18 WTF Moments From Sausage Party
9. It's Not Actually All That Funny
The first trailer - which of course relied on the genius of the twist on expectations - was hysterical and it set the bar high for the film. Unfortunately, the finished product didn't actually deliver on that promise quite as you might have liked.
Yes, there are funny moments, but the script relies too much on puerile humour and the impact of swear words. Saying "f*ck" a lot has its impact, of course, but eventually the cumulative effect wears thin when there's not a lot of substance to the rest of the gags.
I just can't help but wish it was a lot funnier, or a lot more of a Pixar/Dreamworks parody, as it was billed. There are moments, but the parody isn't as barbed as it should be, and there's too much reliance on swear words in place of the promised spoofing of the genre.