The Menu

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The Menu

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Released Nov 18, 2022

1h 47m

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A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

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Critics Consensus

While its social commentary relies on basic ingredients, The Menu serves up black comedy with plenty of flavor.

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Audience Says

The Menu's got a great cast and plenty of fun moments, although the ending might strike some as a little tough to swallow.

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Scott Tobias

The Reveal (Substack)

The film fares better as a tightly constructed exercise in horror, like a cross between the mechanized death of a Saw movie and the eat-the-rich grotesquerie of Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 19, 2022

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

The Menu is an atmospheric, claustrophobic thriller with a killer ending, but manages to fall short in serving up a full-course of deranged delights.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 10, 2022

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Anton Bitel

Sight & Sound

Slowik’s slow-cooked revenge against social inequality, bad taste, cruel critique, culinary pretension and even ‘fast food’ cinema is unsettling and accusatory.

Dec 7, 2022

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Anna Hoang

Boston Hassle

THE MENU bounces between glutton-gaudy and inquisitively subtle, balls-to-the-wall ridiculous and somewhat trite. But in overcoming the expectation of a movie running on technical perfection, the film is a guilty pleasure.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 20, 2025

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

In the end, The Menu is a little like an unrisen souffle. Delicious but not quite as lofty as it hoped.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 11, 2024

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Denise Pieniazek

Puesta en Escena (AR)

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...

Rated: 8/10

Aug 22, 2024

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Eliza BC

Best movie in forever!!!! Hilarious, gory, terrifying and delicious!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/05/25

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Rowell S

Interesting twist, love Anya.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/24

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Ralph Fiennes is king

Pacing of the movie is perfect until the climax when things start to get a bit wacky. A little too on the nose at times. They probably should’ve found someone other than Anya Taylor Joy as the protagonist who’s supposed to be from a blue collar middle American background.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/26/24

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First name L

Deliciously flinty humor about the conflict between art and consumerism. Each deftly cast persona contributes to the main course; stay for the just deserts. PSA: Eat a good burger right before or directly afterward.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/24

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La'Justin

Incredible film on so many levels. Also really made me want a cheeseburger.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/09/23

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lester

this is just a fantastic film thriller/ dark comedy at its best go watch it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/23

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Mark Mylod

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Ralph Fiennes

Chef Slowik

Anya Taylor-Joy

Margot

Nicholas Hoult

Tyler

Hong Chau

Elsa

Janet McTeer

Lillian Bloom

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Synopsis

A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Director: Mark Mylod
Producer: Adam McKay, Betsy Koch, Will Ferrell
Screenwriter: Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
Distributor: Searchlight Pictures
Production Co: Hyperobject Industries, Searchlight Pictures
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Language Throughout|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 2022, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.5M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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