THE MENU (2022) Explained
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In the dark horror satire The Menu, 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 surprises. We're breaking down the story's many twists and turns, including the intention behind Chef's menu, as well as explaining the ending and its meaning.
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The way I interpreted chef letting Margot leave at the end wasn’t because she helped him find some kind of joy in cooking again, he would have been too far gone for that.
I think in a way he needed to let her leave because she really wasn’t like the others and her dying with them would make the menu not ‘perfect’
That’s a good point
She wasn't a gourmet ingredient 👌😊
@@ranashetta5142 but a lot of us would eat her raw, if you know what I mean 😏
No it very was clear on the first part
Why can't it be both? She was the only one who truly "got it." She was not part of the culture that imprisoned him. (Every time he told her that "you shouldn't be here," it took on a different meaning) There was no need for her to die. And the act of asking for the cheeseburger was kind, in Slowick's eyes. She was no longer a "taker." Ironically, asking for a cheeseburger was actually giving.
Chef 100% told Tyler 'You will never be part of the Menu', since Tyler knew they will all die and he wanted to die with them. So Chef telling him he won't be killed was ironically the thing that leads him to kill himself.
That actually makes sense considering Tyler’s gigantic narcissism
I like this head-canon
I prefer thinking that he just went LowTierGod on him, just "You should kill yourself NOW"
@@neonicon8500 It's shown in the film.
Is this real? Wow!
Everyone always assumes that she tricked him, but I think that was a moment of solidarity and mutual understanding between two service workers. The other snobbish customers either ignored or overlooked the Chef's service and food, while some read too much into it and were simply being too critical. Margot, during the Chef's final moments, asked for a service in a form of a meager burger, something simple, but clearly something that meant a lot to the Chef's journey of getting to where he is now, she then showed genuine appreciation for the burger, and kindly asked for a to go box and even paid her dues. This then re-affirmed what he initially thought of her; that she was in fact different than the others and that she understood what it was like to work in this sort of industry and let her go with a smile on his face.
Also, a burger is a common meal you get on the way home from a 12 hour shift. It’s designed to feed and sustain. Expensive meals tend to be empty status symbols
Was Tyler's original date there before and that's how Chef Slowik knew Margot shouldn't be there? I'm wondering what the girl who was supposed to be there did.
@@IWantToPetYourDog they did extensive research on the customers for the event, especially for that one course in which they served bread/toast with each of their dark secrets stamped on it or something like that. But the chef knew it was supposed to be a different girl because it was the old girlfriend's name that was on the official list and not the current one (Margot)
@@procastination_is_my_passi4182 I'm curious if the girl that was supposed to be there did something or if Tyler was just going to bring her to die like Margot.
@@IWantToPetYourDog the customers didn't know that death was going to be the final event/course, I think Tyler just happened to break up with the girlfriend before this event and just happened to bring Margot with him. Just a strange course of events. The girlfriend was on the list because the boyfriend made the reservation when they were still together, hence the staff's confusion when he brought a different girl instead
The moment where Anne waved Margo/Erin away genuinely made me tear up. That tiny moment said so much and was beautiful.
I really felt for Anne, roped into that mess by her husband.
I don't think Anne deserved her fate in the end yeah she may have been privileged and maybe even stuck up but with all the tragedy in her life I think it evened out and at the end she shows she is a genuinely caring person
@@bills7595hers was a spot of redemption done right which is rare in tales like these that's why she went out happy.
@@bills7595she was kind but still out of touch, remember she disrespected chef by not remembering cod vs halibut. It wasn't a matter of if you're a good person in general, but to the chef. I thought that was a genius aspect to show how petty he is
@@nailinthefashion When you go out to eat do you remember the difference between fish? Like fr?
That burger at the end looked just...divine
. What I loved is how he legitimately looked happy preparing that burger.
I agree! Even the way he made it was shot to look devine. But the burger too look LEGIT!
that's why she did it. she already knew she wasn't part of the plan/not someone the chef had any ill-feelings towards, so she decided to appeal to what made him love cooking in the first place, and use it as a way to escape. and it worked!
CGI burger.
The pessimistic side of my brain had this idea for a twist where what if the meat used for the burger was from the steakhouse being a day old leading to her eventual death.
It would make the smokehouse visit and then talking about the meat become foreshadowing.
Divine
The thing I like about this is how often does the protagonist just ask the antagonist if they could leave. It's a really neat way to end the movie, she respected the chefs dilution, and used it to her advantage by asking for a to-go bag.
Everyone asks to leave douche she just used common sense to play on the chef's ego
@@DensilGrant you calling me a douche or him? Either way, calm down my dude
@@KingCycl0ps @Spartan Ghost; I disagree with the both of you... That cheeseburger she asked for is fast food... fast food isn't meant for exquisite dining... it's meant as a meal on the go. It's meant for 1 purpose and 1 purpose alone... not to be glorified and deified as some work of art but to be eaten because you are hungry. In a sense everyone in that restaurant betrayed the meaning and reason for food... the chef grew disillusioned by having to prep food for people who are never satisfied and who have forgotten the reason why we eat (the bread menu is an example of that).
All SHE did was do the very thing the chef started on this road for... she ordered a burger for the food, not the show or the glorification.. she was "hungry" and wanted some food to go whilst going to the next destination... I don't think the chef was only smiling and let her go because she allowed him to connect back to happier time... she understood the reason for food in the first place... in a sense; she "tasted" the simplicity but goal food can have and in a sense was the ONLY one who appreciated his craft.
@@AshAsmodeus And I say you're all wrong, as I commented above it was only when she asked for a burger that the chef reflected on his early days and realized........(drum roll, please)........that he had no beef with Margot........🤣🤣🤣
Hey, someone forgot to cue the cymbal.
I didn’t realize it until later, but they go through the stages of grief.
1. Denial, they don’t believe Jeremy killed himself 16:52
2. They get angry trying to escape 20:30
3. They try to bargain by trying to pay off the chef 22:35
4. Depression happens when they realize the coast guard was a fake which shattered all hope 33:16
5. Acceptance, at the end they accept they are going to die and say “We love you chef!” 37:52
I didn’t list all the scenes but you get the reference times
Woah, thanks for bringing this to my attention!
