Was hoping for more....

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2016)

I love Seth Rogen movies for the most part (Pineapple Express is one of my favorite comedies ever), but what the f*** was this? I had seen the trailer months ago and was really looking forward to this, but me and my wife were more disappointed than anything.
The premise for the movie is a great idea and that's a huge part of what I figured would make this funny and different. You have a secret life of food story essentially, that has some pretty damn good animation, is a riff on Pixar movies and is made for adults. HOWEVER, this did not end up being all that funny or original unfortunately.
It seems the creators just wanted to act like they were the first people to ever make an R-rated animated film......I guess they've forgotten about South Park and tons of other adult animated cartoons that have come before them that did it better? I think they wanted to try and rely on shock value, but this move wasn't shocking. Saying "s**t" and "f**k" in a cartoon isn't shocking and it's been done by South Park for a long time now. Hell, the South Park movie made fun of that years ago. If anyone remembers Conker's Bad Fur Day, they basically borrowed from the concept of having cute things saying and doing disgusting and sexual stuff. Again, not shocking, all been done before.
The jokes for the most part were so predictable and just kept revolving around the same thing over and over again. You could see most of them coming a mile away. The ending food orgy scene would've been funnier if it wasn't so over the top. It just seems like most of the jokes were written for teenagers who think swearing is funny. Swearing within a joke can be really funny, but just swearing isn't funny or original or creative at all.
I would also like to point out that when I go to see a comedy I want to laugh, have fun and just forget about the outside world for 1.5 hours (or however long the movie is); not be preached at or have theological bulls**t thrown in my face left and right. I'm not a religious person, but I also don't give a s**t what Seth Rogen does or doesn't believe in and I certainly don't want to hear about it in something that should be lighthearted and entertaining.
I could keep going, but if you're reading you get the point. I will say there were a few positives. I did think the whole bath salt scene was really funny and that it made humans interact with food was also amusing. The opening song was really funny and there should have been more moments like that. Oh and Nick Kroll as a Douche was really funny too! I couldn't help thinking that after Parks and Rec he STILL ends up being a douche ha ha. He made me laugh the most and Seth Rogen just played Seth Rogen per the usual. The movie was mostly boring and not funny, but there were some funny moments. Not really worth watching though.