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The animated comedy ''[[Foodfight!]]'', directed by Kasanoff, and features a cast of celebrity [[voice actor]]s, including |
The animated comedy ''[[Foodfight!]]'', directed by Kasanoff, and features a cast of celebrity [[voice actor]]s, including [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Wayne Brady]], [[Hilary Duff]], and [[Eva Longoria]]. The film revolves around brand [[mascot]]s, known as "Ikes", who come to life in a supermarket after closing time, and their struggles against the forces of Brand X. Several actual corporate mascots make cameos in the movie, such as [[Mrs. Butterworth]], [[Charlie the Tuna]], and the [[California Raisins]]. Development for the movie began as early as 1999, but troubled production (including an incident where the hard drives had been stolen) and financial difficulties delayed its release several times. Upon the film's eventual theatrical release in 2012, it became a [[box-office bomb]], earning just $74,000 against its reported $65 million budget.<ref name="srfood"/> ''Foodfight!'' was also critically panned for its animation, humor, use of [[product placement]] as a central theme (and being aimed towards children), and content inappropriate for its target audience, such as [[sexual innuendo]] and references to [[Nazism]]. It subsequently garnered a reputation for being one of the worst films ever made.<ref name="srfood">{{cite web|last=Sherlock|first=Ben|date=June 30, 2020|title=The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Animated Movies From The 2010s|url=https://screenrant.com/best-worst-animatedmovies-2010s-pixar-toy-story-coco-emoji/|access-date=January 7, 2020|work=[[Screen Rant]]|quote=With a reported budget of $65 million and a box office gross of less than $74,000, Foodfight! was a devastating financial catastrophe, and it's since been branded one of the worst movies ever made.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunkin |first1=Jamie |title=5 strange, great, and plain awful movies stuck in development hell |url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/5-strange-great-and-plain-awful-movies-stuck-in-development-hell/ |website=We Got This Covered |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date=December 30, 2021|quote=When it was released in 2012, it racked up a reputation as one of the worst films ever made. And it deserves it.}}</ref> |
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A ''[[New York Times]]'' article condemned the film, saying: "The animation appears unfinished ... And the plot ... is impenetrable and even offensive." The article also reported that ''Foodfight!'' had been "seized upon by Internet purveyors of bad cinema".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rossen |first1=Jake |title=Placing Products? Try Casting Them |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/movies/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-computer-animated-foodfight.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date=August 9, 2013}}</ref> One such Internet critic was Nathan Rabin of ''The A.V. Club'', who included the film in his ''My World of Flops'' column, describing it as "one of those fall-of-civilization moments" and "This is the kind of movie so unbelievably, surreally and exquisitely terrible that you want to share it with the rest of the world. I was put on earth to suffer through abominations like ''Foodfight!'' so that society as a whole might benefit from my Christ-like sacrifice."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|date=February 27, 2013|title=Supermarket Brands Sponsored Case File #34: ''Foodfight!''|url=https://film.avclub.com/supermarket-brands-sponsored-case-file-34-foodfight-1798236586|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826092349/https://film.avclub.com/supermarket-brands-sponsored-case-file-34-foodfight-1798236586|archive-date=August 26, 2017|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=The A.V. Club}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|date=February 12, 2019|title=This Looks Terrible! Foodfight! (2012)|work=nathanrabin.com|url=https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2019/2/12/this-looks-terrible-foodfight-2012|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> Meanwhile, a review in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' described it as "''The Room'', rendered in horribly sharp polygons" and ''Hollywood News'' called it "by far the crappiest piece of crap I have ever had the misfortune to watch".<ref>{{cite web|last=Nicholson|first=Tom|date=June 10, 2020|title=The Best Movies To Watch While Very, Very Stoned|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a21726330/best-stoner-movies/|access-date=January 7, 2022|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Foodfight! Review |url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2012/10/25/foodfight-review/|website=Hollywood News|accessdate=January 7, 2022|date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> Likewise, critic Tim Brayton described it as "the absolute ugliest animated feature that has ever been released by something resembling an actual animation studio ... one of the very worst movies I have ever seen."<ref>{{cite news|title=Foodfight! (2012)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foodfight/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|accessdate=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brayton |first1=Tim |title=Foodfight! (2012) - Movie Review |url=https://www.alternateending.com/2015/04/dont-play-with-your-food.