Foodfight! (2011)

The evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time.

Director:

Lawrence Kasanoff

Writers:

Lawrence Kasanoff (story), Joshua Wexler (story)

Stars:

Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Charlie Sheen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlie Sheen	...	Dex Dogtective (voice)
Hilary Duff	...	Sunshine Goodness (voice)
Eva Longoria	...	Lady X (voice) (as Eva Longoria Parker)
Wayne Brady	...	Daredevil Dan (voice)
Christopher Lloyd	...	Mr. Clipboard (voice)
Chris Kattan	...	Polar Penguin (voice)
Larry Miller	...	Vlad Chocool (voice)
Edward Asner	...	Mr. Leonard (voice) (as Ed Asner)
Jerry Stiller	...	General X (voice)
Christine Baranski	...	Hedda Shopper (voice)
Lawrence Kasanoff	...	Cheasel T. Weasel (voice)
Harvey Fierstein	...	Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Cloris Leachman	...	Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Haylie Duff	...	Sweetcakes (voice)
Shelley Morrison	...	Lola Frutola (voice)

Storyline

When the supermarket closes at night, the contents inside come to life. The shop becomes a living world for Dex Dogtective and all other creatures inside it at night time. However, with the new Brand X coming into the store, things take a turn for the worst. In other words, it's Toy Story in a grocery store mixed with a poorly rendered version of your worst nightmare.

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Plot Keywords:

troubled production | food | supermarket | femme fatale | pun | 

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Taglines:

A story of what happens when good food.... goes bad

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude and suggestive content, innuendo and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephen Stanton is credited as the voice of Mr. Clean, but the character never speaks in the film.

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Goofs

Dex flies on a sealed soda bottle before the bottle cap is knocked off. A string was attached to the bottle in the original trailer, but it was removed from the finished version.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sweet Older Lady: Good night, Mr. Leonard. Don't work too late, now.
Mr. Leonard: Just closing up. Nothing much happens around here after dark.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Leonard Part 6 (2015)

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Soundtracks

Tonight's the Nite
Performed by 'Pocket Full of Dreamz' featuring Brigette & Mr. Classic
Written by Neil Jason and J. Davis
Courtesy of Bassik Music and J. David Music Publishing
Produced by Neil Jason

User Reviews

A museum piece

This isn't just a really bad movie. This is a movie that, ten to twenty years from now, people will be debating whether or not it even existed. Like the animated Titanic movie, it isn't just bad, it is bad in such a way that it will be considered inconceivable that such a movie could have even been green lit; a movie where people will see brief snippets and wonder if it was a real movie or just somebody's entry-level CG demo-reel.

For this reason, this is not a movie that should be watched. This is a movie that should be thrown into the basement under lock and key for twenty years until it becomes obscure and collectible just like Nintendo's Virtual Boy.

I'm not kidding. I have a Dex Dogtective doll, and when I tell people what it is and where it's from, the reaction is always the same: "Holy ****! That thing is real?!" The C.G. is terrible, the characters are one-dimensional, the writing is asinine, the jokes make BioDome look like Waking Ned Devine, and the talent of the voice cast is squandered across the board.

The only thing that makes this movie even worthy of note is the overabundance of marketing icons. But this isn't a precursor to "Wreck-It Ralph" -- won't offer any insights as to what the life of a marketing icon might truly be like (Charlie Tuna makes an appearance, but nobody comments on the fact that he exists to sell the shredded corpses of other tunas). Instead, all we get is a hollow narrative about how buying generic brands is evil. SO BUY OUR CRAP!!! Yes, it's that bad. Right up there with Manos: The Hands of Fate, Tentacolino, Birdemic and The Room: A movie so bad that some people just absolutely have to have it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Foodfight!

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$120,141

Company Credits

Production Co:

C47 Productions, Lions Gate Family Entertainment, Natural Image

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1