‘Sausage Party’ is the first ever R rated CG animated feature and is another collaboration led by the dynamic duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The two of whom who are responsible for busting our guts with the hilarious comedy ‘This is the End’. When the first news about ‘Sausage Party’ had dropped I was immediately excited for this project. Great voice talent, great comedic team, and a brilliant premise with the potential for an unlimited amount of possibilities. When the initial trailer had dropped, this film shot towards the top of the list for one of my most anticipated for the rest of the year. It looked like everything I expected out of this project and the trailer was downright hysterical. Now, the million-dollar question, did ‘Sausage Party’ live up to the hype? Yes. From the word go, ‘Sausage Party’ is a no holds barred, hysterical, vulgar, crude comedy that will have you, and your theater howling from beginning to end. Seth Rogen leads the talented voice cast as Frank the sausage and is partnered up with Kristen Wiig, the unrecognizable Edward Norton, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, and many more voice cameos along the way. The story is ultimately about the food wanting to go beyond those sliding doors to the homes of the gods (humans) because that is seemingly a happy place for food. When it is revealed what actually happens beyond those sliding doors, the hilarity ensues and their adventure begins. While the majority of the film doesn’t take place inside of a household but rather the grocery store, the film manages to just sprinkle in the right amount of footage of what can go on beyond those doors. This might disappoint some people as the trailer made it apparent that we’d be seeing the home life for food more than the shelf life. Had they kept with staying inside of the home I feel like the film would’ve became stale and repetitive with just seeing food being torn to bits by us humans. Instead we get an adventure inside of a grocery store that has loads of personalities and different layers within that grocery story. This gives the film more of a grand scale than if we were stuck inside of a home for the entire film. My only complaint with ‘Sausage Party’ is that the film does feel a bit long and some of the jokes are a tad predictable. The film clocks in right at an hour and a half but it felt like it trudged along in places making the runtime feel longer than 90 minutes. If you’re also not in a good relationship with pop culture references you may become a bit lost with the jokes sometimes. The same goes for movie references, the film is littered with movie references and if you’re not in the know then some, or many jokes will fall flat for you. Luckily I watch tons of films and have a strong relationship with pop culture so this film hit all the marks for me. ‘Sausage Party’ also does a really good job of giving the film some underlying social commentaries on belief systems and whether or not you participate in a belief system. Usually when comedies try to send a message or implement a social commentary into their story it can feel forced or as if they were trying to push an agenda. But the team of writers, which consists of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, play both sides and put the commentary in line with their story and their character’s perspectives and outlooks on life. If that is your goal as a writer to get people together through laughter while also sending out commentaries then do it well because the writers here nailed it. It does come across as a bit too satirical sometimes and many might find it in poor taste but it lines up well enough with the story and characters to allow me to forgive it. Lastly, the film’s finale is unlike anything...and I mean…ANYTHING you have ever seen before. Try not to let this get spoiled for you because it has to be seen to be believed and I had no idea what to expect heading into the final stages and it paid off in the most hilarious way possible. I still have no idea how Rogen and Co. got many of the sequences or moments to the big screen, but the finale alone made my jaw hit the floor. My theater was howling the entire time and it was one of the most fun movie theater moments of my life. The entire theater had this sense of “I cannot believe I experienced this with other people” and I cannot wait to hear others’ thoughts about it after they’ve seen the film. My only complaint with ‘Sausage Party’ is that the film does feel a bit long and some of the jokes are a tad predictable. The film clocks in right at an hour and a half but it felt like it trudged along in places making the run-time feel longer than 90 minutes. If you’re also not in a good relationship with pop culture references you may become a bit lost with the jokes sometimes. The same goes for movie references, the film is littered with movie references and if you’re not in the know then some, or many jokes will fall flat for you. Luckily I watch tons of films and have a strong relationship with pop culture so this film hit all the marks for me. ‘Sausage Party’ also does a really good job of giving the film some underlying social commentaries on belief systems and whether or not you participate in a belief system. Usually when comedies try to send a message or implement a social commentary into their story it can feel forced or as if they were trying to push an agenda. But the team of writers, which consists of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, play both sides and put the commentary in line with their story and their character’s perspectives and outlooks on life. If that is your goal as a writer to get people together through laughter while also sending out commentaries then do it well because the writers here nailed it. It does come across as a bit too satirical sometimes and many might find it in poor taste but it lines up well enough with the story and characters to allow me to forgive it. Lastly, the film’s finale is unlike anything...and I mean…ANYTHING you have ever seen before. Try not to let this get spoiled for you because it has to be seen to be believed and I had no idea what to expect heading into the final stages and it paid off in the most hilarious way possible. I still have no idea how Rogen and Co. got many of the sequences or moments to the big screen, but the finale alone made my jaw hit the floor. My theater was howling the entire time and it was one of the most fun movie theater moments of my life. The entire theater had this sense of “I cannot believe I experienced this with other people” and I cannot wait to hear others’ thoughts about it after they’ve seen the film. In conclusion, ‘Sausage Party’ is one of the summer’s best outings and this year’s best comedy so far. From the word go the film never holds back and it delivers on all the laughs. While the film feels like it runs a bit long it is forgiven because you are constantly anticipating what is to come around the corner. I promise you that ‘Sausage Party’ is unlike anything you have ever seen before. Go see this film with some friends in a theater as soon as you can before it reaches its expiration date. ‘Sausage Party’ gets an 8.1/10