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107083052/https://www.alternateending.com/2015/04/dont-play-with-your-food.html |website=Alternate Ending |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date= April 24, 2015 |archive-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> [[MSN]] have since included ''Foodfight!'' in their worst film list.<ref>{{cite web|last=Charlebois|first=Mathieu|date=November 29, 2018|title=The worst movies of all time|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/entertainment/entertainmentmovies/the-worst-movies-of-all-time/ss-BBQh1D2#image=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106083744/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/movies/the-worst-movies-of-all-time/ss-AAQm4Hw#image=6|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2022|publisher=[[MSN]]}}</ref> Rebecca Hawkes of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described ''Foodfight!'' as "the worst animated children's film ever made",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/forget-emoji-movie-discover-foodfight-worst-childrens-animation/|title=Forget The Emoji Movie: discover Foodfight!, the worst children's animation of all time|last=Hawkes|first=Rebecca|date=August 2, 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624030309/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/forget-emoji-movie-discover-foodfight-worst-childrens-animation/|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> while ''[[IndieWire]]'', [[Comic Book Resources]] and ''Screen Rant'' have each described it as being one of the worst animated films ever made.<ref>{{cite news|author=Greg Ehrbar|date=May 8, 2013|title=DVD REVIEW: "FoodFight!"|publisher=[[Indiewire]]|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/dvd-review-foodfight-2003|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="screenrantanimated">{{cite web|date=January 15, 2017|title=12 Worst Animated Movies of All Time|url=http://screenrant.com/worst-animated-movies-all-time/|access-date=January 7, 2022|work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Venegas |first1=Jasmine |title=10 Movies With Less-Than-Subtle Advertisements |url=https://www.cbr.com/movies-with-obvious-advertisements-ads/ |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date=August 18, 2021}}</ref> |
A ''[[New York Times]]'' article condemned the film, saying: "The animation appears unfinished ... And the plot ... is impenetrable and even offensive." The article also reported that ''Foodfight!'' had been "seized upon by Internet purveyors of bad cinema".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rossen |first1=Jake |title=Placing Products? Try Casting Them |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/movies/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-computer-animated-foodfight.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date=August 9, 2013}}</ref> One such Internet critic was Nathan Rabin of ''The A.V. Club'', who included the film in his ''My World of Flops'' column, describing it as "one of those fall-of-civilization moments" and "This is the kind of movie so unbelievably, surreally and exquisitely terrible that you want to share it with the rest of the world. I was put on earth to suffer through abominations like ''Foodfight!'' so that society as a whole might benefit from my Christ-like sacrifice."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|date=February 27, 2013|title=Supermarket Brands Sponsored Case File #34: ''Foodfight!''|url=https://film.avclub.com/supermarket-brands-sponsored-case-file-34-foodfight-1798236586|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826092349/https://film.avclub.com/supermarket-brands-sponsored-case-file-34-foodfight-1798236586|archive-date=August 26, 2017|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=The A.V. Club}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|date=February 12, 2019|title=This Looks Terrible! Foodfight! (2012)|work=nathanrabin.com|url=https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2019/2/12/this-looks-terrible-foodfight-2012|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> Meanwhile, a review in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' described it as "''The Room'', rendered in horribly sharp polygons" and ''Hollywood News'' called it "by far the crappiest piece of crap I have ever had the misfortune to watch".<ref>{{cite web|last=Nicholson|first=Tom|date=June 10, 2020|title=The Best Movies To Watch While Very, Very Stoned|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a21726330/best-stoner-movies/|access-date=January 7, 2022|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Foodfight! Review |url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2012/10/25/foodfight-review/|website=Hollywood News|accessdate=January 7, 2022|date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> Likewise, critic Tim Brayton described it as "the absolute ugliest animated feature that has ever been released by something resembling an actual animation studio ... one of the very worst movies I have ever seen."<ref>{{cite news|title=Foodfight! (2012)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foodfight/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|accessdate=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brayton |first1=Tim |title=Foodfight! (2012) - Movie Review |url=https://www.alternateending.com/2015/04/dont-play-with-your-food.