Fun fact - in the script, Margot was supposed to just sit there in stunned silence when it’s revealed Tyler knew everyone would die. But Anya Taylor Joy argued that she should be angry and lash out instead
That was a wise suggestion she made. Especially since Tyler is not her boyfriend, but a client, so there'd be no emotional betrayal. Just a "you're paying me to DIE with you, you fucking asshole?!"
It reads better without that beat imo though it might be more logical on camera. The entire sequence and Tyler’s ultimate fate rests of his disillusionment beginning on page 83. He has to actually buy that the chef isn’t disgusted by him. With the attack, it’s kinda ruined. It’s a physical reminder atleast one person thinks it’s ridiculous. And the chef’s demeanor is a more believable farce. With the outburst, i still viewed it as overt patronizing. It’s hard to see how Tyler wouldn’t have to address that. But reading it as is without that moment, his tone just feels enormously more condescending as outsiders looking in. And lines like the one on the bottom of page 83 by Slowik “you look wonderful. Doesn’t he look wonderful, Margot?” Carry more weight and make more sense if she sits stunned seeing as how he clearly empathizes with her situation. For typer to be so devastated that he ends up how he does, he has to buy this ruse hook line and sinker. It introduces cognitive dissonance seeing someone attacked upon the discovery - so when the chef essentially ignores it, imo it makes the charade of the meal cook almost totally unbelievable that someone could fall for that.
@CYMotorsport The issue with this is that it forgets that Tyler doesn't value Margot's opinion or her as a person. He repeatedly dismisses her, even before the conceit of the evening is revealed. He views Slowik as an underappreciated genius and himself as his equal. Everyone else is lesser; a poser or a Philistine. She is the ticket he needed punched to get on the island and a captive audience for him to condescend to, nothing more. How she feels is immaterial, only Slowik's opinion means anything.
@@CYMotorsport I feel as though _attacking_ works a lot better due to how her mental state slowly morphs over the course of the dinner. She had already been slowly "cracking" from the ridiculous acceptance of events she'd been observing others doing, so physically lashing out worked as a wonderful step between becoming less subdued, and lashing out at Slowik. I find, from your message, that the view of the illusion being interrupted or not, depends on the character being followed. If you follow Tyler, it breaks the flow. If you follow Margot, the flow continues to its completion. I follow Margot, personally, given she's shown (in the film, at least) as the most relatable character for the audience to get behind.
Okay, I guess it's because I'm mexican, but the lines "What the hell are these?" "These are tortillas. Tortillas deliciosas." amused me far more than I expected.
As a white guy, easily one of my favorite moments from the movie. I'm trying to learn Spanish right now and the way she said it reminded me of when I try to sound authentic when speaking Spanish 😂
There's a tiny, important detail to Elsa's death that you missed, but is only really recognized if you've worked in food service. ....actually there are a million details like that it's why I adore this movie, but the one about Elsa is what must be shared. Her final words about not forgetting the barrel aren't about jealousy or obedience, but quite the opposite. When she hears chef blame her for the 'error,' it ignites defiance in her, because fuck him, it wasn't her fault! Age old back of house and front of house infighting on full display, Elsa decided in that moment that she would literally die on that hill, because chef tried to blame her for one thing too many.
I shared this with my wife. It made her burst out laughing. She says front of house and back of house are a tenuous relationship. And that once battle lines are drawn, IT IS ON!
Preach. You made $500 tonight carrying the food we made ten feet and flirting with old, married farts and thought we wouldn't overhear your bragging, and now you're trying to wiggle out of splitting the tip after blaming us for the food running cold because you took too long on your smoke break, or you forgot to write down a substitution and decided to pin the blame on us?? The spite I have for servers and FOH is a bottomless pit, enough to make me break out the mother of all run on sentences, I apologize lmao.
@@appalachiabrauchfrauas a former waitress and then line cook, I used to have a burning hatred for boh staff but realized that we're the same. I had so many old creeps make sleezy comments or try to grab my body and then have to turn around and endure the same treatment from the kitchen that I was so enraged going back there I would fuck with the kitchen by saying yes to stupid substitutions or requests when the cooks pissed me off. I know for a fact that the foh/boh bullshit really was just us trying to maintain power that we couldn't have over anything else. The rivalry was dumb but in a system that practically forces you to, that's the reason. It really opened my eyes after seeing the other side, and I could deffo see that in hong chau's performance
@@appalachiabrauchfrau all of that is very valid but I've seen FOH also cover up for/smooth over issues that happen in BOH and "tanking" the customers' displeasure so while obviously it's wrong to try and wiggle out of splitting the tip or blaming others for their issues, I think some FOH folks do try to be decent people
The smores monologue at the end I think is the ultimate encapsulation of the Chefs character. Like, he's so far gone from the simple pleasures of this craft he mastered he can't see the joy people have for something as simple as smores. Like, yeah smores are a messy food made from cheap ingredients, buts its the situations you cook them in, the people you cook them with that make a smore a special food. You don't just make a smore on a weekday night, its always at a fire, surrounded by friends or family. They're not made to be mass produced or mindlessly consumed like the food in a store or a restaurant. They're a simple thing anyone can make but its the context in which they're made that gives them value beyond just taste.
Considering his female chef came up with the dying part, I wouldn't b surprised if she came up with the smore idea but his hatred of his once love of cooking tainted it like you said.
S’mores are really one of my favorite foods because they’re so special. One day, the university I’m currently attending (gonna graduate), had a S’mores night and I had at least 3
I mean, I don't think food in almost all restaurants isn't there to be mindlessly consumed. I get what you mean in regard to smores, but that you write something like that, is like exactly the kind of thing part of the criticism is about. When I go to a restaurant, even if it is just a fast food joint, I always try to appreciate the food and the effort the people making it put into it.
I remember occasionally feeling sick or sad as a child, and holding a marshmallow suspended on the prongs of a fork over a small candle. At-home s'mores without a bonfire. (I know some people who would microwave them but without the fire it does lose a little of the spirit. Not crispy, y'know?) A s'more really is all about the feeling, not the ingredients. Slovak didn't understand it at all...
Few things better than a S'more cooked around a campfire, listening to the crickets and the crackling of the burning wood. And panicking because the marshmallow caught fire.
I love that when Margo leaves, you can see how the different characters all give her a glare, except for the wife. Probably because she both looks like her daughter but also accepts that she of all of them SHOULD get to leave.
I interpreted it that they were all silently impressed and envious that she managed to outwit Slowick at his own game. He even mentions earlier that the guests should ask themselves why they didn't fight back more to survive
I've always assumed what Chef whispers into Tyler's ear was "you're the kind of customer/guest/diner i hate the most." And he loses it because he's been so desperate for Chefs approval throughout the film.
