Foodfight! (2012)

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

Many more recognizable food mascots were meant to appear in the movie, but their parent companies backed out. For example, Chester Cheetah, prominently featured in the original trailer, didn't appear in the film. Some think the companies pulled out because their mascots were subjects of crude, inappropriate jokes. The gay bat was meant to be Count Chocula, and Daredevil Dan catcalls a large-breasted woman who was supposed to be Little Debbie.

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Goofs

The animation throughout the film is rushed and unfinished. Characters often lack facial expressions, their lip movements don't match their dialogue, and several solid objects go through one another.

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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 The Nostalgia Critic: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2015)

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Soundtracks

Wow!
Performed by Good Grief featuring Shanna Crooks
Written by Keith Ridenour, Bud Tower, Douglas Shawe and Wayne Hood
Courtesy of Red One Music, Frog Street Music, Scituate Harbor Music and Wayne Hood Music
Produced by Keith Ridenour, Douglas Shawe, and Wayne Hood

User Reviews

It's not just a bad movie

Foodfight! is a cynical, cheap, patronizing, lifeless, lazy, unfunny, tasteless, shoddy, disrespectful, offensive-to-anyone-with-a-brain piece of unmitigated garbage, sure, but it's much more than that.

Because it is meant to be entertainment aimed at children, and because its message amounts to nothing more than "BUY OUR BRANDS, OUR BRANDS LOVE YOU, YOU LOVE OUR BRANDS, EAT OUR FOOD, EAT, EAT, EAT, EAT, EAT..." Foodfight! is not just a bad movie.

Foodfight! is PURE EVIL.

So far, the movie has only made $73,000 on a (shocking) $65 million budget. I guess there is some justice in the world.

Ten years ago, when Threshold Entertainment's hard drives were stolen, writer/director/producer Lawrence Kasanoff called it an act of "industrial espionage." I salute the brave souls who actively hindered the production of this film. You fought for the brain cells of children everywhere. I think watching even fifteen minutes of this movie has made me stupider.

Don't just skip this movie. Burn it, then bury it in a desolate field somewhere. It deserves to die the worthless drop of despicable piddle it is.

Also, ƒ*¢% Larry Kasanoff.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Guerra das Comidas

Box Office

Budget:

$4 (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