Sausage Party Ain't Great, But It'll Be a Stoner Classic

[Male Voice] Okay, stop me

if you've heard this one before.

An animated movie, in which,

a group of anthropomorphized objects goes

on journey of self discovery.

This is a staple of Pixar movies.

But what happens if you take away Pixar,

you add the kings of stoner comedy,

and you give the movie a hard R rating?

The pipes, the pipes are call, oh Jesus! Fuck!

Not me skin! Just peeling me fuckin' skin!

[Male Voice] You probably get Sausage Party,

a raunchy, 90 minute lark, that might not be great,

but is definitely going to be a dorm room classic

for years to come.

No one will believe you.

I have to try.

[Male Voice] Seth Rogen, who co-wrote the movie,

stars as a hot dog named Frank.

Yes.

Who's thrilled to finally be chosen

by a supermarket shopper.

Due to a mishap, though, he

and his lady friend Brenda, the bun,

voiced by Kristen Wiig,

have to journey far and wide across the store

in order to find the answers they need.

It's hard to imagine a movie

that's more obviously the product of a weed fueled,

But man, what if the food knew it was getting eaten, man?!

type of discussion.

And the writers indulge their juvenile glee

at every possible turn.

There's weed smoking and terrible puns

and a truly filthy food orgy

and an unfortunate number

of cultural stereotypes and offensive accents.

Those accents notwithstanding,

the voice cast is a stellar comedy ensemble.

Rogen and Wiig are joined by Nick Kroll

and Bill Hader and Craig Robinson

and Salma Hayek and Michael Cera,

Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Paul Rudd, and the list goes on.

The writers are clearly going for something here.

The movie is a, not at all veiled, exploration

of religion and the thin line between faith and dogma.

But, too often, it's undercut by easy, unclever gags.

There's a running riff on Israeli/Palestinian strife

starring a bagel and a lavash, get it?

There's a box of grits that hates crackers, get it?

The taco is a lesbian, do you get it?!

The movie isn't nearly as edgy

or transgressive as it seems to think it is.

Then, again, after a couple bong rips,

it might be exactly what your sausage party needs.

Hi, sorry, I accidentally dropped a few things back there.

(screams)

I'm gonna fix you! I'm gonna fix this!