The first time I heard the term ‘sausage party’ was a Law & Order episode. A character was using it to refer to a party with an undesirably high ratio of men to women. (It may take you a moment to get that. I’ll wait.) I don’t recall having heard the term much since then. That’s why, when I came across Sausage Party, I was curious. I had to wonder how far the writers had gone with the concept. It looks like they went all out.
The self-aware food items at Shopwell’s grocery store all want to go to The Great Beyond. A sausage named Frank has plans to unite with Brenda, a bun, in the next life, if only he can stay fresh long enough. They revere customers as gods. The gods have the power to take produce to a wonderful life where they’ll be treated well. They have only a honey mustard squeeze bottle to tell them otherwise. So convinced is the honey mustard that he commits suicide, imploring Frank to seek out a bottle of Firewater as his last act.
Brenda and Frank are accidentally ejected from their respective packages. A douche is damaged, meaning he‘ll never be useful. Brenda and Frank set out an adventure around the grocery store with Douche as the main antagonist. The sausage and bun find that most of the other food items tend to behave like the stereotypes of their respective countries of origin. (A German product wants to kill all the Juice, for instance.) Frank and Brenda meet up with Sammy Bagel, Jr., who sounds like Woody Allen and speaks of his people being displaced. There’s also a lavash called, I believe, Lavash. He’s distinctly Arab and doesn’t do much to hide his contempt for Sammy. (However, both Lavash and Sammy are friends with the hummus.) Rounding out the party is Teresa del Taco, who is a lesbian.
Frank eventually meets The Immortals, who are all nonperishable foods. They invented the story of The Great Beyond to keep the other food from freaking out. The Immortals tell Frank to go to the frozen section to find proof, which Frank eventually has to do alone. It takes some time and some help, but Frank is able to get the other groceries to revolt against the humans.
The movie might be more appropriately titled Gods and Generalizations. When you’re trying to play on that many stereotypes, it’s easy to have an epic misfire. The same goes for the movie’s religious references. The Great Beyond is little more than a way of placating the population of the grocery store. I was wondering if a review would even be appropriate. What would you expect from a movie called Sausage Party, anyway? This is meant more as a warning to people who want some sort of confirmation.
I mean, you have an literal douche named Douche acting like a figurative douche. He juices up by basically going down on a juice box. The female characters don’t seem to hold back on the sex appeal, such as it is. Oh, and if you were put off by the opening barrage of language, you are not going to want to sit through the final scene with your parents and/or children. I’m a little hesitant to embed the red-band trailer here due to restrictions by AdSense, but you can easily find it by searching for “Sausage Party Red Band Trailer”.
Most people know what their tolerance is for offensive humor. This movie will probably push that limit. I was entertained, but I tend to have a somewhat high tolerance. It was only the last scene that made me at all uncomfortable. A few of the other references were unsettling. I doubt very much that you will be seeing on a broadcast network. Basic cable, maybe late at night. This was not intended to be family friendly. Do not take your children (or parents) to see this movie.
The self-aware food items at Shopwell’s grocery store all want to go to The Great Beyond. A sausage named Frank has plans to unite with Brenda, a bun, in the next life, if only he can stay fresh long enough. They revere customers as gods. The gods have the power to take produce to a wonderful life where they’ll be treated well. They have only a honey mustard squeeze bottle to tell them otherwise. So convinced is the honey mustard that he commits suicide, imploring Frank to seek out a bottle of Firewater as his last act.
Brenda and Frank are accidentally ejected from their respective packages. A douche is damaged, meaning he‘ll never be useful. Brenda and Frank set out an adventure around the grocery store with Douche as the main antagonist. The sausage and bun find that most of the other food items tend to behave like the stereotypes of their respective countries of origin. (A German product wants to kill all the Juice, for instance.) Frank and Brenda meet up with Sammy Bagel, Jr., who sounds like Woody Allen and speaks of his people being displaced. There’s also a lavash called, I believe, Lavash. He’s distinctly Arab and doesn’t do much to hide his contempt for Sammy. (However, both Lavash and Sammy are friends with the hummus.) Rounding out the party is Teresa del Taco, who is a lesbian.
Frank eventually meets The Immortals, who are all nonperishable foods. They invented the story of The Great Beyond to keep the other food from freaking out. The Immortals tell Frank to go to the frozen section to find proof, which Frank eventually has to do alone. It takes some time and some help, but Frank is able to get the other groceries to revolt against the humans.
The movie might be more appropriately titled Gods and Generalizations. When you’re trying to play on that many stereotypes, it’s easy to have an epic misfire. The same goes for the movie’s religious references. The Great Beyond is little more than a way of placating the population of the grocery store. I was wondering if a review would even be appropriate. What would you expect from a movie called Sausage Party, anyway? This is meant more as a warning to people who want some sort of confirmation.
I mean, you have an literal douche named Douche acting like a figurative douche. He juices up by basically going down on a juice box. The female characters don’t seem to hold back on the sex appeal, such as it is. Oh, and if you were put off by the opening barrage of language, you are not going to want to sit through the final scene with your parents and/or children. I’m a little hesitant to embed the red-band trailer here due to restrictions by AdSense, but you can easily find it by searching for “Sausage Party Red Band Trailer”.
Most people know what their tolerance is for offensive humor. This movie will probably push that limit. I was entertained, but I tend to have a somewhat high tolerance. It was only the last scene that made me at all uncomfortable. A few of the other references were unsettling. I doubt very much that you will be seeing on a broadcast network. Basic cable, maybe late at night. This was not intended to be family friendly. Do not take your children (or parents) to see this movie.
