Normally our movie reviews are on the Director’s Post page.  Because Sausage Party is so obviously political we are posting in the Bonus Features in order to address the film’s conclusions. 

 

At Buzzkill, we live for dark comedy. The fact of the matter is much of our lives are a dark comedy.   If you can’t learn to laugh at it, you end up jumping off the Driscoll Bridge or something less flashy.  We learn to find the funny.

 

I will admit that I am late to the game reviewing Sausage Party because I was told by a number of outlets and friends that the film was overly political and therefore not that good.  Even a cartoon about hotdogs and sexy buns being like people can in fact come off as preachy.  Subtlety would have gone a lot further.  I thought the basic idea was very interesting and new, and I really wanted this film to be good for the sake of the initial concept almost like a cartoon horror movie.  Although there were a lot of gruesome and funny food deaths that was not what Sausage Party was. 

 

This film was not cheap even with all the right connections.  The opening musical number was really good even if it was meant to be ironic.  This Disney musical spoof was enjoyable because Disney usually has a bunch of very catchy and eloquent musical numbers in their films.  

 

I rode Sausage Party out to the end (lol), despite being tipped-off about its anti-religious message right away because I wanted to know how it would end.  Usually a film reaches a certain conclusion, and nihilism is a pretty tough sell.  I was curious of what the final message would be.  

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Attempts to explain contrarian arguments are usually more difficult. Leftists believe that their ability to articulate these alternative theories makes them smarter.  The sad fact is people that are truly enlightened look for the logical answer regardless of their initial philosophy.  They are merely concerned with finding truth and they are more willing to admit they are wrong if they are proven wrong. 

 

The plot.  Like many films, the trailer was slightly misleading.  It was merely the food naively being taken home from the supermarket, only to learn the horrible reality of their fate.  Because that film would probably only take about thirty minutes (even if it was fleshed out) the main characters are taken from their food families at the last minute and thrown into the supermarket, which acts as a metaphor for the world.  This is where I think the filmmakers were very effective, as a supermarket does serve as a great representation of the different ethnicities and cultures from around the world.  

 

This film is very left-leaning.  In fact Seth Rogan even inserts himself into the film to explain that much of the movie is a manifestation of his highly cynical worldview.  What is strange is how culturally insensitive it was.  Now I don’t care because I’m not a liberal pussy but it is strange that conservatives get the stigma of being racist and culturally insensitive, which would make it safe to assume that progressives would try harder to live up to their reputation of being the only ones who are truly compassionate towards the different people of the world. 

 

Because the life of a human being is condensed down into the very short lifespan of supermarket items the makers of Sausage Party had limited time to prove their point which is that life is meaningless and God doesn’t exist.  The dialogue is incredibly vulgar, and I may be dating myself, but it is not charming or especially funny most of the time.  Some parts are funny.  I tried being a good sport.

 

Here are the basic message points that I took away from the film: 

 

- Religion equals naivety.  

 

- Cultural norms are pointless, again because life is meaningless. 

 

- Seth Rogan has a very tortured soul. (Leftism side-effect)

 

- Native Americans are the ultimate moral authority (because they are the ultimate victims).  They are the original victims of America’s creation and should be looked to as the guiding philosophy for truth.  Also, they invented religion. 

 

- When at war, killing one’s self for the sake of killing the enemy is a noble conquest. This is shown as a Mentos package releases its contents into a large human and a large bottle of soda jumps head first into the person’s mouth, making him explode.  This is a very collectivist sentiment, and could even be a nod to suicide bombers and the scorched-Earth techniques of terrorist organizations. 

 

- Blasphemy and taking the Lord’s name in vain (lots of G.d.s) is fine because Heaven is a lie.

 

- Since we all end up dying in a pathetic meaningly oblivion, we might as well have large bi-sexual orgies with multiple partners so we can at least go out feeling good.

 

- The Isreali-Palestinian conflict could be solved by focusing each side on their real common enemy; religion, then getting them to have gay sex with each other. 

 

- Finally, religion is stupid.

 

Seth Rogan has stated the fact that he is Jewish in multiple films.  Each time it is in a mocking set-up or joke.  He is a celebrity that has been in countless productions, many of them were very good.  Perhaps shunning his ancestry’s faith and living a sensational pagan-like lifestyle has left him feeling like he is missing something, all things considered. 

 

Perhaps the saying “money can’t buy happiness” is true and the only way to really figure this out is to make enough money to not need any more.  

 

Sausage Party was a long drawn-out film so this is a long drawn-out review, but lets get to the final conclusion. 

 

CAUTION: Major Spoilers Ahead!

 

After having the large bi-sexually orgy in the supermarket, the temporarily satisfied foodstuffs again meet with the Native American “Firewater Chief” who, with the help of the genius all-knowing chewed-up piece of gum, realizes that they are cartoons created in the mind of Seth Rogan.  They reveal a magical machine that will send them to an alternative universe.  

 

Since every new scene means money spent, this ending seemed a bit peculiar to me.  It is almost as if the film’s creators were also somewhat let-down by the story’s conclusion.  It ends up feeling like one final plea to science to come up with a way change their fate.  The characters unanimously agree to go into the uncertain reality that is on the other side of the teleporter. It almost feels like the Atheists, unfulfilled by their beliefs, have turned into Agnostics. 

 

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83 (cue the rolling eyes.)