Well said 😊
Great observation.
Even better, they use the five stages in appropriate context, as they refer to the grieving process one goes through before their own death.
Love when they all paid they bill!
Love how you made sure that almost every shot of Margot she looks 1000% done with this absolute trainwreck of a date. Fantastic detail.
The best part of the film is when she attax Tyler OVER THE TABLE! Really gives you the gravity of how scorned she felt. So good
i don't know if this was said anywhere, but tantalus, as shown in one of the newspaper clippings w chef, was a greek story about a man who was supposed to host the gods on their travels. he tried to feed them his son (instead of just coming up with some delicious normal meal) and the gods punished him by throwing him into a pool of water with a fruit branch above his head. if he tried to drink the water, the water would recede and he couldn't quench his thirst. if he tried to eat the fruit, the fruit tree would rise so he couldn't reach it. just another jab in the story & chefs background.
From tantalus we get the word tantalize.
I love a Greek reference!
art.
Thank you for taking the time to write this! Had no idea. this film keeps killing it with the small details :)
Dope story
Definitely remember a Greek story like that but didn't know it was tantalus and didn't think of that while watching this movie 😅
But for me felt it was lot similar to Midas , who had the golden touch and he was forever cursed to turn anything into gold which kinda resonates with the head chef , he had the talent and knowledge and passion to make a custom palette for the anyone but eventually wore him out and he became bitter.
Midas was similar who enjoyed his gift of golden touch but eventually came to see the folly of it when he turned his daughter to gold I believe and nearly passed away from starvation and dehydration cause he couldn't eat/drink anything as long as anything touched his skin would turn into gold.
Anya Taylor-Joy never gets a break, first she's terrorized by a witch, then she got kidnapped by Vikings and turned into a slave, and now she has to deal with a crazy chef.
Don't forget that she was also kidnapped by man with multiple personalities, one of which was a beast. Or when she was trying to get in the showbusiness in the 60s only to be taken advantage of.
Even worse, she had to play chess.
And this is after growing up in the foster care system while addicted to pills…but she did play chess very well
She's so pretty.
And now she is playing video game and got captured by Bowser again
Honestly the Burger order scene was kind of heartwarming, you’re able to see a broken, soulless man feel just a glint of nostalgic happiness in a passion he long thought had died, before ending it all, sparing the innocent who gave him this opportunity.
Correction. Margot didn't "manipulate" him in the end. She just played his game and made it so that her leaving made sense in the grand finale.
I think its important to point out that chef's bedroom is not only an industrial kitchen with some tables and chairs, but an EXACT replica of the Hawthorne's dining room. While the setup itself shows just how much his personal life is dwarfed by his professional life, this detail makes clear that even when he's at home and sleeping, he is still utterly consumed by that space.
My sister (a culinary student) and I just watched it, and she was legit bummed by that scene; according to her, a lot of head chefs “take their work home with them”, and she felt that was both a great and super depressing representation of that fact.
Great observation!
This is the exact reason why Serverance is such a good show and also why I'll never have a traditional job again
I think that’s where she came to the conclusion that there was no love in the food BUT obsession. Very evident by the exact replica kitchen as his home. The only piece of love was the photo of him making the burger, which of course is the only moment he was able to express even a small resemblance of love through the burger making and ultimately letting her live.
i noticed that too and thought of how prominent that was. that definitely wasnt just for shits and giggles, it was a thought out choice. love that explanation you made!
An important detail you missed is when the chef grabs the embers to set the room on fire at the end, cause he feels no pain. But when he makes the cheese burger, he uses a little towel when he's pressing down the patty on the grill
He can grab the embers because of years touching hot things, he said it specifically
@jessrabbit4101 Jess, the point of their comment was that he used a towel with the cheeseburger even though he didn't need to because, as the commenter said, the chef feels no pain. That was the important detail.
@@Jess-Rabbit you got told, Jess.
You do that to be sanitary, not because it's hot.
that could b to not get salts from his hands in it.
"You will eat less than you desire, and more than you deserve." Damn. That's one Best Served Cold line.
Ice cream?
@@user-si5fz5gh2m Revenge, dear. XD
So I know she used it as a way to get out, but I kind of love the fact that Margo gave Chef that last moment of happiness by cooking the cheeseburger. In a twisted way, it probably solidified his resolve to finish off his plans. He saw what he had lost.
He gave her the out.
I didn’t see it as her manipulating him and more of her letting him enjoy the one thing that truly brought him joy as a chef. She knows that the chef has resigned himself to die as that is the point of the evening so she has no motivation to try a last ditch effort to try and convince him otherwise and save all of them. After all that happened in the movie his gradual smile while cooking a simple burger actually made me feel extremely happy. Even though it is a movie and they are actors, seeing the visual of a man who’s ruined his life for his craft have one last genuine smile was beautiful. Even though he dies, I think he died with a bit of happiness in his heart
Her service and his service.
@@tyrant-den884 fam you just made me say "mmmmm" out loud. didn't even think about them trading services. bravo, sir.
So.. does he ever actually say he and the staff are part of the meal? Because it sounds like you're assuming that she knew that, when the way things are presented it just makes it sound like the guests are going to be cooked and/or consumed. You can infer that they're all going to die because one literally kills himself, but that could have been something he was willing to do as an individual event, not necessarily implying all the other staff will die as well. And yes, the fact that she found out about his last and specifically applied that information leading to her getting set free.. yeah that's manipulation lmao. Manipulation isn't inherently good or bad, it's natural and every human being does it, any sort of work (expending energy) while living in your environment is manipulative. But yes, it's also *directly* emotional/psychological manipulation lol, that's just factual information
@@turdburglarsarguewithme yes. He specifically asks if she wants to die with the customers or the staff, "everyone is dying tonight".
@@turdburglarsarguewithme totally get what you’re saying and from what I can remember the one assistant during the ladies meal said something about how the meal doesn’t work unless everyone dies for the dessert course?
