Sausage Party (2016)

Bias Rating

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Leans Left

Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.7

Overview

The products at Shopwell's Grocery Store are made to believe a code that helps them live happy lives until it's time for them to leave the comfort of the supermarket and head for the great beyond. However, after a botche...

Starring Cast

Seth Rogen • Kristen Wiig • Jonah Hill

Where to watch

Prime Video

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Seth Rogen • Kristen Wiig • Jonah Hill

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

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Leans Left

Primary

Political: Strong LeftConfidence: High

The film explicitly promotes a progressive ideology by relentlessly critiquing organized religion and blind faith, advocating for liberation from oppressive systems, and championing sexual freedom and self-determined meaning.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The movie features anthropomorphic food characters, which inherently bypasses traditional human racial or gender casting considerations for 'swaps.' While the film includes characters with distinct cultural identities, this is integrated into the satirical narrative rather than being an explicit DEI-driven recasting. The story broadly critiques consumerism and religious dogma, but does not explicitly portray traditional identities negatively or center its narrative around a strong DEI critique.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NeutralConfidence: High

Sausage Party includes multiple same-sex relationships, notably between Brenda and Teresa, and Sammy Bagel Jr. and Kareem Abdul Lavash. These relationships are depicted with the same crude, explicit, and comedic tone as the film's heterosexual pairings. While not offering a deeply affirming portrayal, the film does not specifically denigrate queer identity, instead integrating it into its broader theme of sexual freedom for all characters.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film features female characters who participate in chaotic action sequences and the final battle. However, there are no specific scenes where a female character individually defeats one or more male opponents through skill, strength, or martial arts in close-quarters physical combat.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Sausage Party is an original animated film featuring new characters created for the movie. There is no prior source material, historical context, or previous installments from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently altered.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Sausage Party features original, anthropomorphic food characters, not human characters with established racial identities from prior canon or history. Therefore, no race swap occurs.