It’s worth applauding the sizable writing team (which includes Rogen, his ‘Superbad’ creative buddy Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill) for polishing ‘Sausage Party’ to a busy Pixar-like sheen, in which every inch of space is filled by a joke. And what exactly lies beyond those air-conditioned aisles?Įveryone is someone else’s food – that’s a sophisticated concept for any film. A Woody Allen-ish bagel, Sammy (Edward Norton), makes an uneasy truce with a bearded Middle Eastern lavash bread (David Krumholtz) later, they’ll become more than friends. But as with ‘South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut’ (1999) and ‘The Lego Movie’ (2014), the script invests its scenario with an existential and political dimension. Had this rude movie stuck to that one joke, even its brief 89-minute running time would have felt like waiting at an extra-long checkout queue. We’re in a supermarket, where the talking food can’t wait to be picked up off the shelves – the characters are convinced they’re going to a better place. Or at least it is for its first, foulmouthed 15 minutes, as we meet Frank (Seth Rogen), a horny sausage who just wants to raw-dog it with Brenda (Kristen Wiig), the pillowy bun on the next aisle.
As the title implies, this is a strictly not-for-kids, animated sex fest. Marvels Avengers could have got the jump on the MCU and introduced. Captain Marvel will (hopefully) lead a group of Avengers that features the likes of Shang-Chi, Female Thor, She-Hulk, and maybe even Spider-Woman. That’s not to say ‘Sausage Party’ is a pile of spinach. Above all, Sausage Party is a real animated movie, designed and executed with charming DirkH. The next few phases of the MCU appear to be preparing to introduce a much more diverse group of heroes from Marvels deep roster.
Sometimes, nutrition comes in unlikely packages.
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