Food and felonies are inseparable in Hardboiled, a stop-motion animated satire of the classic urban American crime drama.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion food textures that will haunt your dreams.
Writing
Ridiculous pun density, committed to the bit.
Director
Peter Sluszka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sluszka's background in commercials (Target, Honda) explains the hyper-polished grotesquerie—this is advertising aesthetics weaponized against itself.
George S. Irving recorded his lines at 94; it's his final performance, making Juicy Le Straw's death weirdly meta.