![]() ![]() On their march they are joined by a Jewish bagel (Edward Norton doing the most over-the-top Woody Allen impersonation since Rick Moranis) and an Arabic lavash (David Krumholtz) whose belief in the Great Beyond includes being doused in 77 bottles of virgin olive oil. Sausage Party trailer: Seth Rogan and Kristen Wiig in adult cartoon comedy Warning: this video contains strong languageĭisrupted, Frank and Brenda must get back to their aisle in the hopes of repackaging themselves without getting tossed. I’d personally be OK allowing children to see the goofy prurience in this film, but it’s the horrific imagery (some of which apes Saving Private Ryan) that might freak a kid out. There is a shocking amount of proper, terrorising fear during this and subsequent scenes. A punctured bag of white flour provides a 9/11-esque cloud. ![]() The first of a number of extraordinary set-pieces comes when our heroes end up selected (yay!), but an overturned cart leads to chaos. (Unlike Toy Story, where humans are never around to catch the living toys, humans just can’t see the true reality.) But when that shellshocked honey mustard (Danny McBride) returns with stories of the gods actually being bloodthirsty monsters, things start to change. All is well at the store, with the happy food singing songs of praise to the gods who will one day scoop them up. Our lead sausage Frank (voiced by Rogen) is upbeat, cheery and randy for his shelfmate Brenda (Kristen Wiig), a bun who returns his affection. This is all preposterous, but stick with it it’s just the tip of surprisingly thorough world-building in this quite-clever comedy. If they are good and obey the gods, they will one day be chosen and taken to the “Great Beyond” (outside the gleaming automated doors in a cart.) But they will only get picked if they remain pure of spirit the “unfresh” get tossed into a dusty bin by a sadist tormentor (actually just a teen bored with his job.) This fear prevents sausages and buns from getting intimate, despite their urges to conjoin. Its occupants (food from around the world) are kept compliant by an unprovable belief system. But it’s not unusual for American films to receive much more lenient ratings abroad - other movies open to French kids 12 and up include Showgirls and 50 Shades of Grey.The supermarket is what Erving Goffman might call a total institution. Furthermore, stylized images of products related to bodily intimacy, such as tampons or condoms, or the tenderness of a taco towards a hotdog bun, do not have the character of a sex scene.”įor comparison, Sausage Party received an R rating in the United States, meaning it was barred to anyone under 17, unless accompanied by an adult. ![]() The original text of the court decision has possibly the most straight-faced descriptions of a movie featuring sexed-up groceries you’ll ever read: “the interest in the contents of a fruit juice container on the part of a douching implement cannot be interpreted as constituting a sexual aggression on the part of spectators with a capacity to distance themselves from what they see on screen.”Īlso a fun declaration on the part of the court: “The scene showing the douching kit and a sausage attached to the pants of a supermarket employee, which are not realistic in character and are devoid of any violent or degrading connotations, are consistent with the proposed work’s aim to depict, in a humorous and deliberately outrageous tone, the rebellion of consumer products against human domination and its interdictions. In court, Promouvoir pointed out that “it shows illegal practices - of rape, drug use, crime, and mischief in a humorous manner.” Much of the complaint centered around whether the film would “corrupt” 12-year-olds, with depictions of cereal boxes performing frottage on each other, among other mature scenes. Promouvoir had two main requests in its court filing - that the film be re-rated so only people 16 or older could see Sausage Party, or that its visa for distribution in France be revoked. This means the film’s original rating from the French Ministry of Culture stands - anyone aged 12 or older will be able to see anthropomorphic hot dogs speaking in dubbed French, rubbing themselves suggestively on bread. A French court has rejected attempts from a conservative Catholic group to get Seth Rogen’s animated film Sausage Party either barred from the country, or re-classified to keep it away from the eyes of young audiences.įrench newspaper Le Monde reports that the Paris Administrative Court rejected complaints lodged by the group Promouvoir, which has previously petitioned against films before on moral grounds. ![]()
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