Sausage Party

Take that Disney and Dreamworks!

In a random supermarket there is food that is waiting to be taken away by gods (humans) to the great beyond (out of the store). This movie follows Frank the sausage (Seth Rogen) and his girlfriend Brenda the bun (Kristen Wiig). The air were separated from their friends in a package and must find their way back so they can be chosen before "red, white and blue day" (Fourth of July); however, Frank doesn't trust the story of the gods that he has been force fed through out his entire life. He decides to go on an adventure to figure out exactly what happens to food after they leave the supermarket. 

I couldn't even begin to fathom how Seth Rogen and company got away with this. This is one of the most sexual, brutal, deranged movies I have ever seen.... and I absolutely loved it. There is not one moment in the theater where I wasn't either laughing or cringing from what was displayed. There are some obvious jokes, but that doesn't impede the movie from being one of the smartest and funniest movies I have seen this year. Moments like singer/actor Meatloaf being portrayed as a meatloaf don't really bring me out of the experience too much. This movie is filled with every dumb stereotype that you can think of and it serves as more of a comment on them than actually offensive. From a Jewish bagel, to the fruits being gay, to an antagonist douche. This movie hits all the markers but does so in such a funny way that I can't hold it against them. In an almost bizarre way, I can't hold anything against this film. It makes fun of itself, while making fun of everything else. Whenever it comes off as preachy, it immediately makes a joke to remind you that it is a cartoon about sentient food. There is a song in the movie about the gods and when we meet the people responsible for making the song they start to say that it was changed for more propaganda related purposes. This is an obvious comment on how religion changes to adapt to whatever someone is trying to preach at the moment, but it is done in such a way that you are laughing at it more than being taken back by it. The same thing happens when they comment on "crackers" taking an aisle away from "Fire Water" and the other none perishables. The preaching never comes off as overly preachy, it just comes off as funny.

The voice acting in this is great simply because we have the Seth Rogen crew all accounted for. Nick Kroll as the douche was the funniest part of this movie. He put on a "Jersey Shore" level of "typical douche-bag voice" through out the entire movie, and it made me fall in love with him even more than I already had, There isn't a single misstep on the voices anywhere. Edward Norton doing his best Woody Allen impersonation for the voice of the bagel, Seth Rogen just being Seth Rogen and having an amazing voice, Craig Robinson playing Grits. It all works in the best of ways.

In conclusion, there isn't a whole lot to say about this movie, accept that it is great. There are clever jokes, mixed with eye rolling jokes. There are great voices. There is graphic violence. There are fourth wall breaks. Needless to say if you have enjoyed anything from Seth Rogen and company you will enjoy this. This is possibly in the pantheon for my favorite thing that they have done and it will make a nice addition to my BluRay collection when it is released for the home. Go see this movie.