My favourite things about this movie is how Margot isn't a character who outsmarts or simply kills the killer, instead she figures out what the Chef really wants, to enjoy what he does, in this case, it's cooking a simple meal for a customer who will enjoy his food. Edit: I wouldn't say she outsmarts him as he knows what she's doing, and willing goes along with her plan.
I think that could fall under the category of outsmarting the killer but I do like that she uses people/social skills rather than typical depictions of outsmarting the killer like you said.
@@RogueVideoRaven I don't think it does qualify as outsmarting. Chef knew what she was trying to do. He made the well-informed decision to let her go. She showed appreciation for his true love. She didn't belong in that restaurant.
And it’s even better when you realize how directly it ties into her being a sex worker. She is an emotionally intelligent character, it’s true, but she mentions in the movie that the part of her job she enjoyed was figuring out what people wanted. She liked giving it to them and making them happy. She does the exact same thing here with Slowik, and it saves her life. It’s such a departure from normal portrayals of sex work and I love it. She has a valuable skill, performs a valuable service (as weird as her work with that one guy was, it was helping him come to terms with his daughter’s death), and it saved her life. Also since other people are arguing she outsmarted him, I’m gonna disagree. What she did was an appeal to his happier self, and he appreciated it enough that he let her go.
Most seam to miss one big hint. In the beginning, Tyler tells Margot to stop smiing, cause it kills your pallet. Lillian bloom is seen smoking in the dining room, and it's silently implied that she unintentionally caused those restaurants to close.
I think what I really appreciate about this movie is that it doesn't involve cannibalism. I feel like for most dark or horror movies that had to do with food, the default idea is to do cannibalism, which isn't bad. But when they are able to do something different is when they can truly elevate it.
before I watched the movie, I've only heard vague stuff about it and how disturbing it was. So I went into this movie expecting a big cannibalism twist -which of course never happened- and instead it hit me with this subliminal feeling of dread and fear, which was such an incredible experience. 10/10, definitely one of my favourite movies.
That’s exactly what I thought from the trailer. Only seeing the part when the men were running in the woods and hiding, I assumed this was a new adaptation to ‘The Most Dangerous Game.’
@@Orbowitzhe knew she was a rich kid, as they knew a lot about their life, his point was she didn't deserve to go according to his rules and she couldn't weaselout of there
@@basementdwellercosplaynot to mention she only went because the movie start had to bring her, and she was actively trying to leave him It’s pretty damn shitty
This is one of those Kill Counts where James finished introducing the concept of the movie and I immediately paused the Kill Count to go watch it. Margot is a genuinely awesome final girl; I was grinning and cheering for her when she pulled the "Bet you can't cook a good cheeseburger" play.
One of my favorite details about this movie is that the cheeseburger was the only properly made food on set as opposed to the rest that was cold props. It's completely in tune with the movie's themes.
"Tyler's Bullshit" was one of the funniest moments in 2022 cinema. Also, Ralph Fiennes is scary good in this film. I actually felt uncomfortable MANY times during this film just looking at that pouty, on-the-verge-of-tears look he has the whole movie like he’s just about to do something terrible. So chilling. And Hong Chau did an incredible job too.
I remember thinking that he'd be better off throwing a handful of sand into the pan cause otherwise all the dirt in the leek would be the only seasoning. 😂
For the final lesson for the year, my PE teacher decided to put on a movie. She put menu on without realising that it was a horror and she and most of my other classmates were quite shocked when the sous chef shot himself and that was the last part we saw before the lesson ended.
@@thegreatstoneddragon9432 It was the final period of PE for the year so the teacher decided to put on a movie since there was no more class work to do
@@greyklopstock7155 No. I busted my ass for 4 years at my pretty average lower-middle class public high school to get top of my class, that got me grants for about 60% of my tuition covered at Cornell. My parents covered room & board, plus the remaining 40% for my first two years. Then, when my brother started college, need-based grants & work-study picked up the rest. I loathe people who get all holier than thou over their student loans, especially when they are snobby elitist lickspittle liberals themselves.
I didn’t think that one was fair. She didn’t do anything. Worst case scenario she was lucky enough to have enough money. But maybe someone died and she paid for her tuition with the insurance money. Maybe she got a ton of scholarships because she worked her butt off for them. He didn’t know her. She didn’t do anything wrong. She was even actively trying to leave the guy he hates
Honestly, one of the things that stuck out to me the most about this film is that there's no cannibalism. It seems like the "easy" way a horror movie would imply that the chef is insane, but they did something far more interesting.
After watching the Menu trailer, I was so sure that both poisoning and cannibalism were going to be parts of the film. So props to the movie for subverting expectations. Really one of the years finest.
It may be considered a cheesy, almost comical part of the movie; but seeing the photos of him falling in love with cooking at a simple burger joint as a kid was what made me truly love this movie. I fell in love with the food industry when I had my first job at a deli and they took me in like family and taught me so many incredible things. It added so much to this movie for me. Not often we get a GOOD horror movie.
It was a moment that made Chef not just a sympathetic villain, but a relatable one. When we start out doing something we love, times were more innocent and simpler. Every industry has its way of wearing the passionate artist down, and that's what gives Chef such a complex depth. (That said, murder is bad!)
I felt it too as someone who had their first job at a fast food places (same franchise different places) and I had a lot of good moments there with people.
The old couple who ran our local movie theatre were literally the sweetest people. They had dirt cheap prices and they were super friendly, and if you were under 7 you got in free. It was the ONLY theatre in town and had been around since the late 40s. Then when they died, their son took over and turned it into a shitty concert venue and it lost its charm.
I agree, however I'm going to be honest - and I know people will get mad at me for saying this - but I don't think you can really count this as a horror movie. It was dark, yes. And there are some parts that are pretty disturbing. But I can't say I was really scared at all during the movie. Like I know loud jumpscares aren't a requirement for horror, but I didn't think there was any moments that creeped me out or made me feel uneasy either. Admittedly this could just be because I'm desensitized from already watching so much more darker and disturbing shit in my life, but still. In my opinion, this movie is a thriller - not a horror. EDIT: Looks like many people share my same sentiment after Googling it. And to be clear: I'm not trying to diminish the value of the movie - it is a great fucking movie. But I think to try to compare it to actual horror movies is a little unfair.
