Sounds Exaggerated, But Maybe The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen

Rating: 1/10 (26 February 2017)

When I saw "Knocked Up" in 2007, I became a fan of "Seth Rogan humor", as I consider that film to be hilarious. Ever since then, I've usually had an ear or eye open when one of his projects comes down the pike. It was that thought process that got me into the theater for "Sausage Party"...and experience that I sincerely wish I could take back. While perhaps not the worst movie I've EVER seen (but...maybe), it is easily the worst I've ever reviewed here on Amazon.
For a basic plot summary, "Sausage Party" begins like "Toy Story in the grocery store", with all the different foods wanting to be "chosen" by beings (humans) they believe to be Gods. Frank the hot dog (Rogan) and Brenda the bun (Kristen Wiig) want to be chosen together (for obvious reasons) and that seems to be exactly what happens...until the plan goes awry and they become separated, having to decipher the mystery of "the great beyond" for themselves.
I could spend oh so much time painstakingly going over why "Sausage Party" is truly an abomination, but I'll boil it down here to three main areas:
1. It's wildly offensive, both in language and tone. I'm not terribly sensitive to the f-bomb being dropped in movies, but when it happens every couple words it is clearly just lazy dialogue. The whole "we don't have anything really interesting to say, so let's just curse a lot" sort of mentality. It is also one of the raunchiest films (in terms of content) that I have ever seen. Again, I'm no prude, but every single joke is of the most crass or sexual nature possible. 2. The whole thing wants to work as a critique of organized religion, but it falls flat (again, I think, because the crudity and profanity overshadow everything else). 3. The plot is completely and utterly pointless. It is mainly just these animated characters wandering around and finding themselves in bizarre and gross situations.
Put it this way...as a person who thoroughly enjoys quality cinema, I am able to find not an ounce of redeeming value in this movie. Call me a snob if you will, but I enjoy shows like "Family Guy" and other low-brow pursuits. "Sausage Party", however, is what happens when you let Seth Rogan take "stoner humor" to its maximum (and then beyond).
With the possible exception of "Dumb and Dumber 2", this is undoubtedly the worst movie I've seen in the past 2-3 years. Maybe I've seen worse in my lifetime...but maybe I haven't, either.