{"id":1218,"date":"2022-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"MOVIE REVIEW\nThe Menu<\/strong>\n\u00a0-\u00a0\n
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MOVIE REVIEW
\nThe Menu<\/strong>
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Genre:<\/strong> Comedy, Horror, Thriller
\nYear Released:<\/strong> 2022
\nRuntime:<\/strong> 1h 47m
\nDirector(s):<\/strong> Mark Mylod
\nWriter(s):<\/strong> Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
\nCast:<\/strong> 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
\nWhere To Watch:<\/strong> In theaters November 18, 2022, from Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n

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RAVING REVIEW:\u00a0<\/strong>This isn\u2019t 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.)<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

The cast in this film was stellar, I\u2019m 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\u2019t enough.) The rest of the cast doesn\u2019t consist of many common household names (outside of John Leguizamo,) but that didn\u2019t stop them from owning the screen during their scenes.<\/p>\n

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\u2019t their favorite.)<\/p>\n

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 \u201cflawless,\u201d but this had enough oomph behind it, allowing those moments to be overcome.<\/p>\n

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