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107083052/https://www.alternateending.com/2015/04/dont-play-with-your-food.html |website=Alternate Ending |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date= April 24, 2015 |archive-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> [[MSN]] have since included ''Foodfight!'' in their worst film list.<ref>{{cite web|last=Charlebois|first=Mathieu|date=November 29, 2018|title=The worst movies of all time|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/entertainment/entertainmentmovies/the-worst-movies-of-all-time/ss-BBQh1D2#image=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106083744/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/movies/the-worst-movies-of-all-time/ss-AAQm4Hw#image=6|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2022|publisher=[[MSN]]}}</ref> Rebecca Hawkes of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described ''Foodfight!'' as "the worst animated children's film ever made",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/forget-emoji-movie-discover-foodfight-worst-childrens-animation/|title=Forget The Emoji Movie: discover Foodfight!, the worst children's animation of all time|last=Hawkes|first=Rebecca|date=August 2, 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624030309/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/forget-emoji-movie-discover-foodfight-worst-childrens-animation/|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> while ''[[IndieWire]]'', [[Comic Book Resources]] and ''Screen Rant'' have each described it as being one of the worst animated films ever made.<ref>{{cite news|author=Greg Ehrbar|date=May 8, 2013|title=DVD REVIEW: "FoodFight!"|publisher=[[Indiewire]]|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/dvd-review-foodfight-2003|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="screenrantanimated">{{cite web|date=January 15, 2017|title=12 Worst Animated Movies of All Time|url=http://screenrant.com/worst-animated-movies-all-time/|access-date=January 7, 2022|work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Venegas |first1=Jasmine |title=10 Movies With Less-Than-Subtle Advertisements |url=https://www.cbr.com/movies-with-obvious-advertisements-ads/ |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=January 7, 2022 |date=August 18, 2021}}</ref> |
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Lawrence Kasanoff | |
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| Born | Lawrence Alan Kasanoff 1 June 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Larry Kasanoff |
| Education | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Website | larrykasanoff.com/ |
Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kasanoff (born June 1, 1959) is an American filmmaker who founded the Vestron Pictures genre subsidiary Lightning Pictures in 1986,[1] Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron in 1990, and Threshold Entertainment in 1993. Kasanoff is known for films such as the Mortal Kombat movie franchise including the 1995 Mortal Kombat, its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and its spin-off series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat: Conquest. Kasanoff also served as executive producer of the 2021 reboot. Other films produced by Kasanoff include Blood Diner, Blue Steel, True Lies, and Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers.
Foodfight! (2012)
The animated comedy Foodfight!, directed by Kasanoff, and features a cast of celebrity voice actors, including Charlie Sheen, Wayne Brady, Hilary Duff, and Eva Longoria. The film revolves around brand mascots, known as "Ikes", who come to life in a supermarket after closing time, and their struggles against the forces of Brand X. Several actual corporate mascots make cameos in the movie, such as Mrs. Butterworth, Charlie the Tuna, and the California Raisins. Development for the movie began as early as 1999, but troubled production (including an incident where the hard drives had been stolen) and financial difficulties delayed its release several times. Upon the film's eventual theatrical release in 2012, it became a box-office bomb, earning just $74,000 against its reported $65 million budget.[2] Foodfight! was also critically panned for its animation, humor, use of product placement as a central theme (and being aimed towards children), and content inappropriate for its target audience, such as sexual innuendo and references to Nazism. It subsequently garnered a reputation for being one of the worst films ever made.[2][3]
A New York Times article condemned the film, saying: "The animation appears unfinished ... And the plot ... is impenetrable and even offensive." The article also reported that Foodfight! had been "seized upon by Internet purveyors of bad cinema".[4] One such Internet critic was Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club, who included the film in his My World of Flops column, describing it as "one of those fall-of-civilization moments" and "This is the kind of movie so unbelievably, surreally and exquisitely terrible that you want to share it with the rest of the world. I was put on earth to suffer through abominations like Foodfight! so that society as a whole might benefit from my Christ-like sacrifice."[5][6] Meanwhile, a review in Esquire described it as "The Room, rendered in horribly sharp polygons" and Hollywood News called it "by far the crappiest piece of crap I have ever had the misfortune to watch".[7][8] Likewise, critic Tim Brayton described it as "the absolute ugliest animated feature that has ever been released by something resembling an actual animation studio ... one of the very worst movies I have ever seen."[9][10] MSN have since included Foodfight! in their worst film list.[11] Rebecca Hawkes of The Daily Telegraph described Foodfight! as "the worst animated children's film ever made",[12] while IndieWire, Comic Book Resources and Screen Rant have each described it as being one of the worst animated films ever made.[13][14][15]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Party Camp | Executive Producer | |