Honestly Margot is one of my favorite horror characters. It's easy to root for her knowing Tyler got her into this mess.The cheeseburger scene is my favorite in the movie because it's her breakdown Julian's core problem and giving him one last sense of happiness. Also I would eat that cheeseburger and chicken tortillas
indeed, i'm glad that she managed to live through the experience, she was never intended to die and because she never wronged anyone, she was allowed to leave, especially for giving Chef Julian one last moment of happiness. i never did understand this pretentious bullshit when it came to food, sure it should look nice and taste good, but it should not have to be treated like art to the point of madness, lest we have people break like Julian.
yes, it also helped her case that she never was intended to be killed, but ended up that way due to being Tyler's +1. she was courteous, respectful and daring, so he let her go.@@JC_Cali
the dish that tyler made which is dubbed as tyler's bullshit reminds me of that episode of the cartoon network tv series chower: chowder's catering company where chowder created a dish called foof and scoops where instead of foof and scoops it should be called chowder's bullshit
I loved how Margot was able to survive and the little smile that Slovik made while making the burger. It touched my heart. I feel like the director wanted us to feel a little happy to have Slovik make something he really liked.
@@jacksonallumbaugh6764 Brown is an expensive place. She didn't have to take out any loans, which means her family has enough money that she qualifies as privilaged enough to the chef to join the rest of them. Most people don't get to go to university, much less one like Brown without being in debt by graduation time from loans etc.
@@Iamthecrazyone Plus she was also stealing money from her boss, so chef saw her as greedy. She came from wealth and was still stealing from her boss lol (even tho he knew she was stealing it)😂
@@Iamthecrazyonethis is actually just not true. Lots of prestigious universities with large endowments will give full rides to students under a certain wealth threshold: Stanford and USC come to mind as a Californian
Ngl I think one of the most impressive aspects of this film is the subversion regarding horror food. So often when food is served in a horror there's some deadly aspect to it-- poison, or razor blades, or a hidden nature that makes it foul. But in the menu, each piece of food is still served with integrity and edibility in mind. No aspect on the menu is actually inedible (except ofc dessert). The horror is the nature of people-- the death of passion, the explotation of others, the apathy to the plight of fellow people. But the food is still goo, bc Slowik would never taint it with something as debased as poison.
I remember when i was first going into this movie, I hadn't seen any trailers, and I initially thought that it was maybe going to use cannibalism as a metaphor about how the upper class will treat the lower class as well as service workers, and said upper class getting a nasty shock. Like a cross between Soylent Green and Texas Chainsaw but set in a high class fancy restaurant. When I watched the film, however, I liked the actual direction they took it far more than anything I initially thought of. As someone who enjoys cooking and eating just as much as I do horror, I understand completely the love and care that goes into food, and how when you lose the love you put into creating something, the joy people get out of consuming it is lost as well. One of my favourite films, truly.
Fun fact: Even the name Julian Slowick is not random. Slowick (pronounced same as Slavik or - Slavík in Czech - Slávik in Slovak) means nightingale. It is a hint of a story of captured nightingale where a nightingale is captured by humans and forced to sing for their amusement. The constant demands from humans makes the nightingale hate the singing he always did with passion eventually. Same like Slovik losing all passion for cooking and hating it to do it just for amusement.
Huh, that's definitely a better interpretation than mine was. I thought it was supposed to be a Scandinavian sounding last name to hint to the restaurant that inspired the movie😅 Slovik, while not a Scandinavian last name I've ever seen IRL, still sounds Scandinavian to me. I suppose ot shows how your own experiences/background can color your perceptions:)
@@peachysandie While it is never confirmed in the movie it is likely that Julian Slowik is of the Slovak origin (even though w instead of v indicated he could be Polish - propably had some Polish ancestors). He is speaking about the time he worked in Bratislava which is a capital of Slovakia.
@@RadekCrazy1 In polish nightingale is translated to "słowik". But they were immigrants in the past that when arriving in foreign english speaking countries changed their surname in order to not have polish letters in it so the local population knew how to pronounce it. "Slowick" is the closest you can get to pronounce "słowik" without knowithe language.
When I rewatched this movie for the Kill Count, somebody pointed out an interesting detail that I missed during my first viewing: At the beginning of the movie, Tyler tells Margot that she shouldn’t smoke because it’ll ruin her taste palette. Later on, we see Lillian the food critic smoking a cigarette. If what Tyler said earlier is true and if Lillian has always been a smoker, then the smoking affected her taste palette for years, meaning that it possibly led to her writing terrible reviews that shut down several restaurants. Maybe if she hadn’t smoked so much, she would’ve had better experiences at those restaurants and they would’ve stayed open. Obviously, this is just a theory, but it’s still a good detail.
@@capitatecab6049 oh we know he made many bad ones....... he just had the bad luck to star in a film that would eventually be used for revenge >_< he was the classic "im a much bigger star than you know" with too much attitude for reality.
implying food critics score based on the taste of the food and not the presentation/FOH/wine selection/decor/price/illusion of exclusivity. That's the joke, I'm assuming.
Honestly, considering this is a Horror Movie involving a Killer Chef and food, I was expecting Cannibalism, with the Restaurantees as the Meals. This is so much deeper, and refreshing. Also, that Cheese Burger was *easily* the best looking and most appetizing food dish presented. Damn, did that look good! 🍔 😋
I love the cheeseburger scene. Because say what you will about Margot's motives I think it is a very incredible moment because it's two people from different kinds of services finding satisfaction in one another for completely different reasons. For the Chef, he finally gets to return to his roots and make a meal he is not only genuinely proud to make but it will satisfy his customer; something every genuine chef wants. For Margot, she gets to finally eat a meal after all the pompous dishes that suits her and tastes goooood. On top of that, Slowick also saw her as the underappreciated person she was and wanted to genuinely know who she was, not who she pretended to be. His need to please his customers may have made him seek this but it doesn't take away the fact that they had a true moment there at the end when she asked for her burger to go.
The other thing I’ve read about this scene is the idea that Margot being a working class woman was able to think and fight to survive. The rest of the customers could have done the same and yet didn’t: too used to paying money for what they want and not actually fighting for it.
@@Pippa87 Another thing about that scene is that all the way through, he tells her that "they are what they are" - she's a working girl, whos "job" it is to give pleasure to others. She rekindled some of his happier memories of when food was enjoyable and not pretentious and as such succeeded in her "job" of making him "happy".
Small detail I appreciate is Margot looking back with hesitation about leaving everyone else to die, until Anne signals Margot to leave before Chef changes his mind.
Man I WISH after the "coastguard" reveals it was an act that Slowik applauded him while looking over at John Leguizamos character and saying condescendingly: "Now THAT is a performance worthy for a day off."
the fact that the video gave a selfharm warning and seamlessly went to a commercial about turbo tax just made me laugh....yes dealing with Turbotax and doing my taxes will cause me to do self harm
I really think the good luck of not being able to get Daniel Radcliffe can’t be overstated. Him playing himself opposite Ralph Fiennes would be a little too silly, even with a movie that is this funny.