I think the takeaway from this movie is to never lose the love you have for your passion. The chef lost his love for his craft thanks to everyone, he gained his dream but lost his love. The pressure was too much it faded. And it’s meant to show us how we can lose the passion and love for the things we used to do. Like for some CZcamsrs it was fun until it became too much and the will to make videos left them and they left. When we treat our passions as our jobs we lose the love we have for it
But what if you lose your passion for what you once loved and all of your hopes, dreams, aspirations have become ruined over time and you no longer have desire or yearning to pursue them?
Is is time for "S'mores"?
@@delanorrosey4730 I think you need to find that what you loved about it. You see in the film he smiled while making a simple cheese burger. The simplicity of making just a simple burger brought back memories and joy to him. So maybe you gotta go back to square one to find that love for your passion again
@@Childishxmarkeeloo Perhaps. Maybe its time to work for my employer's competition. Or find a new line of work. Or make S'mores out of my employer.
Yes. I also think it shows how sometimes the best things in life are so simple, like a good cheeseburger. The rich think they're eating better than lower classes simply because it's more expensive, but in reality we eat better. If you know what I mean.
I think it's about explotion, and how the capitalist class exploits us and don't even value the work we provide them
Fun Facts:
1. The slap to Tyler was not part of the script. Anna-Taylor threw it in to represent Margo’s anger at what Tyler has done.
2. The Movie Star was originally cast with Daniel Radcliffe. He was going to play himself and Jillian was going to mock him for the movie Victor Frankenstein.
I love how one of the only things in the movie that actually looks appetising is the cheeseburger (Might just be because I was never one for fancy restaurant food, though), all the food looks more like an art piece than something I’d actually order to eat.
i dont believe they were intended to look appetizing anyways
@@latedawnsearlysunsets Yeah, its all about the presentation in fancy restaurants
Never went to fancy restaurants either. Fancy for me means having a nice sirloin. 😂
And it was the one thing that made the chef smile, since it was such a simple meal from his simpler times, before the impossible task of impressing people broke him down.
Even the to go box was a nice gesture since likely at a real fancy restaurant, the rich would probably have left the plate there unfinished or felt it was awful after finishing it. But she showed she liked it enough that she wanted to take it with her and eat more of it, which for a chef hearing that someone wants more of your cooking is a high compliment.
I think if you gave me anything of that menu I'd be both disappointed and probably in more poverty than I already am 😅
Impressed that the script subverted expectations in clever ways. No cannibalism, no poisoning. Super impressive and unique film. Definitely on my Top 5 from last year. Here in LA, local institution Irv's Burgers is doing a "Menu Burger" which is just like the burger depicted in the movie and absolutely awesome.
No wonder i was cooked on twitter because i asked about cannibalism in The Menu
@@yudhabagaskara98 don't feel bad- it was a fair question.Twitter is just a cesspool of negativity
Exactly, I initially was like a Horror film with Chefs...Cannibalism= boring. Proceeded to watch on Disney, of all places, and found the entire movie hilarious satire on the high class food industry. Ralph Fiennes delivers his lines so perfectly, he makes the Sahara desert seem wet in comparison.
Chef Slowik: ''American cheese is the best cheese for a cheeseburger because it melts without splitting.'' :P LOL
There's LOTS of poisoning.
You're just a modern eater and ignorant about what is ok or not to eat.
The course with the melting seawater has another seawater to cause cerebral edema.
IE YOU DON'T DRINK SALTWATER.
Then if that weren't enough he hammers them with smoked meat (salt), kelp (salt), sea lettuce (salt and mercury).
And the red clover tea increases bleeding.
"Shit? Would you like some shit?" -- Absolutely ended me. Totally unexpected and beautifully delivered.
That was my favourite scene other than when he asked if that one girl has student debt lol. He was so easy to hate, taking pictures when not to. I was saying shame him!!!! Yaaaaaaas
you speak like the people in the film
I love that the chef was shocked at how Margot genuinely paid attention to the details, she orders a burger from the guy after seeing how full of joy the Chef looked back then at just a simple meat patty.
I would love to see a prequel as to how Julian recruited a death cult of chefs.
I'd watch that w more interest than this
we see that he is a vibrant, dynamic speaker. His ending monologue about The Purifying Flame lures you in, and has heart. A key way cult leaders recruit their following is by making appeals to emotions, securing trust, then manipulating their demographics to do absurd things. Since Julian refers to his workers as "the givers" and explicitly uses us vs. them mentalities to frame social group dynamics, it's clear that the other service workers are likely lower-class, disenfranchised, alienated young people who don't have economic opportunities like the chance to go to Brown with no student loans. We see sous-chef Jeremy is another young person who was once passionate and filled with joy, but then got beaten down by the brutal, unsympathetic industry, , and I think it's fair to say the other chefs also feel the same way. In an industry that treats it's chefs like they're disposable, I'm sure it feels nice to have a community/cult of people who are like you. I think Chef Julian preyed on this sense of dissatisfaction, hopelessness, and powerlessness, and pessimism present in the young, economically disenfranchised chefs, and that depressing landscape made it easy to convince them theat they should give their lives to his masterpiece; they might not be able to achieve great careers, but they can atleast die getting revenge on the rich people who made their ambitious careers impossible.
This story actually got some feels outta me. Even with this summarized version. I thought I would hate its message in the beginning thinking maybe it was going with the "hurr durr fancy food dumb and bad" but it seems to understand that theres value in the artistry that just gets completely lost or destroyed by certain things. Same as with any type of art I guess.
100% with any art. You nailed it with that last comment
have a question. How on earth would the whole kitchen crew agree to this whole thing? Did I miss something because I'm sure that wasn't explained.. it bothers me for some reason lol it's hard for me to suspend belief when it comes to stuff like this ig
@@blending_in They are lost in the sauce. When someone is very passionate about something, its easy for some people to get absorbed in their energy. i.e. see cults, hell you can even look online at fanboys/fangirls. they will defend their favorite creator/artrist/muscian with a fanatical fevor despite not knowing them personally just because they like their work so much
@@crazedmonk8u
Hell, you can even say that they might just go along because they have nothing else to do. If they feel guilty they can put it all on the leader since he gave them the order and their job is to just carry it out.
