I went and saw Sausage Party a couple week ago with my friend I work with at the theater, and I gotta say, I was both impressed, in shock, and in stitches came time when the movie ended. This movie was genius in its many ways and I will tell you right now.
Story: First off, its story may not be all that original in its context, but this is supposed to be a parody of Disney and Pixar flicks of its nature so I can understand that. But the story is that in this world of Shopwells, foods eagerly await to be taken off the shelfs, through the sliding door into “The Great Beyond” however, after being returned to the store, a honey mustard jar tries to tell that the “Great Beyond” is bullshit before he commits suicide. So, our main hero Frank, along with his Glamour Bun friend Brenda and a couple of other guys try to get to the bottom of this mystery and fight back against the humans who they deem Gods. Now like I said, this movie does feel kind of like a Toy Story but focusing on food and what their thoughts are, but what this film offered me was some deep thought on things like what the foods beliefs are and you shouldn’t have to let destiny choose your path in life, that you should take the reins of your own passions and beliefs and not let something you think should be your faith happen. But other then that, this film does offer some hilarious sexual jokes and food puns that might make some groan, but do help set the atmosphere for this movie. It’s a much more enjoyable food film then FoodFight!
Characters: There are quite some…..colorful characters in this film, so lets crack down on them. (Heh, eggs, crack, ahem) first, we have Frank (Seth Rogen, Mantis in Kung Fu Panda, and B.O.B. in Monsters vs Aliens, as well as the producer and screenplay writer of Sausage Party) who, after hearing the honey mustard tell his side, decides to find out what the reason for all this nonsense is coming from, but he also shares love with a Glamour Bun named Brenda (Kristin Wiig, Lucy in Despicable Me 2, Annie Walker in Bridesmaids) who despite having feelings for Frank, doesn’t think that the Great Beyond is a lie and thinks you should follow destiny as it is. Douche (Nick Kroll, the League) is a literal Douche bag who swears revenge on Frank for being the cause of his broken rubber top and kills other beverage related products to boost it back to health, Firewater (Bill Hader, Fear from Inside Out, Flint from Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs) is a native bottle of liquor in charge of the Non-perishables who tells Frank of the horrifying truth behind the Great Beyond. While a majority of these characters seem pretty one notes, there are a few like Frank and Brenda that do share a chemistry together that helps them grow as individual characters.
Animation: Oh, boy, this is a hard one. You see, when I first saw the trailers for it, I was a bit turned off because the human character designs were pretty iffy looking. I mean, they were on the edge of not-to-good-looking to, Oh-god-its-Norm-of-the-North. But I will admit, the food characters, which are really not that hard to design, are pretty decent at best, and ever their movements suit their personalities or how they were designed, like how Douche has his hands he uses to walk on. And the environments are pretty decent to look at as well. This film was certainly made cheap compared to most other animated films made by big name companies around now. It cost nearly a million dollars more than Norm of the North did, and from the results, they are not to shabby. But I think this film is not to be looked at as a pretty piece of art. It’s meant to be seen as a twisted, mental parody on your typical kind of happy-go-lucky Disney/Pixar film, and the animation, for the most part, does its job good.
Music: I must also give commandment to the films overall score. It has the feel of professionalism that you’d expect from an animated film and much more. Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses) and Alan Menken (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas) worked together on this films score and it shows very nicely. It matches that feel of Disney style orchestral music, but mixes in its very odd and weird nature and at times, menacing, moments of the film. Might I also point out that Alan and Christopher worked together on the tv series Galavent. Now this film has a song written by Alan and a couple of the creators on this movie including Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill which helps get the feel of a Disney song to help showcase how the foods pledge their love to the gods in hopes to be chosen for the great beyond in a color, and yet humorous way.
If I had to give this film a final score, it would have to be 8 out of 10. While it may not have the greatest of animation of most of the films reviewed this year, it helps make up for it in its witty script and clever voice acting from the celebs. If you are into raunchy comedies, I recommend this one. Don’t take your kids to see it, it’s very inappropriate.
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