Almost Great

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2016)

This film is the first movie in a very long time that has renewed my belief that you can challenge social boundaries head-on.
Some of the characters are hilarious, some of the dialog, while not clever, is great because it's willing to confront social taboos.
WARNING! No matter how open minded you are, this movie is not for children. This is totally an adults only movie. There is some violent and gruesome imagery, many explicit references to sex and homosexuality. If you heed that warning, you will be spending a lot of time explaining adult references.
The stand-out performances were from Seth Rogen and Kristin Wiig as a hot-dog and bun. Kristin is so true to herself and her comedy helped the movie shine.
The animation is mediocre. It's definitely not bad. It reminds me of Toy Story 1 in its simplicity.
If the movie has faults, it has profanity for the sake of profanity and it is about 10 minutes too long. The movie became tedious toward the end and I was a little too eager to see it finished.
If you're looking for a movie that challenges social norms and will certainly offend anyone Politically Correct, this is your movie. However, it's not quite the clever movie it could have been. If you had the likes of Mel Brooks on the writing credits, he would have provided the secret sauce to take the film from funny/profane to comic gold/social commentary.