@@blending_in They buy into his ideology. So much so that they're willing to give their lives to become a part of "the Menu". As others have pointed out its not even a super uncommon type of thing to happen in real life. Look up Heaven's Gate.
"You got student debt?"
"No..?"
"D E A T H"
She went to Brown 😂
As someone who has massive student debt, this line made me quite literally laugh out loud
His acting through facial expressions in this movie was incredible, right up there with Mark Margolis as Hector Salamanca on Breaking Bad. His eyes, face, everything when she asks for a burger is just incredible. Ralph Fienne has been incredible since Schindler’s List and probably even before.
I love how Julian looks and sounds very confused and upset when he asks Margot/Erin "you're still hungry?". He works his @ss off to satisfy all the arrogant greedy clients - so a "negative review" like that baffles him, as his entire job was to avoid negative reviews from critics at all costs. He says "what are you hungry for?", "we have everything", because his entire life is built around satisfying pretentious customers. And then the relief and gentle smile on Julian's face when Erin asks for a regular cheeseburger, when he realises she's genuinely hungry because she came here to eat good food, not to stick up her nose. It's such a beautiful moment between this duo. Also Ralph's charisma and subtle emotions in these scenes literally make the entire movie ten times better.
My favorite part was the cheeseburger. Dude could not have been happier to make that burger. Margot/Erin brought back the joy in him, which was why he let her leave lol
She wasn't supposed to be there
Love that mister "all our food is made from scratch on the island and factory made graham crackers represent all that is culinary evil" not only fully believes American "cheese" is the best for burgers but also keeps it in stock.
@@Bsfnelz20 That was literally the whole point of my comment.
Nah bro
Nope he poisoned her with the old beef
This whole movie sounds like a reference to the real life instance where a 3-star Michelin chef committed suicide after his restaurant was stripped of a star. Other famous chefs voiced their resentment toward the extreme pressure Michelin placed on them to keep their standards high.
That's mental. Nobody needs a Michelin star
Sounds like Chef Gustuv in Ratatouille
I think MatPat talked about Michelin in one of his food theory video and how it doesn't truly/fairly represents restaurants with good food.
Screw Michelin. It's a tire company telling chefs how to cook.
@@nieznajomy4398 over on food theory I believe, but yes he did
As a lifetime Chef in the industry, I LOVE this movie! The fun thing is, in the current 'line' I work on, everyone has seen this. Every day, just before our shift starts, the Chefs do a 'lineup.' To fill us in on the critical issues facing us that night and general issues the BOH has at that time. At the end of the 'lineup,' I've started everyone to clap in unison and say, "Yes Chef!" The chefs love it.
It's like Waiting meets Saw!
I see the cheeseburger scene as two jaded artists finding each other so that they can do what they're good at where it counts: Margot uses her interpersonal talents as an escort (empathy, observation, levelheadedness, and survival) so that she can give Chef one last chance to use his cooking for one last good meal.
I wonder if anyone else had tried it how he would have reacted. At that point they all accept their fate, fully indoctrinated, that was fascinating
I originally thought this movie was going to be some generic food drama. Then out of curiosity me and my fiancée decided to watch it only to find out it’s an absolute amazing horror film with some of the best psychological tension I’ve personally ever seen.
Did both of you decide to get some cheese burger after watching this movie?
It's not horror, it's thriller. A psychological-comedy-thriller to be specific.
@@I.____.....__...__ in the movies own description it calls itself a horror.
That's exactly how I felt about it! ❤️
I honestly thought it was going to be some Hannibal Lector type bs but it honestly surprised me by being something completely different.
Ralph Fiennes is just born to play villains. Amazing as always.
Not everyday you see "Dont say his name" serve a burger......
His performance as the good guy in Grand Budapest Hotel is one of my favorite characters of all time. He's good as anything.
Chef Voldemort
@@philippecote8571 That he is, and I do like his time as M in the recent Bond movies. His role in Schindler's List is what sold me on his villain roles, along with Voldemort and Francis Dolarhyde.
he really wasnt a villain in this to me. more of a anti hero.
When she said “I make my own from apples” I literally screamed at the scream. I loathe people that lie to act like they’re the smartest person in the room.
That scene confused me so much I said "what!" Out loud. I almost fried my mind trying to figure out whether or not yeast could live on apples.
@@ejedwards988 You actually can. You can make yeast with apples and honey.
@@ravenbloom6732 funny enough I actually spent a few hours researching wether or not you can and yes you can use apples to create a yeast slurry. It just doesn’t really make sense to when you can just do it with buckwheat flower far easier
@@Wodensdsy You aren't "making" yeast, yeasts are living one-celled organisms that are basically all over the environment. If you make sourdough you are just capturing wild yeast from the environment (they are even in the air) and giving them carbohydrates to eat so they'll multiply and you'll have enough to make bread. But lots of wild yeasts live naturally on fruits so you can get an especially rich source of yeast from apples, grapes, etc., even the twigs of certain trees. Of course those are the same yeasts that traditionally made wine and hard cider, just crushing up the fruit and letting the natural yeasts on the fruit eat the sugar and digest it into alcohol. But nowadays yeasts are industrially produced to be uniform and that's how most bread and wine are made, with mass-produced yeast that's added in.
My friends and I also noticed that the main person at the seven tables each represented one of the seven deadly sins and their partner (with the exception of the trio) lack that sin. For example, Tyler was a glutton for high end food, even stealing Margot's portions, while Margot wants to just eat the food she needs without gorging on fine dinning. The food critic is extremely prideful, always finding something to nitpick and prove she knows better while her partner lacks any kind of pride, just going along with whatever she says.
Nice observation. Cool
The old man was lust, the food critic was pride, the finance bros were greed, the foody was gluttony, the actor was envy, and the mom was sloth. Chef and the entire kitchen was wrath.
Not gonna lie, this movie sounds so much better than I originally thought it would be when I first saw the trailer for it. I had no idea that it was horror.
