A solid ensemble cast, also including Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy, shines in this send-up of foodie culture blended with a horror-thriller.
Ralph Fiennes, left, and Anya Taylor-Joy in a scene from the film"The Menu.""The Menu," Mark Mylod's deliciously entertaining, braised-tongue-in-cheek thriller/dark comedy skewering foodie-culture faddishness, is for anyone who has ever requested tartar sauce at a high-end restaurant only to be met with a serving of derision sprinkled with disdain. You will be avenged.
Ralph Fiennes is Chef Slowik, a god-like celebrity chef whose very expensive and very, very isolated restaurant called Hawthorne -- you have to take a private boat to a remote island to get there and there is only seating for 12 -- is a must-do for those who wouldn't be caught dead eating pork and beans out of a can.
They have not gathered to eat -- in fact, Slowik can't stomach the word"eat" -- but savor a multi-course experience where the food is not about satiating hunger but celebrating presentation, concept, culinary architecture and social commentary. Even though Hawthorne is ostensibly a restaurant, it has little to do with anything as woefully pedestrian as getting full.Rated R: For strong/disturbing violent content, language throughout and some sexual references.
Mylod and screenwriter Will Tracy are best known for their work on the TV series"Succession" so they're used to trafficking in this milieu of the rich and the tasteless. The approach is clever -- the film is broken up into"courses" and the dialogue is often Ginsu-knife sharp and cutting.
Ultimately,"The Menu" is a bit lightweight -- it's not for those looking for intensity -- but it maintains its tension through its surprisingly breezy 106 minutes. And, the next time you're hungry, it just might have you opting for the drive-thru.
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