Sausage Fest

Rating: Null/10 (25 April 2017)

Living in blissful ignorance, the food products at a small supermarket consider a revolt after learning that humans buy them to eat them in this animated comedy that purposely pushes the boundaries of good taste (pun intended). While it raises unanswered questions galore, the basic premise is not half-bad and touching on issues of racial intolerance, religion versus atheism and sexual repression, the film even has a couple of good ideas. Most of the intelligence is, however, obscured by the film's penchant for gross-out gags and so much sexual innuendo that one can only wonder the biological purpose of food copulating. The high amount of swearing and obscene language does not feel natural either. With a swear word inserted into almost every line, it often feels as if the filmmakers simply thought that the idea of food swearing was funny in itself. Same goes for the excessive long scenes of the food products getting high. The film is not a total waste though and it is actually rather funny in parts with some very good vocal work. Top credit goes to Edward Norton for a spot-on impersonation of Woody Allen, with David Krumholtz equally as effective in his banter with Norton. There is some neat fourth wall breaking towards the end too if one can make it through without being deterred by the filmmakers trying (often too hard) to be as politically incorrect as possible here.