"THE MENU" (2022) Directed by Mark Mylod #finedining #films #filmreview

Midway through this banquet for the beautiful “Tyler” (Nicholas Hoult), an excitable and devoted super fan of “Chef Slowik” (Ralph Fiennes) exclaims excitedly “I didn’t see that coming!”. But I did. Perhaps you will too, and maybe you’ll also see that there’s a limp story being told here or in fact, heresy as it may sound, there’s no real story here at all.

If you’ve seen the trailer you’ll be aware that such fine dining and an “exclusive agreement” quickly turns grisly and then, in the trailer again, you’ll see a manhunt of wannabe escape artists from a remote island that is self sustaining and self contained in every possible way. It’s just the film has nowhere to go after the events alluded to mainly in the trailer. Had the film ended after the event that Tyler didn’t see coming, it would have been a tight, short film with a real twist and a thought provoking ending. In fact, put Tyler at the centre of the event that he doesn’t see coming and then you have a damn good short film!

The above two paragraphs are taken from my spoiler free review of "The Menu" originally penned and posted to my Medium blog site on 19th January 2023 and the review can be read for free and in full via my Substack site linked immediately below:

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