It may be for the best that Daniel stayed away from Hawthorne in this film otherwise Ralph might have left Erin Darke (Dan’s RL girlfriend) as a widow with a baby to look after and he probably doesn’t want to traumatize both of them greatly by killing Dan.
Jeremy's death was ultra disturbing for me. Genuinely almost brought me to tears because of how real and grounded it felt. Especially as someone also in the food industry, it's a genuine thing that happens with many chefs
I think that is why slowick spazzed of tyler so early. For Jeremy to die just like the halibut...without purpose because tyle didn't even react nor blink 😢 dint stop to absorb the experience. Just ready for more. I felt even worse for Jeremy knowing he wasn't able to finish The Menu
Yeah, I just watched a Gordon Ramsay interview on Mythical Kitchen where he talks about this issue. The restaurant business is a nightmare, especially for chefs. When I'm in a restaurant, I feel stressed just looking at people work.
Hi you might not see this but i want to thank you for the subtitles, i hate auto generated captions and youtubers that use subtitles is so helpful for me since i have hearing loss. thank you so much James!
Ralph Fiennes performance as chef was so captivating. When he gave the speech about what food is and means at the start I actually started crying. Then Tyler started crying and I was like "Fuck, I'm like Tyler?" then I realized I was so enthralled by the speech I forgot to blink and that's what made me cry.
This movie was cathartic but maddening. My partner is a pastry sous chef who is horrifically overworked during certain parts of the year. So much of the commentary of burnout and deadening passion rang true- not necessarily to their specific reality, but to all my fears for their future. Luckily, their head chef is nothing like Slowik- he sent them home ‘early’ one night by saying “your health isn’t worth some rich person’s fancy dessert.” They still love what they do, and as long as the staff cares more about each other than the customers, I trust that they’ll be okay.
This is one of my favorite suspense movies. The way they are all played, Margo giving the chef one last meal he actually enjoyed cooking (i loved seeing the happiness and love in his eyes as he remembered why he had loved cooking) and her being the only one to escape just felt right. It ticked so many of my boxes that you can't help but want to watch it again and again.
This is genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time. I knew nothing about it when i watched it and it genuinely surprised me. Ive had many conversations with my coworkers about this movie. One of them wrote a paper about hospitality on this movie
I played one of the wait staff in The Menu. Glad to see I made the kill count. Mark (the director) originally had the idea to show us burning alive inside, which I still wish we could have done.
So 2 things I noticed when watching the movie on my own: When the old dude gets his finger cut off, it's his left ring finger with his wedding ring on it. I love the symbolism here as it's showing the marriage being over And 2, when they pay for the meal, all the men pay, not a single woman paid for their meal except Margot, showing she truly was different/wasn't part of the rest. These probably were already noticed, but I watched the movie on my own before this Kill Count 😅
@wileywilliamsiii6226 The symbolism is still there though. Not a single other woman paid, all the men paid. And not to mention he says in the beginning he was gonna pay before he you know.. died, so it's definitely still there.
@@LittleBitWeird Both the food critic and the assistant make moves to pay before the men insist, celebrating her new job and it would be considered a business expense for the food reviewer.
The sequel to this will be called 'The Movie Screening'. A new movie is being shown for film critics, studio executives and fans of the director. Instead of the much anticipated movie that the director is being known for, the movie shows clips of the guests' darkest secrets. The director then reveals how the film critics have destroyed the careers of movie makers, how studio executives interfere and ruined movies for profit-driven reasons, how movie fans are shallow individuals (dressing up as movie characters) and hated a movie because it doesn't meet their expectations. And now they are all going to die.
"Oh... you really did that!" - James's look of joy and appreciation of Gressel's special bite being something he cooked when it could have just been a store-bought pudding for a goofy little bit........... That Passard egg was made with love
The Menu reminded me a lot of Ready or Not -- specifically, the story being carried by an extensive and incredible supporting cast. It really changes the feel of a movie when so much care is taken into the details of the non-main characters, and every actor gives 100%.
I feel like Grace and Margot would be able to bond well cuz of their shared experiences, if they would ever meet . Two women with rich asshole exes (or client, in Margot's case) who survived their awful, bloody ordeals because they were different from the rich, priveleged people around them.
When I say the trailer for the first time, I got ready or not vibes. This movie exceeded my expectations and I watch it from time to time and am still amazed
12:10 bro that to me is so hilarious just the calmness in the guys voice and how he just puts his arm into the chicken coop/shed without bending down or anything "a special bite for the last guest to be caught" so funny for no reason
I feel like Chef Slowik would be the kind of person to force his chefs to be bald so there’s no chance of a hair accidentally getting into their dishes. I’m guessing they didn’t do this because visually it would be weird
I watched this at a sleepover and we put it on as something to fall asleep to and even had a sleep timer- What we didn’t expect was to get invested that when the timer went off we had to search for the remote just to finish it
What makes this movie my favorite of 2022 (and probably my favorite of the decade so far) is that the satire doesn’t exclusively apply to the fine dining industry. The way that the story and characters are crafted allows you to mentally replace dining with anything else and they still work all the same. It’s what makes the screenplay, and the movie as a whole, a delicious masterpiece.
Its very possible that Margot dies too. Early on during the island tour they come to where they have the beef stored and its mentioned that if the beef was aged for even one more day it would slowly kill you. She does get a burger of course and "the menu only works if everybody dies"
What would you pick ??? Slow death by fire , or slow death by burger? She is most likely alive as she only ate 1 bite or barley any of the other entrée
Nah, nah, nah. If Chef still wanted to kill Margot, he wouldn’t have let her leave. He’s not that kind of guy to ruin his art just for pettiness. He gave false hope once and that false hope only was because Margot worked hard to snoop and give the radio
The Cheeseburger scene is such a satisfying conclusion for me because Slowik and Margot both get to fulfil their roles. Slowik, as a chef, gets to make a meal for someone that is exactly what they want and satisfies them, and not only that, something they want to take away to enjoy later. Making food for the enjoyment of others is the purpose of the chef, so he is fulfilled. Margot's job, being a sex worker, is (broadly speaking) to bring pleasure to others. By asking for the cheeseburger, she's not just serving herself to get out, she's genuinely showing kindness to bring him pleasure. She fulfils her job. It's two service workers each fulfilling the other with no ulterior motives, but rather with an understanding and respect
Margot using her background as a strength is such a powerful move. Most movies make sex workers bad, sad and pitied, or as easy killing fodder, so good on this film for making a female protagonist who is thoughtful, smart, capable of emotions, and without needing to be a conventional badass girlboss. She absolutely deserves the W, and her victory was sincerely the most satisfying outcome I've seen in film in a long time.
