Sausage Party is a film that displays a true disconnect between critics and viewers given its overall scores are way too generous for what the film is: another animated comedy with adult themes for those with small attention spans and the concept of a penis in a vagina being the most hilarious thing possible.
While Sausage Party's concept of food being alive, unknown to man, and witnessing the horrors of our daily eating habits as we slice up their friends and family is smart and holds a lot of potential, it's not enough to maintain quality throughout a full-length feature. What does offer a few giggles is tarnished with lazy humour and filler content to maintain laughs.
Sausage Party takes on existentialism in a world far beyond comprehension after the realisation of its true nature, but none of that is the central focus of the film, it's constantly overlooked at the hand of lame one-liner jokes and sexual innuendos. Its smart narrative pillars are left to crumble as idiocy takes over.
I struggled to maintain awareness throughout the film. I often found myself glancing at my phone, or just thinking about what I should watch or do once the film ended; something that is incredibly rare for me to do. I wanted to give the film the benefit of the doubt and see where it takes me, to see whether its initial concept would be taken in a smart direction, but it turns out I was taken in the direction of a food orgy that lasted several minutes. How hilarious, right? Imagine a sausage in a bun, haha.
This film, I can't help but think, is an actual disaster. I can't begin to imagine what type of professional film critic would take a look at the film and say they can recommend it. To say that this is modern comedy is an insult to classic comedy itself.
