For Wiseman fans, Menus-Plaisirs will come across as a curious, but toothless culinary foray that just lacks the punch of the director’s [other] work. For others, this may...be a delightful, ambience-setting film...[promising] relaxation for four hours.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 14, 2025

For the Troisgrois family, the process is part of the experience. This makes Wiseman’s methods a perfect match for the material.

| Mar 22, 2024

Any viewer interested in food, food preparation, food service, wine, cheese, frogs or snails will be affixed to his figurative chair at Mr. Wiseman’s table. Bring snacks.

| Mar 21, 2024

A dialogue about asparagus, passionfruit and rhubarb turns into a philosophical and artistic inquiry about technique, appearance and taste. The pace of the exchange rivals every Éric Rohmer movie.

| Mar 21, 2024

"Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros" patiently takes us through the entire operation. And then, just like clockwork, the journey begins anew, with Wiseman's camera there to record it all and present it to us on a silver platter of cinematic enjoyment.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 13, 2024

Another beautifully exhausive examination from wizard documentary Frederick Wiseman.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 9, 2024

It’s the attention and level of care that make this such a pleasurable way to spend four hours.

| Feb 8, 2024

The leisurely film is a cinematic feast for those interested in the highest of cuisine, as well as a tribute by Wiseman to a family devoted to the maintenance of the highest standards in it.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 1, 2024

A four-hour sojourn in the Michelin three-star restaurant of the title...

| Jan 27, 2024

Nobody wants flies in their restaurant... but Wiseman's style in his often lengthy documentaries has always been fly-on-the-wall.

| Jan 3, 2024

I do not see the appeal to ever eat at an establishment like this, but I do totally respect the Troisgros clan as artists and their restaurants as their gallery.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 29, 2023

Menus-Plaisirs is a fascinating exploration of that passion, and perhaps the closest many of us will get to experiencing it at all.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 28, 2023

Be aware that director Wiseman likes to tell his story in a gentle, flowing way and, like “Les Troisgros,” they are long and thorough.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 20, 2023

It takes a rare documentarian to turn a four-hour cinema vérité culinary experience into one that’s as appetizing and satisfying as the Michelin-starred meals it observes getting created from farm to crafted table.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 20, 2023

One of the best films about food ever made, this documentary is fun, insightful, and a must-see for anyone who admires the artistry of cuisine.

| Dec 20, 2023

At the center of it all is an affectionate portrait of the Troisgros family, who have been restaurateurs for generations. They pursue their life’s mission with a zeal that’s inspiring and, at times, amusing...

| Dec 13, 2023

I love foodie movies, and this one is so good you can almost taste the food while watching the movie.

| Original Score: A | Dec 13, 2023

Precisely edited with a sharp eye for the varied rhythms of the kitchen and all the moving parts that give it life, it is a work of art about artists that reflects on the intricacies of collaboration to build to one of the director's best conclusions.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 8, 2023

By the end of Menus Plaisirs, you know this family franchise inside and out and have become fully invested in the lives of everyone who works there. Wiseman is a master craftsman, never afraid to linger in a moment too long

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 8, 2023

If you're a fan of films about cooking... This is the king of them all.

| Dec 7, 2023