I almost wanted them to have the menu that Margot uses as napkin at the end say Tyler's Bullshit and A Simple Cheeseburger. It would somewhat take away from the strength of Joy's character but it would be an awesome reveal of just how much control Slowik had over everything.
I love this movie! It’s a different take to food related horror movie, no canniabalism and each character represents something of the real world (and I heard the head chef might be connected to the singing nightingale, heard that in the comments here) and the comedy and writing is actually clever. Rewatching the movie makes you realize how different some lines sound than what you may have thought before. Acting is great, like the delivery of “I’m sorry, you’re dying” was really good and still makes me laugh. Also I like how the conclusion is clever with build up and resolve. The smarter one surviving by using her knowledge on the chef’s past, her understanding of what to say and do right to get her out safe without conflict, and her empathy by seeing every chef as human all led to her surviving and to get what actually looks like a yummy burger (like with how it looks and the face of the head chef showing genuine emotion as he reminisced about his younger days makes the scene so good, albeit, delicious). Also that finale, the art on the floor, the s’more thing, how each person the chef hated (some for petty reasons that you should have noticed) were metaphorically the final course, and how the chefs still remained loyal to the end during the roasting, it was magnificent. Also I can’t shake the feeling that since dessert is known to be the last delicious course in a restaurant, the scene not only feels like this might be the chef’s final treat for himself before he leaves, but also in a sense, he’s giving them their *’Just desserts’*
I'm going to be honest about something. This Kill Count actually encouraged me to watch this movie more than the actual trailers. Every time I saw the trailers or TV spots, they really buried the lead on this being a horror movie. I had no idea this was a horror film from any of the music, shots used, and more of the emphasis on the food stuff. It wasn't until I heard you were doing this Kill Count that I found out it was a horror movie. Now, I have it saved on my watchlist. Good job, James and crew!
I think this was the biggest weakness of the movie's marketing. There was little to NOTHING to indicate it was a horror film which turned off the audience it would be meant for.
I still love how the final girl of this movie survive by just by asking "he should not be name" that all she want is a cheese burger with fries on the side and take to go. That alone moved the people at the tables to accept their death. I guess that Steven Universe quote was right all along "If every pork chop were perfect, we wont have hot dogs!"
but it wasnt JUST that which saved her, she treated people like people, she wasnt like everybody else at the service, she was never intended to be there, but ended up as such and with being a good down to earth person, she was given her meal and a doggie bag.
Everyone always thinks it’d be so much fun to lead a food creation-based suicide cult, but someone always cheats in the end and survives. It’s usually me.
Margo is an excellent twist on the traditional "final girl". Her being an escort/sex worker doesnt have weight in terms of "purity" but is used as somthing positive (she enjoyed her work and giving people a fantsy once) and a PRO because she was able to delve deep and find Slowicks deepst desire despite being dead and vured for years. She saw herself is him, both as customr service workers broken by "bad customers" but the difference i think, is guilt and the role they play in it. It negatively impacted them both differently and Mrgo thrived in the end. Godh i just love this move so much! Its so good
It brings up a parallel that I never thought about: both chefs and sex workers do jobs that involve bringing pleasure to someone. It’s especially clear when you consider how often food is linked to sensuality.
As someone who works in a restaurant I felt both very vindicated by the plot and also very VERY impressed with the level of detail that went into it. How the chefs move and communicate is very authentic to me (albeit not at super high Michelin star level 😂)
This is one of the few Horror/thriller/whatever movies I’ve watched, and I watched it while working a VERY stressful, sucky Food job and in highschool still. I connected to my Senior year English teacher because of this movie and our shared love of it, so it def has a special place in my heart, and Imm glad to see it here!
This was the last movie my Grandma and I watched together before she passed recently. So being able to rewatch this through the Kill Count is nice, it feels like she’s still here, watching The Menu with me all over again.
At least your grandmother went peacefully like my ex-girlfriend's unlike my grandfather, who was murdered in a way that only took 25 years for him to expire after being shot
I'm the same way with Psycho and the Birds. My Grandma and I watched them together while I slept over at her house one weekend. She passed about a month later. I will never forget that time I spent with her. Sorry for your loss.
There's also another deleted scene where Lillian Bloom mentions that Slowik did leave Hawthorne and essentially disappeared. She then brags about discovering him working at a Korean taco truck and exposing him, forcing him to return. I always find that scene very interesting because it shows that Slowik didn't immediately choose violence just because he hates his job. He initially did what any normal, sane person would do: quit the job that made him unhappy and move on to do something he did enjoy, only to be dragged back to the thing he hated. I wonder if it was cut because it perhaps made him seem too sympathetic, but it provides some interesting context.
"Unfortunately I think my eyes were a little bigger than my stomach." "Well that's just a bold-faced lie." Hahahaha you didn't need to call Anya out on that but thanks for the laugh. It's also kinda true. She does resemble a deer.
@@DeadMeat i''ve always thought she was beautiful. it's a shame to hear that she was bullied all throughout high school That pissed me off when I read about it. I REALLY REALLY hate bullies
@@DeadMeat It think it's in large part because comments on people's appearances tend to come off that way. Especially because she has spoken about how she was bullied for it when she was younger. I agree though. She's beautiful and her look makes her easy to recognize
I have a different interpretation of why Margo escaped. Slowik figured that Erin called the marine, which means she would've noticed the photos. As gratitude for bringing back one last joyful experience, he spared her. It also helps that he clearly respects her.
I can’t 100% remember without rewatching but I think the coast guard actually starts out in the kitchen at the beginning and it’s supposed to be included in the idea that none of the guests see the chef or his crew as people they just care about being able to say they had that experience
My favorite part of this movie was how close all the characters got. Its small but the moments where they panic when they think arins gonna get shot or when the woman nods to let her know its ok to leave really make them more likable and human to me
as someone who made those dumb concentrate pearls I always roll my eyes when I see people gush over them, it's just this gen's aspic. Like, Barbara, that ball of fish sauce is still just fish sauce, you don't need to make a noise the whole dining room can hear when it pops open in your mouth.
As a chef, i could not agree more. The meaning was lost on alot of my friends who also watched the movie on release but i picked up on it right away. Found much of the movie oddly relatable.
I had a woman the other day argue with me about whether or not gluten was flour and if I had any gluten-free chocolate. I kept specifically saying are you asking me if our chocolate has flour in it and she was like no I’m asking if it has gluten in it. She was really starting to piss me off, so I flat out asked her. Do you even know what gluten is because if you do know what it is, you should understand that chocolate does not contain that.
