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 The Menu 

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The Menu is a 2022 American black comedy horror film directed by Mark Mylod, written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, and produced by Adam McKay, Betsy Koch, and Will Ferrell through their production banners Hyperobject Industries and Gary Sanchez Productions respectively. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo.

The Menu had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022, and was released in the United States on November 18, 2022, by Searchlight Pictures.

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This was certainly very entertaining and exciting but I didn't quite understand the point of why they were all getting killed.


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Ralph Fiennes deserves an Oscar nom for this. Anya Taylor Joy was great too


Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:15 am
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This was excellent. So twisted, wild, and original, it's an excellent manifestation of a unique and biting vision. Tonally perfect too, it's laugh out loud funny as well as deeply disturbing and tense. The four actors with highest billing were absolute perfection (Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, and Hong Chau were all incredible), and the supporting cast fills out the movie organically and with delicious satirical humor. The movie itself exists as a meta example of its own thematic social criticisms. The only thing keeping it from a solid A is its lack of deep emotional resonance.

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One of the best of the year. Definite recommend.

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I thought this was entertaining but I think the premise/execution were off for me.


Tue Nov 22, 2022 3:50 pm
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This was very enjoyable. It's definitely going to become a cult classic. It works on so many ways and perfectly balances campiness with sophistication. I feel good about the future of adult dramas if they maintain this level quality along with films like Glass Onion.

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I only wish Fiennes survived so they could do a sequel here. I want to know what happens to Anya after this.


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Loved this one. Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes are both sensational and play well off each other. A-


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I absolutely loved this. A lot of films have underwhelmed me recently, but this truly gave me that feeling of "this is why I love movies". It was thoroughly enjoyable. Great performances by Fiennes, Hoult and, well, the whole cast. It's darkly humorous, meta, knows what it wants to say, and doesn't pull any punches to say it. It's just a great film. You don't know where it's going to go (even if you kind of do) and that's exciting.

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The Menu was so good. It's a masterclass of pacing and esclating tension. Really wish I had seen it in theaters.


Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:55 pm
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This would be an almost perfect film if the commentary weren't so muddled.

Incredibly enjoyable on a second watch, sad this doesn't seem to have caught on with awards voters. Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor Joy and even Hong Chau (better than she is in The Whale) are incredible


Thu Jan 05, 2023 12:26 am
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Pretty sure Hong Chau is going to get an Oscar in the next 5-10 years with the quality she's been releasing.

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She's in Wes Anderson's next movie this year Asteroid City.
She's in Yorgos Lanthimos's upcoming movie (previously did The Lobster and The Favorite).

She's going to gain a lot of fans once more people discover The Menu on streaming. So spectacular.


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zwackerm wrote:
This would be an almost perfect film if the commentary weren't so muddled.
Are you talking thematically or about the audio mix? Cause I did notice, towards the end, that the ADR wasn't 100% in sync with the lips that were moving. I wasn't sure if my internet was just being slow or something. If I had seen it in theaters then I wouldn't have had to worry about that.

I don't get why this isn't in oscar contention. They love movies about class divide and this one does it as well as anyone else I've seen.


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zwackerm wrote:
This would be an almost perfect film if the commentary weren't so muddled.
Are you talking thematically or about the audio mix? Cause I did notice, towards the end, that the ADR wasn't 100% in sync with the lips that were moving. I wasn't sure if my internet was just being slow or something. If I had seen it in theaters then I wouldn't have had to worry about that.

I don't get why this isn't in oscar contention. They love movies about class divide and this one does it as well as anyone else I've seen.


Thematically its clear the film is trying to say something but its not always clear what that is. For example I still don't understand why Margot is let go at the end while everyone else just obediently stays.


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Well the reason Margot/Erin is let go is because the movie wants us to side with The Chef over the guests, despite the fact that he's basically running a psychotic murder cult at that point.

In story, it's because she proved to him that she was a giver instead of a taker by letting him have one more moment of happiness, remembering the good ole times, before his death. So letting her go and killing the rest is part of the menu. Everyone else stays because The Chef has convinced them they deserve it. Margot/Erin never put up with any of his bullshit, and in the end that's what saved her. That's how I took it anyways.

I think I would have preferred if he changed his mind about the suicide (s) after the cheeseburger , opening the door for a sequel where he does it in another country or something. But I get that, in story, the character was too far gone. And the smores scene is quite something, we wouldn't wanna lose that.


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Enjoyable due to its uniqueness and Fiennes/ATJ, but I agree with zwack the social commentary about class/men/etc. is pretty heavy handed making it the ultimate 2022 horror movie for good or bad, it's like someone saw an "Eat the Rich" meme and had an idea for a movie, at the same time I don't think it's really self aware enough to criticize this type of politicization of art as the attempt to make a Promising Young Woman type men suck message with characters like Hoult, the old cheater or the whole men's folly sequence seemed fairly genuine to me. It somewhat contradicts itself about cheeseburgers because this movie is certainly not one, it's not algae meal or breadless plate either, but it's somewhere in the middle, like a tofu burger served with avocado toast instead of fries.

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zwackerm wrote:
Thematically its clear the film is trying to say something but its not always clear what that is. For example I still don't understand why Margot is let go at the end while everyone else just obediently stays.


He wants to kill the rich people for taking the joy he once had for cooking and turning into it soul sucking snobby bullshit. Margot is different because she's a working class prostitute who likes cheeseburgers more, and he is grateful to her for giving him one last pure cooking experience, so she lives.

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Nice film, good performances. I'm not blown away by any of it, but I like the concept and a pretty good example of an interesting story taking place at one venue.

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