dumb movie, but worth a look

Rating: 6/10 (21 November 2016)

While it may seem like a comedy, deep down, Sausage Party is a horror movie, seen through the eyes of various food items...all in computer animated beauty. Take away all the vulgar humor, foul language, and obscenities altogether, and Sausage Party is ( not surprisingly) a very dumb movie. The first ten minutes of this had me, I mean, really had me...I laughed a few times, and thought I was in for a winner. After the first ten minutes, it was already tiresome...the "f" bomb dropped more times then I care to count. We get it, it's an R rated computer animated movie, not intended for children. Does it really find the need to abuse the offensive material? In the case of Sausage Party, it does. It just seems like an endless montage to say and do whatever possible to shock us, but after the first 20 minutes, you are actually immune to it, if you make it that far. The story actually makes you feel bad for consuming food, something essential for life, and the idea that food has real feelings and is alive is just pure silly, but for the films purposes, we play along, and therefore it turns out to be an entertaining piece to watch. If you don't think food that can talk and like to cuss is funny, you're in a lot of trouble with this movie. Most of the jokes are misses, but the ones that are hits, they are worth remembering. So when food finds out it is being purchased to be eaten, they decide to fight back. I thought the movie was quite violent, a human head is actually decapitated ( by accident) and after an hour of watching this, there are finally several "oh my god!" moments...you may be caught a little off guard by the turn it takes, and trust me, you will know what I'm talking about...quite a bit of gore at the end. So all in all, this is a story about food vs people. Who will win? The question really is, who will care? And how many will laugh at it?