Ofc Anya Taylor Joy takes no Ls only Ws
@@Gaganpreet708 Except for Amsterdam. That was 100% an L on her for working with that abusive hack David O. Russell.
@@danzig3462 and I'd say that movie where she travels between timelines
More horror-adjacent
Mainly because it has a lot of dark humor throughout
But the situation itself would definitely be horrific to be in
@@neonicon8500 Are you taking about Last Night in Soho? Because I actually liked that one. Yeah it's not perfect, but I thought it was a solid attempt by Edgar Wright to make a serious horror movie inspired by giallo horror. If anything I would use The New Mutants as another example of a bad film she's in. Primarily because the director wanted to make a full blown horror only for Fox to make him tone it down to be more like a Young adult film with the results being very disappointing.
I just recently watched this movie and it was hilariously dark. The scene where they had Jeremey shoot himself as one of the main dishes was disturbingly genius.
Imagine if one course, 5 chefs stood tall and proud.....then shoved double barreled shotguns in their mouth while 5 more pulled the triggers.
The name of the dish? "Hold on tight, let go light"? "Scrambled Brains 'O Buckshot"?
THE MESS
@@delanorrosey4730"Bang Energy is nasty"
All artists of all kinds can appreciate this movie because it basically shows a guy who gave up so much (even a family) to achieve his dream only to realize it wasnt worth it in the end because no one truly appreciated his craft. Just saw it as a status symbol.
I don’t know if this has been said elsewhere but I think she was allowed to leave as a “thank you” from Chef for giving him one last truly happy moment before dying by allowing him to make a simple cheeseburger, connecting him to the last time he was happy. Nostalgia can be so powerful.
Also, I was waiting for the twist to be the cheeseburger was made from human meat. Lol
That is correct: Slowik let Margo go because she gave him a pleasuring service, that is making him happy.
No but gave her bacteria filled meat that Elsa described to the three guys when showing them
@@samanthabean9059 except when he finish cooking it words popped up saying it was a well made cheeseburger. if it had bacteria it wouldn't have been well made plus the director heard this theory and debunked it
@@davidhansen9792oh. Thanks for that. Because I thought it was poison meat as well.. especially the end scene her eating it ..! 😂
3:24 I wonder if the girl that supposed to be where Margo is, a.k.a the girl that the name is actually on the guest list, is a real person and if she knew that she dodged a literal death by canceling her date with Tyler. Cuz apperently, SHE is considered as a part of "The Menu" by the chef, meanwhile Margo is not.
You should stop commenting before finishing the movie.
The last man offered a reward dessert for the hide and seek scene was the funniest scene. I’m not really sure what to make of this movie but I enjoyed the funny moments.
I dont think this was a horror/thriller at all. It was more like a dark comedy that has a message
This movie is a great example how you can make a simple story super engaging by using some fundamental storytelling tools. The most obvious one is witholding context, which the movie shares twice: First about who Margot really is and second about Tyler. Throughout the whole movie you are kept wondering "why are they acting like that towards each other" and even after the first context dump, you probably still won't figure out the second.
Another classic one is "safety yoyoing" which the movie does constantly most notably the "all the men can attempt to escape", Margot getting the barrel and the coast guard. This keeps up the tension by making you wonder if someone is gonna escape or die.
I love that she doesn't have some big revelatory change to her life. Like he didn't leave her all his money or something like that. She's going back to her job and like many middle and lower class people is going to just have to keep going after trauma
"I got held captive by a cooking cult and only got this stupid burger"
I honestly believed the twist was that they were actually eating people, so i wasn't even interested. This was so much deeper.
Lmaooo idk why this comment made me chuckle
I thought so too. I was disgusted every time they open their mouth to eat hahaha the wine too, I assumed its human blood.
Ralph Fiennes should be in more movies, he is arguably one of the best actors
He is in some of the greatest movies ever made. He probably chooses his movies wisely and carefully. He seems to actually have some self-respect unlike other actors like Dwayne Johnson. He would definitely make any movie better, but I personally don't want to see him in a bunch of garbage movies.
@@neonicon8500 yeah makes sense
Yeah.....he also has the best " Avaaadaaa Kedavraaaaa"
Every since Grand Budapest, I've been demanding more Ralph Fiennes lol. Him and Christoph Waltz are probably my favorite actors, they're so insanely unique.
@@neonicon8500 Agree - he's the English version of the Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Both of these men have had very illustrious careers by picking their roles very carefully for the characters they play, and never just for the money - probably why Fiennes agreed to take on this role too.
I think also, the main reason Chef lets her leave, is because for a moment, while making her a simple cheeseburger, he got to feel why he had become a chef in the first place.
I'll be honest, I teared up a little when Chef started to make her cheeseburger, I absolutely loved this movie. I love Ralph and he initially attracted me, but wow everyone was pretty good.
You teared up?? Hahahaha 😂
@@Ebi.Adonkie yes I thought it was a beautiful scene? Mr Adonkie
@Ebi.Adonkie marvel fan probably, can't enjoy something without something blowing up or a shitty joke every two minutes
@jaredschiff5003 I was giggling like a girl when he smiled making the burger it was an awesome scene
I loved Margot’s last “fuck you” to the chef by using his menu as a napkin
This was EASILY my favorite movie of last year. And the way the menu was shown to the viewers--I was in tears loving how "Tyler's Bullshit" was presented. I live for movies like this. I appreciate them even more because they're so few and far between.
What other movies are like this? :0
Can you recommend other movies like this?
@@cassandranerezzablack whiplash
@@danpederl.rasmussen9707glass onion/knives out, delicatessen, piggy, some other whodunits I can't remember the names of. I'd search for thriller comedies. Granted the ones I mentioned aren't similar in aesthetic but plot devices and deception
Something I actually just realized is when he serves up the highly sophisticated “Breadless Bread” and all the critics are in awe of it. Yet, the thing that ended up bringing joy not only to him but the customer was Bread for common folk 🤯
1:49 For those who don't know, an Amuse Bouche is a particular kind of appetizer, usually given as a bit of a time-filler right after someone has placed an order and/or in between courses (like the bread rolls at Texas Road house or the breadsticks at Olive Garden). In other words, either they're super lightweight or they're frat bros. Or both.
1: The most based food related media ever because victory by cheese burger.
2: The Hello Fresh sponsorship was a nice touch.
3: I just realized that Chef and the entire staff knew EVERY SINGLE detail about everyone... and yet, they still played along with pretending it was that one guys birthday. LMFAO I think this epiphany has made that the single funniest moment of this whole film.
It’s the best Kind of fuck you from the restaurant
Ok.
Being a former cook, watching Ray Fiennes make that burger brought tears to my eyes.
The score really sold it for me it was so moving 😭
Probably, another thing that everyone whose actually seen the movie already knows is that, Margot finally put a wrench in the pretentious downward spiral by interrupting and requesting a tried and true classic meal, while everyone else would just keep letting it get worse. Then paid with a crumpled every man 10 instead of crisp cold plastic and a practiced signature. This is definitely a movie I think I’ll watch, psychological horror is always a treat.
Chef gave her an out, and she took it.
I’m surprised Margot was able to defend herself against Elsa since she barely ate and was mostly drinking🍷
Cause bullshit
That shit doesn’t matter when someone is trying to take your life
Drunk master.
Have you ever been to a bar fight?
I don't think so
I honestly loved all the subtleties in the acting. Jeremy tried so hard to be a great chef, but burned himself out, and he and Chef agreed that he would not be completing the menu that night. The genuine affection for one another that Katherine and Chef had developed for one another as friends, and that he was genuinely apologetic for his behavior, the stab in the thigh was mostly just symbolic of the forgiveness. I just absolutely loved it, and the joy that came across as well as his sadness in knowing he would be unable to ever recreate that feeling again. Master class.
the “jeremy” thing actually happened, a young boy sh0t himself in front his class, it’s also in the song “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam
@@danibressette1144 that's tragic
@@danibressette1144there's few greater things in this life than a story grounded in reality and written for a good cause
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I LOVE how Margo manipulates in the end.
And Im 100% certain Chef knew she was manipulating him.
But he didnt care.
Because she represented, in that moment,the kind of person with the kind of expectations, he wished to serve food to.
So while she put up a farce, and Chef knew, she gave him what he wished to recieve all the way through.
I love this movie❤. My theory is that Chef told Tyler “ And now you get no dessert” sending him over the edge that he won’t get the final dish. He was so desperate for each dish, including the one only the women got that he snatched it from Margot’s hand. Just my theory though
I like this- it makes sense in the context of the story, plus it makes it sound like Chef is punishing a small child, which let’s be real, Tyler is to a T.
I actually think your wrong when you said that Margo was manipulating the chef i think for Margo it was like roleplaying earlier in the scene where Margo tell's the chef that shes a sex worker the chef ask if she like her job and Margo says she used to same with the chef, so her love for roleplaying and the chefs love for cooking are kinda brought back at the end.
I also think it a cool parallel to Margo being a sex worker and the chef being a chef since those two jobs are the most ancient jobs known to man
What if Margot is his DAUGHTER and him, finally knowing who she is, gave her a reprieve because he knows his daughter has grown to become like him?
Most ancient being a mother of course. Someone has to give birth to those sex workers and their Johns.
@@agentsmidt3209 being a mother isn't a job, a job has give and take, being a mother is giving. Nothing else can be expected. Being given a prize or something for being a mother isn't uncommon, but it isn't required, a job is about earning something from your effort. Mothering can end with only pain sometimes, it can start and end in the same hour if birth goes wrong, it can be years of effort and work only to end in more pain. It's complex.
@@Jadzebra Being a mother is absolutely a job. It's called a Babysitter and/or Daycare worker hahaha.
@@aSinisterKiid no.
I can proudly say my two favorite horror channels and some of the only channels I keep up with of Dead Meat and Foundflix
Edit: OMG I was more expecting this many comments and likes 😅
Ditto🥰
I have to add in How to Beat for the trifecta!😅
Just finished dead meats released and this one popped up.
@@NikiiBabie oh right! Yeah them too! 😁
Same
I really love movies where the protagonist and/or antagonist goes insane over their passion. This movie made me feel the way my other favorite movie did… Black Swan. Maybe it’s because I’m an artist. I wish I was that driven (not to the point of death, but the amount of passion the characters have is remarkable.) love the menu, it’s right up there with black swan for me
Margot ended up giving Chef the gift of a happy memory before he finished his masterpiece
And he gave her an out.
@@RKingis precisely, it’s a beautiful moment they share at the end.
As someone who loves gourmet and fancy food i can very much sympathies with the Chef. He has gotten to the point were no is enjoying the food they are just dissecting it to the point they might as well be an autopsy on corpse. There is also the aspect no one seems to be enjoying each other company which is another aspect of spending time together with people over a meal which everyone has forgotten about.
Question: What would happen if Margot tempted the chefs to cook their "original food" - the meal that inspired them to the culinary industry? What if they cooked their original passion food as a comfortable last meal for the chefs?
* Steak with Baked Sweet Potatoes
* Meatloaf
* Strawberry Shortcake with Raspberry Drizzle
* Triple Layer Bacon Cheeseburger
Like Tyler, people take pictures of their food and care more about posting it and getting likes
@@mayln163 oh I take that. Well most of the time. Sometimes you do get food with so much flare that if think taking a picture and posting is fine. Like the Island salad he made. Presentation is important after all, that's the main thing about Hibachi.
You know, I can't tell if the sponsor choice was intentional, or a coincidence, but this is quite the movie to pair it up with.
It's the fact he didn't include pics of the hello chef recipe card either a little detail there
The way it came up was perfect! Haha Hello, Chef!
You know, for the number of times Chef asked Margot who she was, I left the movie with the question of if he ever knew before he died that Erin was his last customer's name.
I'm in awe at the depth of this film. For me, what stuck out most was the Chef's obsession with perfection. I am a writer/poet who strive for perfection in my art. I'm definitely not on his type of level, but the scene where he was badgering Margo about what she didn't enjoy about the food - I felt that deeply. When I read my poetry to family members, I receive very minimal reactions and feedback and it kills me. I feel like a failure, like I failed to effectively articulate myself well enough to have another person engage with it. It just feels personal when people don't like your art or give you bad feedback - which the logic in your brain tells you to get over but your feelings are nevertheless affected. I'm genuinely moved by his character because I feel seen as a creative.
Art is subjective, like a horse being led to water, your audience will not typically drink of the same creative juices your work encourages but will drink from their own conclusions, these conclusions can be dire or further inspire you to new heights. :P
As someone who also writes as a hobby, I feel this a great deal. I stopped sharing my work with people I know well, unless I know for a fact it’ll be appreciated, at least on the effort, if not its context. Bc that apathetic reaction is so crushing at times, particularly if its something I’m proud of. Obviously everyone has their own tastes, nothing wrong with that. But when you put so much of yourself into something, and dare to reveal it to someone else, and all they have for you in response is “Yeah, it’s good.” Like… it feels as though that’s all they think about you as well, even if that’s not the case.
@Anjelica Wow, you worded that perfectly. That's exactly how I feel. Hope you find a group of creatives you can receive constructive feedback from, because my God the simple responses hurt.
I study writing classes and let me tell you there is one thing you are taught to believe in: Perfection is the death of all creativity.
This movie is too fuckin real. I worked in a country club kitchen for a summer because I had prior experience with cooking. Three months later, I quit because the stress was too much. You can only prepare so many several hundred orders a day before you want to die. And after I quit, I worked at a place where I could flip burgers and zone out instead of needing 150% brain power every time I walked in the door.
I bet the burgers tasted a hell of a lot better than the club's food too.
The only thing that confused me was why was Tyler taking pictures when he knew what was going to happen at the end? 🤔
Maybe he was somehow being able to post them then and there? Good question. I was going to say since he was so entitled he figured he wasn't going to die, but he does seem like he was fully expecting to die, but he also didn't run with all the other men. I dunno. Maybe for when someone eventually found their bodies, he was hoping the pictures would get leaked or something and they'd say who they were from.
Someone had a good theory about what the chef whispered in his ear. They said the chef probably told him he won't be a part of the menu, and since he wanted to so badly he even made another person come to die with him, that caused him to go and kill himself.
A good theory, is that because he seemed to believe he was better than everyone in the room, he was warned, he knew about the outcome, so he thought the rules didn't apply to him. He thought he would be allowed to do as he pleases, as he was special
Basically he is a poser and idiot... he says he truly loves food but can't cook at all.
I thought of it as that was how he consumed food, by turning it into everlasting art rather than just appreciating it in that moment. And even though he knew he would die, the photos would be proof that he was a part of this elite experience.
He was a nut.
I watched this again recently and something new I noticed, it was great how they made such a quick transition in Margot from anger to sympathy for Tyler, after finding out he knew she would die to him being traumatized when he cooked
Huh?
For myself, I love when a movie comes out where the food inside the movie looks so good that it actually makes me want to cook those dishes? The movie "Soul Food" that came with a little cookbook inside, then there was "Julie & Julia" when Amy Adams character takes on Chef Julia Childs' French cookbook of 524 recipes, and last is this movie. I wanted to see this because I thought it was going to be like the film "Broil" where the patriarch is a demon and a whole bunch of crazy things go on?
as a server and someone who’s been in the service industry for 5 years.. i appreciate this movie
I watched this film recently, and while the horror elements are totally my style; I was blown away by the visuals, the detail and the preparation behind the ridiculous food. I found myself getting excited for every new course coming as it was usually served with a side of drama (sorry).
Great video!
Now that you mention it I too was curious to see what course would come next. It’s also great for the pacing of the film, it adds to the tension as you realise they’re getting close to dessert.
reminded me of how excited I got just to see the dishes while watching Hannibal lol
What I loved about this movie is that it made the audience face a few “ hard home truth” and adresses topics like class , politics, cults, celeb culture , social media gender discrimination , sexual assault , prestige and ego🙌🏼 so many lessons to be learned from this movie
First time reading the title, I honestly thought it was about cannibalism. Now its one of my favorite movies
Loved this movie! Very good message. Still odd they called it a horror film when it was definitely a thriller.
Yeah, it's not a horror film at all. It's not even a horror adjacent thriller. Just a plain old thriller (with some black comedy thrown in). Most of the horror community became so starved (no pun intended) for new horror during the pandemic lockdowns, that they, in general, seem to gush over anything and everything that comes out lately. It's pretty disappointing. There were a few decent horror movies in 2022, but nothing great, yet many in the horror community consider it the new "golden age of horror" simply due to quantity I'm guessing, cuz it was a shit year for horror. 2015 to 2020 was a great period for horror. 2022? Bleh.
@@cyborgoftheyear Well a lot of movies you have to simply think from the perspective of what's going on in the movie. You mean to tell me if you were put in the same situation you wouldn't be horrified? I'm sure the horror fanatics don't really think of this as straight up horror though. And I would say a movie closer to the thriller category is Speed starting Keanu Reeves. This is much more horror adjacent than that. As well as many movies that have came out recently. You must not be talking to true horror fans. And ones saying it's a golden age of horror could very well be talking about 2015-whenever. But many are probably talking about quantity though since there are hella horror movies coming out. All aren't good, but horror, like comic book movies and animes, are becoming much more mainstream these days. Being mainstream equals more "fans" and more fans equals a lot of unknowledgeable people talking about horror and what makes a good horror movie in their opinion. Same thing is happening in the other two communities I mentioned.
Yup, a _LOT_ of people can't understand the difference between horror and thriller. 🤦
Psychological Thriller was created as a genre solely because the Oscars did not want to give a "horror" movie an award.
If you go back and look at some of the "horror" movies before that movie was nominated and won quiet a few are what we call "thrillers".
thriller horror. tomatoe tomatoe
Imagine Maggo is actually Julian’s lost daughter, since she only mentioned her mother and maybe she lived at a trailer park because Julian left while she was really young. Also since Julian has a picture frame of a mysterious woman/ wife and his child
i adore this theory.