As a culinary student graduate, watching this for the first time I couldn’t stop standing to attention each time Chef clapped his hands or shouted regarding plate time. Grade A+ for this movie all around! ❤
This was so amazing to watch! I've been away from videos for a long time, but I genuinely enjoyed this. This film was amazing to watch and the appreciation this video provided warmed my heart
Fun fact - in the script, Margot was supposed to just sit there in stunned silence when it’s revealed Tyler knew everyone would die. But Anya Taylor Joy argued that she should be angry and lash out instead
That was a wise suggestion she made. Especially since Tyler is not her boyfriend, but a client, so there'd be no emotional betrayal. Just a "you're paying me to DIE with you, you fucking asshole?!"
Good
It reads better without that beat imo though it might be more logical on camera. The entire sequence and Tyler’s ultimate fate rests of his disillusionment beginning on page 83. He has to actually buy that the chef isn’t disgusted by him. With the attack, it’s kinda ruined. It’s a physical reminder atleast one person thinks it’s ridiculous. And the chef’s demeanor is a more believable farce. With the outburst, i still viewed it as overt patronizing. It’s hard to see how Tyler wouldn’t have to address that.
But reading it as is without that moment, his tone just feels enormously more condescending as outsiders looking in. And lines like the one on the bottom of page 83 by Slowik “you look wonderful. Doesn’t he look wonderful, Margot?” Carry more weight and make more sense if she sits stunned seeing as how he clearly empathizes with her situation. For typer to be so devastated that he ends up how he does, he has to buy this ruse hook line and sinker. It introduces cognitive dissonance seeing someone attacked upon the discovery - so when the chef essentially ignores it, imo it makes the charade of the meal cook almost totally unbelievable that someone could fall for that.
@CYMotorsport The issue with this is that it forgets that Tyler doesn't value Margot's opinion or her as a person. He repeatedly dismisses her, even before the conceit of the evening is revealed. He views Slowik as an underappreciated genius and himself as his equal. Everyone else is lesser; a poser or a Philistine. She is the ticket he needed punched to get on the island and a captive audience for him to condescend to, nothing more. How she feels is immaterial, only Slowik's opinion means anything.
@@CYMotorsport I feel as though _attacking_ works a lot better due to how her mental state slowly morphs over the course of the dinner. She had already been slowly "cracking" from the ridiculous acceptance of events she'd been observing others doing, so physically lashing out worked as a wonderful step between becoming less subdued, and lashing out at Slowik.
I find, from your message, that the view of the illusion being interrupted or not, depends on the character being followed. If you follow Tyler, it breaks the flow. If you follow Margot, the flow continues to its completion. I follow Margot, personally, given she's shown (in the film, at least) as the most relatable character for the audience to get behind.
The Menu: Surprisingly No Cannibalism
If there is cannibalism in "The menu", then Hannibal Lector would've been invited there.
Really good that would be bad
I was wondering
I saw this movie described as "a Hannibal lector fanfiction" and i was mad about seeing no eaten humans
BROTHER
You know it’s good when it has a warning
Real
Mhm
Damn beat me to the comment haha
Bad for the channel but not like there’s any way around it for this movie
Eyup, got a warning
Okay, I guess it's because I'm mexican, but the lines "What the hell are these?" "These are tortillas. Tortillas deliciosas." amused me far more than I expected.
i found it very stupid lol
As a white guy, easily one of my favorite moments from the movie. I'm trying to learn Spanish right now and the way she said it reminded me of when I try to sound authentic when speaking Spanish 😂
@@uzuwi9782that was kinda the point tbh lol she was almost mocking them in a way
And we know how mexicans are abt their tortillas
There's a tiny, important detail to Elsa's death that you missed, but is only really recognized if you've worked in food service. ....actually there are a million details like that it's why I adore this movie, but the one about Elsa is what must be shared.
Her final words about not forgetting the barrel aren't about jealousy or obedience, but quite the opposite. When she hears chef blame her for the 'error,' it ignites defiance in her, because fuck him, it wasn't her fault! Age old back of house and front of house infighting on full display, Elsa decided in that moment that she would literally die on that hill, because chef tried to blame her for one thing too many.
I shared this with my wife. It made her burst out laughing. She says front of house and back of house are a tenuous relationship. And that once battle lines are drawn, IT IS ON!
Preach. You made $500 tonight carrying the food we made ten feet and flirting with old, married farts and thought we wouldn't overhear your bragging, and now you're trying to wiggle out of splitting the tip after blaming us for the food running cold because you took too long on your smoke break, or you forgot to write down a substitution and decided to pin the blame on us?? The spite I have for servers and FOH is a bottomless pit, enough to make me break out the mother of all run on sentences, I apologize lmao.
@@appalachiabrauchfrauas a former waitress and then line cook, I used to have a burning hatred for boh staff but realized that we're the same. I had so many old creeps make sleezy comments or try to grab my body and then have to turn around and endure the same treatment from the kitchen that I was so enraged going back there I would fuck with the kitchen by saying yes to stupid substitutions or requests when the cooks pissed me off. I know for a fact that the foh/boh bullshit really was just us trying to maintain power that we couldn't have over anything else. The rivalry was dumb but in a system that practically forces you to, that's the reason. It really opened my eyes after seeing the other side, and I could deffo see that in hong chau's performance
@@appalachiabrauchfrau all of that is very valid but I've seen FOH also cover up for/smooth over issues that happen in BOH and "tanking" the customers' displeasure so while obviously it's wrong to try and wiggle out of splitting the tip or blaming others for their issues, I think some FOH folks do try to be decent people
okay let me just say that hong chau's character elsa looks like an asian gelfling
The smores monologue at the end I think is the ultimate encapsulation of the Chefs character. Like, he's so far gone from the simple pleasures of this craft he mastered he can't see the joy people have for something as simple as smores. Like, yeah smores are a messy food made from cheap ingredients, buts its the situations you cook them in, the people you cook them with that make a smore a special food. You don't just make a smore on a weekday night, its always at a fire, surrounded by friends or family. They're not made to be mass produced or mindlessly consumed like the food in a store or a restaurant. They're a simple thing anyone can make but its the context in which they're made that gives them value beyond just taste.
Considering his female chef came up with the dying part, I wouldn't b surprised if she came up with the smore idea but his hatred of his once love of cooking tainted it like you said.
S’mores are really one of my favorite foods because they’re so special. One day, the university I’m currently attending (gonna graduate), had a S’mores night and I had at least 3
I mean, I don't think food in almost all restaurants isn't there to be mindlessly consumed. I get what you mean in regard to smores, but that you write something like that, is like exactly the kind of thing part of the criticism is about. When I go to a restaurant, even if it is just a fast food joint, I always try to appreciate the food and the effort the people making it put into it.
