Review of Sausage Party (2016) by Dyllan R — 02 Mar 2017

Grossly insulting to the mature audience and the much younger audience this 'R' rated film was clearly targeting. The film's primary sources of comedy include; Cutesy food puns (seemingly the films only redeeming quality aside select voice clips, and the quality of animations), sexual innuendoes written with the comedic tact and originality of testosterone riddled children, and lastly, rape and overt racism (among other generally 'taboo' or 'sensitive' topics) are all brought up in such a manor that an audiences' only clue the writers were intending to be humorous is the familiar and kind nature of the animation.

Regardless of your stance on offensive humor, this is the laziest form of comedy. Essentially using twenty or so of these jokes throughout where the punchline boils down to "Get it? It's funny because it isn't!".

The creative team has an obvious lack of respect for the consumers intellect and attention span, seeing as this 90 minute experience is comparable to viewing 18 five minute long YouTube videos. The satisfaction comes from the individual joke rather the narrative, momentarily gratifying but ultimately vapid, and could be viewed in any order to receive almost nearly the effect the creator intended.

Finally, this movie upset me on an emotional level that no piece of art in any medium ever has. While I believe both separately dark and challenge-less humor has a place in the film medium, the success of this film is an indictment to our instant gratification era, our complacence in trends, our departure from artist controlled mediums, and our increasingly lazy viewing habits.

If you haven't seen Sausage Party, while I do suggest forming your own critical opinions, I would also ask you to consider simply not viewing it, or further discussing the film online. Movie studios do not mind making movies that are critical failures, as long as they generate controversy (any defending this sidewalk turd of a movie), and people ultimately end up viewing it, regardless how they felt about it.

Take a moment and wonder, 'Is this really how I want the future of comedies to be shaped?'.