The film begins with a bunch of food at a grocery store singing a musical number. They see humans as gods and the great beyond (which is what they think people take chosen groceries to) as something to look forward to.

The main character is a sausage named Frank, who is in love with a hot dog bun called Brenda. Frank longs to go to the great beyond and make love with Brenda.

At some point, the packages in which Frank and Brenda are in get purchased. A honey mustard jar tries to warn everyone that the great beyond is a lie. But no one believes him, except for Frank.

Meanwhile, there is this evil lamp, “D,” who wants to hurt all the groceries.

Below are the strengths and weaknesses of Sausage Party.

Strengths:

The concept of the story

The idea of this movie features anthropomorphic food that have feelings and are “alive.” They freak out when they are being used for cooking, which is what makes those scenes a bit dark.

Another detail is that the humans can’t see or hear their liveliness. They just see food as inanimate, like in real life.

However, if someone smokes bath salts, they see the food as alive and talking.

The concept is very creative. I admire the filmmakers’ approach to the idea of food being alive. The constant swearing makes it even more engaging.

The characters

Aside from Frank and Brenda being in love, the other characters are memorable, too—especially the foreign foods. For example, there is a Taco with a Spanish accent, an Arabian pita bread with an Arabic accent, and German foods with a German accent. That approach is something that I appreciate, rather than have all the foods have American accents. It shows creativity.

Even the human characters are memorable, particularly the guy who smoked bath salts and saw the food alive.

The twists and turns

As with any good movie, Sausage Party has a lot of unexpected surprises. One of them includes the man smoking bath salts and seeing the food as living beings with feelings.

There are plenty of other twists and turns, as well. Another good one is a Stephen Hawking-like gum.

Which brings me to the next strength…

The pop culture references

Aside from the gum being a parody of Stephen Hawking by sitting in a wheelchair and using something to speak for him, there was also a scene when D said to Frank and a few other foods a similar line to the wicked witch’s signature quote from The Wizard of Oz (“I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little dog too!”) Those are always fun to enjoy.

Weaknesses:

The film was not always engaging for me

I would sometimes get bored during this movie, especially at the beginning. I was hoping it would make me laugh a lot. And although I did laugh sometimes, the film still didn’t keep my attention all the time. I would check how much time the movie had left, even though it’s only about an hour and a half long.

However, it did get better later on.

The beginning of the movie was somewhat misleading

The story opens with a musical number. So, I assumed that it would be a musical. However, that wasn’t the case.

Even though the same song reprised later, this movie is not really a musical.

Overall impression:

All in all, Sausage Party turned out to be quite decent. The second half was a lot better than the first half. I think the high level of profanity kept me engaged.

Yes, this movie is NOT appropriate for kids. As an R-rated film, aside from having a lot of cursing, it also has mature intimacy and drug use. It’s, at best, barely appropriate for 17-year-olds.

But for adults, this film is creative and unique.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars.