The Menu Reviews
In the end, The Menu is a little like an unrisen souffle. Delicious but not quite as lofty as it hoped.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2024
This gourmet show takes unforeseen directions when each step of the menu is transformed into a theatrical act, where the tension will go to a crescendo and the experience that chef Slowik and his team have prepared is not what the diners expected...
| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 22, 2024
The Menu is an entertaining horror satire with a marvelous ensemble cast but fails to deliver a slightly interesting punch line.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2024
“The Menu” demonstrates how capitalism and its relationship to consumerism can actively suck the joy from creatives, particularly as they attempt to fulfil the needs of the most affluent and entitled consumers.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2024
“The Menu” suggests that such fanatism to an ephemeral art which requires hard work and isolation could lead to a cult like atmosphere brewing insanity and resentment
| Jun 8, 2024
There were so many moments I loved
| Apr 24, 2024
Its A Solid B
| Apr 24, 2024
Despite knowing how the story goes and where the twists and turns are, The Menu is a film that I can see myself going back to again and again.
| Original Score: A- | Mar 1, 2024
The movie captivated the audience in a way that held us hostage to Chef Slowik's emotional manipulation. This was cunningly executed.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 29, 2023
The Menu perfectly and sharply captures the milieu of this fine dining world with a scathing takedown of the condescension and pretension that fuels it.
| Nov 2, 2023
Black satire skewers the world of haute cuisine.
| Oct 4, 2023
With splashes of horror and comedy, The Menu explores the world of fine dining restaurants. The movie has a stellar cast, including Fiennes and Taylor-Joy, who are incredible and magnetic together.
| Sep 8, 2023
The Menu delivers an engaging time and will leave the audience with a tantalizing sardonic meal.
| Sep 6, 2023
...when the writers found themselves in a difficult plot situation, they resorted to the cheat of some sort of magical powers the Chef can weld with a whisper. Each time such a moment happens, the film begins to lose its grip on the reality of horror.
| Original Score: C+ | Aug 9, 2023
The Menu is a perfectly cooked, deliciously evil delight of a film that definitely won't be to everyone's tastes, but if it's your sort of dish at all, you're all but guaranteed to love every minute of it.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 4, 2023
This gastronomic experience leaves no space for its comedic quips or food for thought, leaving way too much to be desired.
| Original Score: D | Jul 29, 2023
In a unique pairing with the palpable tension comes the dark humor of the film— two facets that usually do not go hand in hand in film as laughter famously diffuses any built up tension, but The Menu cooks up a balance that really works.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 26, 2023
“The Menu” is best explained by Hong Chau’s Elsa when she whispers to one of the guests during dinner: “You’ll eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.”
| Jul 25, 2023
A delicious satire that bites right into any industry that people obsess over. A haunting watch but one that will have you laughing & completely in love with the script.
| Jul 25, 2023
The Menu deserves to be seen with very little knowledge of the plot. Even the trailers (and likely this review) give too much away. It’s a dark, vicious satire that expertly unfolds itself over the course of ten dishes.
| Jul 24, 2023