The Menu stars Ralph Fiennes as a masterchef, Nicholas Holt as the chef's fan boy and Anya Taylor-Joy in her nighty. It's not difficult to lampoon the foodie scene and it has been done before, American psycho for example and as such the "humour" isn't anywhere near as clever as it thinks it is. So much for the comedy now let's look at the "horror". What horror? There's potential for a tense psychological thriller here but the "humour" puts a kybosh on that. The scenario is also rather far fetched, an exclusive restaurant on a remote island run by a suicidal chef and staffed by zombie like human drones serving rich wrong uns all marked for death. Hmmm.
Having said all that it still manages an above average score thanks to a great performance from Fiennes however he does make the rest of the cast look wooden by comparison, especially ATJ who does her self no favours. It's also praise worthy for attempting something different but that doesn't merit seven stars.
Having said all that it still manages an above average score thanks to a great performance from Fiennes however he does make the rest of the cast look wooden by comparison, especially ATJ who does her self no favours. It's also praise worthy for attempting something different but that doesn't merit seven stars.