I remember occasionally feeling sick or sad as a child, and holding a marshmallow suspended on the prongs of a fork over a small candle. At-home s'mores without a bonfire. (I know some people who would microwave them but without the fire it does lose a little of the spirit. Not crispy, y'know?)
A s'more really is all about the feeling, not the ingredients. Slovak didn't understand it at all...
Few things better than a S'more cooked around a campfire, listening to the crickets and the crackling of the burning wood. And panicking because the marshmallow caught fire.
I love that when Margo leaves, you can see how the different characters all give her a glare, except for the wife. Probably because she both looks like her daughter but also accepts that she of all of them SHOULD get to leave.
I interpreted it that they were all silently impressed and envious that she managed to outwit Slowick at his own game. He even mentions earlier that the guests should ask themselves why they didn't fight back more to survive
I've always assumed what Chef whispers into Tyler's ear was "you're the kind of customer/guest/diner i hate the most." And he loses it because he's been so desperate for Chefs approval throughout the film.
And here I thought it was a Doctor Sleep move
My favourite things about this movie is how Margot isn't a character who outsmarts or simply kills the killer, instead she figures out what the Chef really wants, to enjoy what he does, in this case, it's cooking a simple meal for a customer who will enjoy his food.
Edit: I wouldn't say she outsmarts him as he knows what she's doing, and willing goes along with her plan.
I think that could fall under the category of outsmarting the killer but I do like that she uses people/social skills rather than typical depictions of outsmarting the killer like you said.
I would argue that is outsmarting
im 99% sure you just described what outsmarting is 😭
@@RogueVideoRaven I don't think it does qualify as outsmarting. Chef knew what she was trying to do. He made the well-informed decision to let her go. She showed appreciation for his true love. She didn't belong in that restaurant.
And it’s even better when you realize how directly it ties into her being a sex worker. She is an emotionally intelligent character, it’s true, but she mentions in the movie that the part of her job she enjoyed was figuring out what people wanted. She liked giving it to them and making them happy. She does the exact same thing here with Slowik, and it saves her life. It’s such a departure from normal portrayals of sex work and I love it. She has a valuable skill, performs a valuable service (as weird as her work with that one guy was, it was helping him come to terms with his daughter’s death), and it saved her life.
Also since other people are arguing she outsmarted him, I’m gonna disagree. What she did was an appeal to his happier self, and he appreciated it enough that he let her go.
13:00 The lamb should've got into the kill count, dying in vain to be Tyler's Bullshit.
When chef asked if he wanted to shove it through a pacojet😂
Didn't even die lol it was undercooked af
That lamb was still baaing, it was so raw.
If we have the lamb and a chef, then WHERE’S THE LAMB SAUCE?!
Animals are not included on the kill count. Only characters with human characteristics like the predators. Aliens are just aliens and are not counted.
“The Queens gambit worked!” Absolutely took me out
I feel like I’m missing something…
@@TrickyTricky914Anna Taylor-Joy plays the main character of both The Queen’s Gambit and The Menu
in this position... SHE SACRIFICED TEN DOLLARS
@@thebcwonder4850 it was a hard sacrifice to be made😔
Yeah that was killer. 🥁
Most seam to miss one big hint.
In the beginning, Tyler tells Margot to stop smiing, cause it kills your pallet.
Lillian bloom is seen smoking in the dining room, and it's silently implied that she unintentionally caused those restaurants to close.
OH MY GOD, THANK U FOR THIS, THATS SUCH A GREAT DETAIL
I think what I really appreciate about this movie is that it doesn't involve cannibalism. I feel like for most dark or horror movies that had to do with food, the default idea is to do cannibalism, which isn't bad. But when they are able to do something different is when they can truly elevate it.
I feel cannibalism is lazy in horror movies about food lol
The Menu took the creative route.
before I watched the movie, I've only heard vague stuff about it and how disturbing it was. So I went into this movie expecting a big cannibalism twist -which of course never happened- and instead it hit me with this subliminal feeling of dread and fear, which was such an incredible experience. 10/10, definitely one of my favourite movies.
That’s exactly what I thought from the trailer. Only seeing the part when the men were running in the woods and hiding, I assumed this was a new adaptation to ‘The Most Dangerous Game.’
Going into it I was expecting cannibalism. I'm so glad it wasn't.
"These are tortillas" continues to be one of my favorite line deliveries. It makes me laugh every time.
IKR, especially since I put my sauce in tortilla bowls to use as salsa whenever I make nachos
I just learned today Hong Chau played Cook Pu on How I met your mother
tortillas deliciosas 🙂
❤😂
@@mullaoslotortillas deliciosas
“Student loans?” You’re dying kills me everytime 😭😭😭😭
I love the implication that Slowik would've let her live so she'll live in perpetual debt lmao
@@Orbowitzhe knew she was a rich kid, as they knew a lot about their life, his point was she didn't deserve to go according to his rules and she couldn't weaselout of there
@@basementdwellercosplaycool motive, still petty as shit
@@basementdwellercosplaynot to mention she only went because the movie start had to bring her, and she was actively trying to leave him
It’s pretty damn shitty
This is one of those Kill Counts where James finished introducing the concept of the movie and I immediately paused the Kill Count to go watch it. Margot is a genuinely awesome final girl; I was grinning and cheering for her when she pulled the "Bet you can't cook a good cheeseburger" play.
nice
loool same bvro as soon as he explained the concept i went straight to watch it
I did the same thing.
One of my favorite details about this movie is that the cheeseburger was the only properly made food on set as opposed to the rest that was cold props. It's completely in tune with the movie's themes.
Plus it just adds to how delicious the burger looks.
I love the part with Tyler's bullshit I kept rewinding the scene and laughing my ass of
@@stingerjohnny9951 no BS but yeah that burger looked fucking good
@@DarkXAngel55 If you see the film before eating, you will want to go out and get a burger afterwards. Thankfully, I had lunch BEFORE I saw it.
didn't they say the food was real, just like.. cold lol
"Tyler's Bullshit" was one of the funniest moments in 2022 cinema. Also, Ralph Fiennes is scary good in this film. I actually felt uncomfortable MANY times during this film just looking at that pouty, on-the-verge-of-tears look he has the whole movie like he’s just about to do something terrible. So chilling. And Hong Chau did an incredible job too.
Ralph Fiennes so good in this.
@@watershipup7101 Agreed
That was pretty funny lol.
