The Menu
ComedyHorror
17+R
2022·1h 47m·Mark Mylod·Hyperobject Industries·● Script read & verified
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking...
Fine for kids to watch alone
Heads Up for Parents
Despite being marketed as a dark comedy, the film contains genuinely disturbing scenes including an on-screen suicide and graphic finger amputation that may be more intense than the R rating suggests.
What's In It
Violence
Extreme▸
Language
Extreme▸
Scary
Extreme▸
Romance
Very Mild▸
Substances
Mild▸
Stimulation
Mild▸
Cultural & Values Guide
Faith & Religion
●Religious mockery depicted
Chef Slowik's ritualistic approach to fine dining and his treatment of cooking as a sacred art form deliberately parodies religious ceremony and devotion. The film mocks the pretentious reverence that both the chef and diners show toward haute cuisine as if it were a spiritual practice.
Family Takeaways
What it gets right
- ✓Critiques the excesses and pretensions of elite culture and wealth inequality
- ✓Shows how creativity can be corrupted when it becomes purely transactional
- ✓Margot's character demonstrates authenticity and working-class values triumphing over pretension
Cast:Anya Taylor-JoyRalph FiennesNicholas HoultJanet McTeerPaul Adelstein