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The best thing Sausage Party has going for it, is that it's clever. A lot of puns, a lot of subtle jokes and the concept is unique enough to be funny. Yet, I can't shake the feeling that the overused language and sex innuendos will wear off on people about 30 minutes into the film, leaving you with a poorly rendered animated flick that tried to entertain the idea of religion. Yes, this film is really about the existence of God or lack thereof.
The food are alive. They talk, they have sex, they want to be chosen by the Gods that frequent their home. Their home is the supermarket and these Gods are us, buying groceries. Of course the food doesn't know that. They think they are going to the great beyond, hoping for a beautiful after-life. When a returned item tries to tell them the truth, it shakes Frank's whole ideals. He takes it upon himself to find out the truth and warn the entire supermarket if he ever finds out the truth.
Much like The Invention of Lying, I had no idea Sausage Party full on tackles this religion conundrum. Faith vs Atheism, Frank desperately needs proof about the great beyond being real or not, while Brenda the Bun is perfectly fine having faith in it. This puts these two "destined to be lovers" at odds with each other. Gervais clearly had an agenda with Lying, I'm not so sure if Rogen and Goldberg do. Either way, it plays an integral part to the story here.
By the end of the film, my wife turned to me with a deadpan look on her face and said, "I hated it". Okay, to be expected, not her type of humour. The film constantly swears and some might find it racist. But what about fans of the creators? Well, at points the language felt FORCED, even to me. We get the point ten minutes in when F-bombs are dropped left right and centre. That aspect of the film gets old very quick, what doesn't get old is the clever and unique way they show us this world. One example where I was laughing pretty hard is with sauerkraut Hitler wanting to exterminate the juice.
The film is supported by a huge cast, mostly involving the Rogen regulars (Franco, Hill, Rudd, Wig, Cera, etc) But it also showcases some unique stars that I did not expect, one playing the Woody Allen like bagel. I won't give away who it is because there is a ruined joke in the film if I do. The film is funny, but it thinks it is funnier than it is. I felt like I wanted to like it more than I did. A film can only be clever for so long. I chuckled a lot, laughed out loud a few times and felt really really weird by the time the food orgy happened. Yes, you read that right...FOOD....ORGY.
Sausage Party
(Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon)
(Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon)
The best thing Sausage Party has going for it, is that it's clever. A lot of puns, a lot of subtle jokes and the concept is unique enough to be funny. Yet, I can't shake the feeling that the overused language and sex innuendos will wear off on people about 30 minutes into the film, leaving you with a poorly rendered animated flick that tried to entertain the idea of religion. Yes, this film is really about the existence of God or lack thereof.
The food are alive. They talk, they have sex, they want to be chosen by the Gods that frequent their home. Their home is the supermarket and these Gods are us, buying groceries. Of course the food doesn't know that. They think they are going to the great beyond, hoping for a beautiful after-life. When a returned item tries to tell them the truth, it shakes Frank's whole ideals. He takes it upon himself to find out the truth and warn the entire supermarket if he ever finds out the truth.
Much like The Invention of Lying, I had no idea Sausage Party full on tackles this religion conundrum. Faith vs Atheism, Frank desperately needs proof about the great beyond being real or not, while Brenda the Bun is perfectly fine having faith in it. This puts these two "destined to be lovers" at odds with each other. Gervais clearly had an agenda with Lying, I'm not so sure if Rogen and Goldberg do. Either way, it plays an integral part to the story here.
By the end of the film, my wife turned to me with a deadpan look on her face and said, "I hated it". Okay, to be expected, not her type of humour. The film constantly swears and some might find it racist. But what about fans of the creators? Well, at points the language felt FORCED, even to me. We get the point ten minutes in when F-bombs are dropped left right and centre. That aspect of the film gets old very quick, what doesn't get old is the clever and unique way they show us this world. One example where I was laughing pretty hard is with sauerkraut Hitler wanting to exterminate the juice.
The film is supported by a huge cast, mostly involving the Rogen regulars (Franco, Hill, Rudd, Wig, Cera, etc) But it also showcases some unique stars that I did not expect, one playing the Woody Allen like bagel. I won't give away who it is because there is a ruined joke in the film if I do. The film is funny, but it thinks it is funnier than it is. I felt like I wanted to like it more than I did. A film can only be clever for so long. I chuckled a lot, laughed out loud a few times and felt really really weird by the time the food orgy happened. Yes, you read that right...FOOD....ORGY.