The Menu

The Menu (R)

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Psychopath | Restaurant

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Horror, Thriller
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Mark Mylod, Lisa Molinaro, Alexander Payne
  • Cast(s): Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma Stone, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 46min
  • Music: Colin Stetson,Wyatt Sprague,Rich Bologna,Alan Freedman,Jim Schultz
  • Award(s): NTFCA 2022 (Won)
    Golden Globe 2023 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Cocaine Bear, Crimson
  • Story:
    The menu revolves around a dark horrific mystery hidden by the famous Chef Slowik. Who sends out some invites for a special soiree at a mysterious island to some of the few high-class society members and influential people, but little did the guests know that they will become part of a dangerous well-crafted plan.
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7.2/10
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STORY, RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Story
The menu revolves around a dark horrific mystery hidden by the famous Chef Slowik. Who sends out some invites for a special soiree at a mysterious island to some of the few high-class society members and influential people, but little did the guests know that they will become part of a dangerous well-crafted plan.
Ratings

7.2/10

IMDb

88%

Rotten Tomatoes
The Menu Review

The Menu has been described as a delicious meal of dark satire and being the perfect blend of mystery, dark comedy, horror, and suspense, the movie managed to gain the interest of the audience but what makes the movie more exciting and binge-watch worthy is its star-studded cast. The audience loved the overall plot of the movie and how brilliantly the events were tangled up to eventually reveal the biggest lurking dark mystery. The plot and the storyline are quite intriguing and are hugely different from the usual movies of such genre. Not to deny the film also contains a fair share of some gruesome scenes which were the highlights of the painstaking plan. The star-studded dark comedy-horror film received an IMDB rating of about 7.6 out of 10. Fans are extremely happy with the selection of cast members and the performances of each of the characters. The overall direction of the film is also splendid.

AWARDS

Won
NTFCA Award

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble) | 2022

CCA Super Award

Best Actor in a Horror Movie | 2023

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Nominations
Golden Globe Award

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | 2023 | Anya

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | 2023 | Ralph

COFCA Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2023

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) | 2023 | Anya

Breakthrough Film Artist | 2023 | Hong

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) For and | 2023 | Anya

Best Film | 2023

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy | 2023

Breakthrough Film Artist For | 2023 | Hong

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) For | 2023 | Hong

Best Lead Performance | 2023 | Ralph

Saturn Award

Best Film Writing | 2024

Best Film Direction | 2024 | Mark

Best Actress in a Film | 2024 | Anya

Best Actor in a Film | 2024 | Ralph

Best Thriller Film | 2024

Best Director | 2023 | Mark

Artisan Award

Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature-Length Motion Picture | 2023

Best Contemporary Makeup - Feature-Length Motion Picture | 2023 | Deborah La Mia

SDFCS Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2023

Best Actor | 2023 | Ralph

Best Ensemble | 2023

PCA Award

Best Ensemble Cast | 2023

ALFS Award

British/Irish Actor of the Year For | 2023 | Ralph

BritishIrish Actor of the Year | 2023 | Ralph

IFMCA Award

Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film | 2023 | Colin

Eddie Award

Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy | 2023 | Christopher

WGA (Screen) Award

Original Screenplay | 2023

HCA Award

Best Casting Director | 2023 | Mary

Best Comedy Film | 2023

Best Original Screenplay | 2023

Satellite Award

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | 2023 | Ralph

Golden Trailer Award

Best Teaser | 2023

Golden Schmoes Award

Most Underrated Movie of the Year | 2023

Best Supporting Actor of the Year | 2023 | Ralph

Best Comedy of the Year | 2023

Best Screenplay of the Year | 2023

Biggest Surprise of the Year | 2023

DFCS Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2023

Best Comedy Film | 2023

Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film | 2023

Best Actor | 2023 | Ralph

CinEuphoria Award

Best Actor - International Competition | 2023 | Ralph

Artios Award

Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy | 2023 | Mary

HFCS Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2023

Best Actress | 2023 | Anya

Best Actor | 2023 | Ralph

Best Film | 2023

Chainsaw Award

Best Screenplay | 2023

Dorian Award

Unsung Film of the Year | 2023

IFJA Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2022

Best Supporting Performance | 2022 | Ralph

SLFCA Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2022

SFC Award

Best Supporting Actress For | 2022

Best Film | 2022

Best Ensemble | 2022

Best Supporting Actress | 2022 | Hong

Best Screenplay | 2022

HMMA Award

Best Original Score - Horror Film | 2022 | Colin

NTFCA Award

Best Actor | 2022 | Ralph

Best Picture | 2022

Bonkers! Competition Award

Best Film | 2022 | Mark

OAFFC Award

Best Acting Ensemble | 2022

BOX OFFICE

Budget 35,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 79,628,200 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Screenwriter Will Tracy came up with the idea of the story while on his honeymoon in Bergen, Norway, when he took a boat to a fancy restaurant (Cornelius Sjømatrestaurant) on a nearby private island and realized they were stuck (or trapped) on the island until the meal was done. There are numerous references to restaurant Noma (Copenhagen) in The Menu, starting from the location, idea, concept, and ending with the menu itself.

Actress Aimee Carrero revealed that director Mark Mylod offered each of the actors one "freebie" take after securing a scripted take, in which he encouraged the actors to improvise material, which is also how Slowik's "Taco Tuesday" line ended up in the final cut.

John Leguizamo's character is officially called George Díaz, but he is simply credited as "Movie Star." Leguizamo based his character of a washed-up action star on Steven Seagal, whom he called a "horrible human" due to a particularly bad experience while working with Seagal on Executive Decision (1996). The multiple references to Diaz playing a cook in one of his movies may be a nod to Under Siege (1992), where Seagal also played a cook.

The entire kitchen team were trained to actually create the dishes broken down station by station, so that if at any time you look at them, they're all doing the correct things they should be doing for that dish were it real life and not a movie.

The lavish 'food' layouts were prepared by renowned French chef Dominique Crenn, the only female chef in the United States to attain three Michelin stars for her restaurant Atelier Crenn in San Francisco (as of 2016). Though many of the cast and crew were often tempted to taste the delicacies between takes, they had to be reminded that the food items were predominantly props, and thus inedible.

Popular Dialogues

"Chef Slowik: Where did you go to school? Felicity: Brown. Chef Slowik: Student loans? Felicity: No. Chef Slowik: Sorry, you're dying."

"Elsa: You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve."

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