Don’t Think You Know What to Expect
Read Time:2 Minute, 11 Second
MOVIE REVIEW
The Menu
– 
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Year Released: 2022
Runtime: 1h 47m
Director(s): Mark Mylod
Writer(s): Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Reed Birney, Judith Light, Paul Adelstein, Aimee Carrero, Arturo Castro, Rob Yang, Mark St. Cyr, John Leguizamo
Where To Watch: In theaters November 18, 2022, from Searchlight Pictures
RAVING REVIEW: This isn’t what you think it is, making it a complete experience. A cast that delivers a full course meal in every scene (come on, I had to make at least one food pun.)
This was unlike anything I had expected and yet incredibly familiar, and somehow, these two experiences could exist side by side in the same film. Thankfully I had only seen one trailer, and it was pretty early on, not much more than a teaser trailer. So I could go in with a blank slate, enjoying the experience as it unfolded.
The cast in this film was stellar, I’m an Anya Talyor-Joy fan, so that I may be slightly biased there, but even beyond her, this cast was packed! Ralph Fiennes (pronounced RAYF FYNZ) was consistently stellar, as you would expect. Nicholas Hoult played his role so well that I wanted more and more of it (sadly, there wasn’t enough.) The rest of the cast doesn’t consist of many common household names (outside of John Leguizamo,) but that didn’t stop them from owning the screen during their scenes.
This would likely be the no-brain winner if there were an Oscar for an ensemble cast. Even without that, I would love to see several nominations for the film; the only thing it has going against it is that it comprises several different genres all at once. The Oscars tend to shy away (especially when one of those genres isn’t their favorite.)
While not entirely unpredictable, there were enough twists and turns along the way that kept you guessing what the ultimate fate would be. There were a few things that I took issue with, but none of them were enough to take away from the whole package. Few films are “flawless,” but this had enough oomph behind it, allowing those moments to be overcome.
For more reviews and my YouTube channel, please visit linktr.ee/Overlyhonestmoviereviews
Follow me on Instagram, Letterboxd, Twitter, and YouTube. Find my social media accounts on most platforms simply by searching Overly Honest Movie Reviews.
I’m always happy to hear from my readers; please say hi or send me any questions about all things movies.
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
1
0
I like the movie even though I thought it was very predictable after about 30 minutes into it
Honestly, I thought this was more of a suspense than a horror movie. It made me laugh at some spots, but overall very hungry.
Here from Tiktok. The Menu was one of my favorite movie from the past year. Im a sucker for a movie with minimal locations and a simple plot. What makes and breaks these kids of films are the acting for me. The Menu has plenty of stand out performances. They did a good job making us as the audience feeling traped and in danger with the cast. The suspense and the horror was expected going into the fil what I didnt expext was how funny it would be. This movies is all about desire, obsession, greed, ego and how things can go terrible wrong when we dont see our own issues and become too self centered thing we are the most important thing in the world or we idolize too much with out becoming uniqe to ones self
Tense yet entertaining thriller that made you not only anticipate the shocks, but you found yourself wanting them. Ralph Fiennes delivers scene after scene.
That is a fantastic point I didn’t get to explore! I genuinely found myself wanting shocks!!!