Dude I love this head cannon
@@Alfasauses.2nd.Account You mean the only Girl who lived and whom the Chef seemed to actually adore. Also, doesn't it seem suspicious that out of all the escorts the fake foodie could have gotten, he got the escort that just happens to be at just the right age to be the Chef's daughter. Everything was well planned, I'd like to think that The Chef actually knew who Maggo was and this entire thing was just a test for her to not follow his own footsteps (as well as kill all those assholes)
And she really looks a lot like the woman
This was the twist my partner and I thought it would turn out to be! Glad we weren’t the only ones 😂
For those who haven’t seen the movie yet. Please go watch it before watching this. It’s a must watch and I’m actually sad I watched the trailer because seeing this movie without knowing anything about it would make it amazing.
I loved that this movie criticised both the customers and the people in the industry. It wasn’t just pointing the finger at one of them. I think people expect this movie to be a criticism on one or the other, but says a lot about both
That is hands down the best ending to a film I have seen in a damned long time. I was surprised to see that Adam McKay and Will Ferrell were involved in this, but on reflection I can see Ferrell's humor laced in.
The absurdity of it felt very Buddy the elf in a weird way. Like extremely self aware humor, not just a point and laugh thing but more like when it's so cerebral you actually say "that's hilarious" and then the end, they subvert that and say he should just make a burger. Ssssooooooo goooooooood like I can't get over that
@@nailinthefashion The entire ending from the moment she calls his food 'bad' just gets better and better until she's alone with her burger, watching the fire like she couldn't care any less because she has a burger, what does she care?
It's interesting to me how it seems like Margo gave Chef a last moment of happiness before his inevitable death, like a moment of mercy.
Ohh good point!
My grandmother spoke 12 languages and cooked with styles from Mediteranian to Polish to German. I used to try and learn as best I could while she was alive. Now I have tastes way above my means lol.
I’m impressed! You subverted my every expectation for the word explained. Recanting the movie scene for scene and line for line down to the smirks and raised eyebrows truly changed my entire thought process about the word explained.
I’m going to be putting up a change petition to remove the words summarize, abridge, and recap from the dictionary because we already have this new perfect broadened definition for the word explained!
Holy! I have no clue how you held back the fact adding in acting commands like “then the MC takes 3 large steps forward with his hands in his pockets and then does a quarter turn all whilst gripping his wrist” is Astonishing! Must have been recorded and then cut out for brevity!
Thank you. No other words.
Indeed. This felt like an audio description for the blind, rather than an explanation of the film.
My personal theory on a detail - Hawthorn, the name of the restaurant, is what the "crown of thorns" that Jesus wore was made of. The thorny aesthetic is also suggested by all the driftwood on the shore outside, and it suggests both the massive savior/cult of personality complex that Slowik has and also that he views the restaurant as a burden that he has to bear. The logo for the restaurant is at first an orderly "H" that is crossed with a line that ends in an incoherent, wandering, thorn-like squiggle, another symbol of Slowik's decline that probably started on setting up the restaurant that he was pressured into.
Foundflix you should do a everything explained for the entire Nightmare on Elm Street saga. That would be amazing!
you mean after all these years, he's NEVER done that? Whhaaattttt?!
I think, unless a related movie comes out, he may not cover some older titles. I could be wrong of course.
I tried watching them all but I stopped bc I got lost 😭
@@flower3611 how do you get lost in a pretty straight forward release of movies
This is the one movie that actually got me interested and to sit and watch the entire thing in very long time .....I absolutely loved it
I've only just watched this but I gotta say it wasn't what I expected (cannibalism) but it's definitely what I needed it's such a fun movie. The marshmallow vests absolutely sent me when I got there though
My takeway from the movie was to love food for the right reasons, not for the status it gives you or to feed your ego, but eat first and foremost to enjoy one of the greatest gifts of life: EATING DELICIOUS FOOD!!!
Bro no shit
@@thematiasmadness7010 exactly 💯, just food
@@nathan8750 no I mean the message is really obvious
@@thematiasmadness7010 ooga booga
@@nathan8750 okey sure
Agree with you that the funniest part was the presentation of “Tyler’s bullshit.” When I saw it laughed out loud.
Man I needed this message. It’s not about trying to be the fanciest. It’s about just making something people can enjoy.
This could actually make an interesting stage play, especially if they could figure out how to replicate the smells of the food for the audience
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id go see it lol
Imagine it as a Murder Mystery Dinner type of show.
I admit this is the first time I've actually watched a movie BEFORE seeing the ending explained. And I love it
Was hoping to see this explained by you ^^
Would love to see 'The Number 23' with Jim Carrey explained by you as I personally loved the movie and felt a video would do it well
I SECOND THIS
YEEEESS!!
I concur!
YES! This needs to be pinned and heart, and made reality. I feel this guy would an excellent work at explaining The Number 23.
A really important thing to notice is that the only photo where Slowik is smiling/happy is the last one, where he's flipping burgers.
Another thing thats really subtle and hard to notice: this movie was about food. But i guess thats too hard to notice for most people.
watching Julian be happy cooking the burger genuinely made me smile
This movie was way better than I thought it would be. It’s not the pretentious dribble it might look like, the characters react in real and interesting ways and the reveal that Tyler was aware of everything from the beginning really propels Margot’s story to new heights and kinda changes the pacing.
if anything it makes fun of the pretentious
That Hello Fresh ad break was simultaneously the best/worst ad placement ever, given the surrounding circumstances. 🤣
Dude I freaking LOVED this movie! It was so perfect. Honestly blew my mind the first time, but it made my heart so happy. My favorite part is how realistic/grounded the whole thing is. No crazy editing, no overacting, none of that. It's very refreshing to see such a grounded, human antagonist in a horror movie. The touch of Margot/Erin giving him one last moment of happiness before dying was very beautiful. Also I just love Anya Taylor-Joy so much lmao.
Been binging your videos today, and this one shows off how comprehensive you're explaining the scenes. Bravo!