address the
animation: Seth Rogen has mentioned that he wanted to make this as
inexpensively as possible. The animation isn't supposed to look top tier like
Pixar animation, but still, I loved how they made the characters look. Not so
much the quality of animation, but the quality of the character designs. Sorry.
That makes me sound like such a fucking weird creep when you see that the
Brenda Bunson is a bodacious hot dog bun with a big ass and Barry is a little
sausage, but has the girth to make up for the size. What I mean is the characters
match the outrageous nature of the film. Yeah...forget I wrote that down. Also,
because of Alan Menken's ability to make creative and happy tunes, the score
can probably be put into a children's movie and will fit the feel of a G-rated
movie. Sausage Party is NOT a
children's movie. Another reason why Sausage
Party is one of the most insane movies I have seen in a while.
You know what I found out recently? The red
band trailer to Sausage Party was
shown in my hometown of Concord, California during a showing of Finding Dory. Let that sink in for a
bit. That's pretty fucking messed up, isn't it? I unfortunately did not see Finding Dory in my hometown. I was not
here at the time so I couldn't see all the delighted looks on the kids' faces
when they saw a sausage say
"fuck!". Another opportunity will come to see children getting
scarred for life. Seriously though, if Sausage
Party works out in the box office, the door for more R-rated animations
could potentially open. I would love for that to happen so we Hollywood can
stop being afraid of "offending" people. If you think this movie will
be too racist, too sexist, too anti-religious, or too stupid, it's fine. Don't
see it then. However, I strongly urge you to put all your feelings for that
aside and watch Sausage Party plainly
for the fact that you get to see the foods that we eat suffer and cause others
to suffer. It's seriously one hell of a fucking ride!
3.7/5
PRO
- Premise of talking, cursing foods and beverages is entertaining as all hell
- Very funny bits
- Offends everyone
CON
- Not as impressively funny as one might think it'd be
- Social commentary sometimes is too "in your face" about it
Sausage Party is rated R for strong crude sexual content, pervasive
language, and drug use
Click here to watch the trailer
Sausage Party is in theaters everywhere now
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