Review of The Menu (2022) by Moviemitch96 — 20 Nov 2022

A group of wealthy individuals and high society members travel to a remote island to dine at a high end luxury restaurant owned by a rather unorthodox and mysterious chef (Ralph Fiennes) who has deadly and sinister plans in store for all of them.

The previews initially really intrigued me to this one due to how vague things were kept as to what exactly the story was supposed to be about or what the hell was going on. So I arrived with a rather open mind and very eager to see what exactly what unfold and go down in this film.

And while there's plenty of twists and turns and shock factor in store here, it's all unfortunately a little jumbled and surprisingly underwhelming in the end. While motives and explanations are revealed/given throughout, it all is told in a rather clumsy and disjointed manner that left me confused and raising my eyebrow moreso than satisfied.

The ridiculous nature of it all only builds and builds as the film progresses until it all culminates into one of the most groan-inducing, anticlimactic, and just plain cringey and absurd endings I've seen in a while.

Not even the performances of Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, John Leguizamo, etc. Could save this mess. Overall, an intriguing premise and marketing, but it couldn't save the jumbled, disjointed, and scattershot feeling of the finished result, leaving this one feeling thoroughly undercooked and unappetizing.