By Nick Nitkowski 

I reviewed Season One of “Sausage Party: Foodtopia” last year. When I wrote it, I honestly didn’t think that we were going to be getting more just one year later. But much to my surprise, here we are with a second course of the raunchiest food anyone has ever had that many people find touch to chew, let alone swallow. It’s hard to tell if I’m serving as a film/series critic or a food critic on this one. Whichever the case may be, I have watched this new series in its entirety and now that I have, I intend to give my honest opinion on it to see if this is a meal that you can stomach. 

This new season once again follows Frank, Barry, Sammy, and Frank’s human friend/lover (Yeah, that was a weird freaking episode from last season) Jack. All once again voiced by Seth Rogen, Michael Cera, Edward Norton, and Will Forte. In this season, this group of friends discover a brand-new utopia for food that’s so perfect that it seems to succeed where their Foodtopia failed, so they live among this new society of harmonious food, but soon discover that they may be keeping secrets.

One of the things that I really admired about the first season was that the story was a metaphorical reflection on modern society where the food uses human teeth as currency. It was a blatant reflection on capitalism but with food characters. This time, they seem to follow a more common storyline that we’ve seen in many different ways before. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still raunchy and has some pretty weird stuff shown throughout the series, but it feels like they didn’t really have anything to say this time around but felt a strong need to continue the series anyway.

The characters are just as you remember. Everyone reprises their roles from last season except for the ones that didn’t make it to the end of the first season. There’s not much I can say in terms of the voice acting because everyone is just using their regular speaking voices. Except I will give credit where credit is due. It really felt like Edward Norton was trying more this season than he was last season with his character Sammy Bagel Jr. There are some new characters that are introduced this season, and they were all fine for the material that they were given, but none of the voice acting really stood out.

The animation is exactly the same quality as last season, which is neither good nor bad. It’s just the style of the show, and it works for what it is. However, there was one little detail that caught my eye, which I thought was an odd choice for the animation. There is an intelligent character that is a walnut, the shell of which does have a striking resemblance of a brain, so I understood why they chose that, but what I found weird is that the animators or the director decided to make the top portion of the head jiggle and wabble ever so slightly like a brain, just enough for me to notice and my suspension of disbelieve just couldn’t let that go. It’s a moot point, but I just had to mention it.

For those simply watching for the raunchiness and crude humor, don’t worry because this show is still fully fueled by the raunch sauce. I’d be lying if I said that this show didn’t make me laugh. I definitely laughed more than once, mostly because of the absurdity of some of the imagery shown on screen and less so from any naughty words being uttered by food. But I’m sure that fans of this particular IP will get exactly what they’re after in terms of the comedy.

Overall, Season Two of “Sausage Party: Foodtopia” felt a little bit like a step down from last season. I only say that because this particular season lacked a moment that had bitten. For the movie, the bite was the… uh…” climax scene at the end. In Season One, the bite was the episode that contained a warning card before it started. Unfortunately, this season did not have a warning card before any of the episodes, and therefore, I have to say that it lacked bite. Nothing about it is terrible, but nothing about it stands out. It’s fine for what it is, but I would identify this season as more of a comfort food with a side of raunch sauce. If that’s what you’re expecting out of this meal, then you may walk away happy. But for anyone hoping for something a little more fully loaded, then they may walk away with a bitter taste in the mouth. This season also leaves itself open for a third course and maybe more. We’ll just have to see if people are still hungry for more after they finish what’s on this plate.

2 ½ stars