| Blood Diner | Executive Producer | ||
| The Underachievers | Executive Producer | Role: Studio Exec | |
| The Beat | Executive Producer | ||
| 1988 | You Can't Hurry Love | Executive Producer | |
| Dangerous Curves | Executive Producer | ||
| 1989 | Dream a Little Dream | Executive Producer | |
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | Executive Producer | ||
| Far from Home | Executive Producer | ||
| She's Back | Executive Producer | ||
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Executive Producer | [16] |
| Class of 1999 | Executive Producer | ||
| A Gnome Named Gnorm | Executive Producer | ||
| Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College | Executive Producer | Direct-to-video | |
| 1994 | True Lies | Executive Producer | [16] |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat | Producer | [16] |
| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins | Producer | Direct-to-video | |
| Strange Days | Executive Producer | [16] | |
| 1996 | Mortal Kombat: Live Tour | Director | |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Producer, Story | [16] |
| 1999 | Beowulf | Producer | |
| 2009 | Bionicle: The Legend Reborn | Executive Producer | Direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers | Executive Producer | Direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Marvel Super Heroes 4D | Executive Producer | Short |
| Foodfight! | Producer, Director, Screenwriter | Voice of Cheasel T. Weasel [17] | |
| 2015 | Ocean Quest: The Immersive Adventure | Executive Producer | |
| Mindfulness: Be Happy Now | Producer, Director | Documentary | |
| 2020 | Bobbleheads: The Movie | Producer | |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat | Executive Producer | |
| TBA | Untitled Tetris Sci-fi Project | Producer |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' | Executive Producer | Documentary |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat: Behind the Dragon | Executive Producer | Documentary |
| 1996 | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Executive Producer | |
| 1998–1999 | Mortal Kombat: Conquest | Executive Producer | |
| 2003 | The Afterlife | Executive Producer | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Lego Atlantis: The Movie | Executive Producer | TV Short |
| 2011–2013 | Hero Factory | Executive Producer | |
| 2012 | Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out | Executive Producer | TV Short |
| 2013 | Rockin' Rounds | Executive Producer | |
| 3 Rounds With | Executive Producer |
References
- ^ "CAN FILMMAKING SAVE VESTRON`S HOME VIDEO?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ a b Sherlock, Ben (June 30, 2020). "The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Animated Movies From The 2010s". Screen Rant. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
With a reported budget of $65 million and a box office gross of less than $74,000, Foodfight! was a devastating financial catastrophe, and it's since been branded one of the worst movies ever made.
- ^ Dunkin, Jamie (December 30, 2021). "5 strange, great, and plain awful movies stuck in development hell". We Got This Covered. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
When it was released in 2012, it racked up a reputation as one of the worst films ever made. And it deserves it.
- ^ Rossen, Jake (August 9, 2013). "Placing Products? Try Casting Them". The New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Rabin, Nathan (February 27, 2013). "Supermarket Brands Sponsored Case File #34: Foodfight!". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Rabin, Nathan (February 12, 2019). "This Looks Terrible! Foodfight! (2012)". nathanrabin.com. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Nicholson, Tom (June 10, 2020). "The Best Movies To Watch While Very, Very Stoned". Esquire. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Foodfight! Review". Hollywood News. October 25, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Foodfight! (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Brayton, Tim (April 24, 2015). "Foodfight! (2012) - Movie Review". Alternate Ending. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Charlebois, Mathieu (November 29, 2018). "The worst movies of all time". MSN. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Hawkes, Rebecca (August 2, 2017). "Forget The Emoji Movie: discover Foodfight!, the worst children's animation of all time". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Greg Ehrbar (May 8, 2013). "DVD REVIEW: "FoodFight!"". Indiewire. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "12 Worst Animated Movies of All Time". Screen Rant. January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Venegas, Jasmine (August 18, 2021). "10 Movies With Less-Than-Subtle Advertisements". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Larry kasanoff´s page".
- ^ "Lawrence Kasanoff (Visual voices guide)".