And also 60 years old, he definetely doesn't look like it
I remember thinking that he'd be better off throwing a handful of sand into the pan cause otherwise all the dirt in the leek would be the only seasoning. 😂
For the final lesson for the year, my PE teacher decided to put on a movie. She put menu on without realising that it was a horror and she and most of my other classmates were quite shocked when the sous chef shot himself and that was the last part we saw before the lesson ended.
What was the lesson going to be?
@@thegreatstoneddragon9432 It was the final period of PE for the year so the teacher decided to put on a movie since there was no more class work to do
The headshot is one of my favorite moments for reaction videos because they are never ready for it.
Doesn't this movie have "horror" in one of its tags or something? Lmao imagine missing that big tag when watching a movie
@@tyrant-den884It was pretty obvious when they brought the tarp out
Hong chao saying, "these are tortillas, tortillas delisiosas." So casually fucking sent me
The "Sorry, You're dying" after the student loans had me crying laughing lol
He said it so calmly 😂😂😂😂
I mean, it's kinda based lmao
@@greyklopstock7155 No. I busted my ass for 4 years at my pretty average lower-middle class public high school to get top of my class, that got me grants for about 60% of my tuition covered at Cornell. My parents covered room & board, plus the remaining 40% for my first two years. Then, when my brother started college, need-based grants & work-study picked up the rest.
I loathe people who get all holier than thou over their student loans, especially when they are snobby elitist lickspittle liberals themselves.
I didn’t think that one was fair. She didn’t do anything. Worst case scenario she was lucky enough to have enough money. But maybe someone died and she paid for her tuition with the insurance money. Maybe she got a ton of scholarships because she worked her butt off for them. He didn’t know her. She didn’t do anything wrong. She was even actively trying to leave the guy he hates
I don't know how people don't get that he is insane and all that he's doing is evil and wrong
Honestly, one of the things that stuck out to me the most about this film is that there's no cannibalism. It seems like the "easy" way a horror movie would imply that the chef is insane, but they did something far more interesting.
there’s an after credits scene where it shows the chef eating someone and he says “I am the mad cannibal!!”
Don’t listen to the guy above me, he’s lying
@@goldmagikarp9579nuh uh, its 100 million billion percent true‼️‼️‼️🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑‼️
Honestly I thought that was the approach when I caught the trailer
that's the joke@@goldmagikarp9579
After watching the Menu trailer, I was so sure that both poisoning and cannibalism were going to be parts of the film. So props to the movie for subverting expectations. Really one of the years finest.
9:49 Chef pulling his best "Disappointed Gordon Ramsay" voice, lmao
It may be considered a cheesy, almost comical part of the movie; but seeing the photos of him falling in love with cooking at a simple burger joint as a kid was what made me truly love this movie. I fell in love with the food industry when I had my first job at a deli and they took me in like family and taught me so many incredible things. It added so much to this movie for me. Not often we get a GOOD horror movie.
It was a moment that made Chef not just a sympathetic villain, but a relatable one. When we start out doing something we love, times were more innocent and simpler. Every industry has its way of wearing the passionate artist down, and that's what gives Chef such a complex depth. (That said, murder is bad!)
I felt it too as someone who had their first job at a fast food places (same franchise different places) and I had a lot of good moments there with people.
The old couple who ran our local movie theatre were literally the sweetest people. They had dirt cheap prices and they were super friendly, and if you were under 7 you got in free.
It was the ONLY theatre in town and had been around since the late 40s.
Then when they died, their son took over and turned it into a shitty concert venue and it lost its charm.
“Not often we get a GOOD horror movie.”
Wdym there’s tons of good horror movies out there
I agree, however I'm going to be honest - and I know people will get mad at me for saying this - but I don't think you can really count this as a horror movie.
It was dark, yes. And there are some parts that are pretty disturbing. But I can't say I was really scared at all during the movie. Like I know loud jumpscares aren't a requirement for horror, but I didn't think there was any moments that creeped me out or made me feel uneasy either. Admittedly this could just be because I'm desensitized from already watching so much more darker and disturbing shit in my life, but still.
In my opinion, this movie is a thriller - not a horror.
EDIT: Looks like many people share my same sentiment after Googling it. And to be clear: I'm not trying to diminish the value of the movie - it is a great fucking movie. But I think to try to compare it to actual horror movies is a little unfair.
Honestly Margot is one of my favorite horror characters. It's easy to root for her knowing Tyler got her into this mess.The cheeseburger scene is my favorite in the movie because it's her breakdown Julian's core problem and giving him one last sense of happiness.
Also I would eat that cheeseburger and chicken tortillas
It's also one of the most unique ways a final girl has ever survived!
indeed, i'm glad that she managed to live through the experience, she was never intended to die and because she never wronged anyone, she was allowed to leave, especially for giving Chef Julian one last moment of happiness. i never did understand this pretentious bullshit when it came to food, sure it should look nice and taste good, but it should not have to be treated like art to the point of madness, lest we have people break like Julian.
yes, it also helped her case that she never was intended to be killed, but ended up that way due to being Tyler's +1. she was courteous, respectful and daring, so he let her go.@@JC_Cali
the dish that tyler made which is dubbed as tyler's bullshit reminds me of that episode of the cartoon network tv series chower: chowder's catering company where chowder created a dish called foof and scoops where instead of foof and scoops it should be called chowder's bullshit
lol Chowder was great@@user-se7dj6he3e
I loved how Margot was able to survive and the little smile that Slovik made while making the burger. It touched my heart. I feel like the director wanted us to feel a little happy to have Slovik make something he really liked.
19:54 Love how the smores ingredients includes the customers, staff and the whole restaurant
The deliver of “I’m sorry, you’re dying” made me laugh way too hard
Student loans?
@@jacksonallumbaugh6764 Brown is an expensive place. She didn't have to take out any loans, which means her family has enough money that she qualifies as privilaged enough to the chef to join the rest of them. Most people don't get to go to university, much less one like Brown without being in debt by graduation time from loans etc.
@@Iamthecrazyone I appreciate the explanation. Good day internet dweller.
@@Iamthecrazyone Plus she was also stealing money from her boss, so chef saw her as greedy. She came from wealth and was still stealing from her boss lol (even tho he knew she was stealing it)😂
@@Iamthecrazyonethis is actually just not true. Lots of prestigious universities with large endowments will give full rides to students under a certain wealth threshold: Stanford and USC come to mind as a Californian
Ngl I think one of the most impressive aspects of this film is the subversion regarding horror food. So often when food is served in a horror there's some deadly aspect to it-- poison, or razor blades, or a hidden nature that makes it foul. But in the menu, each piece of food is still served with integrity and edibility in mind. No aspect on the menu is actually inedible (except ofc dessert). The horror is the nature of people-- the death of passion, the explotation of others, the apathy to the plight of fellow people. But the food is still goo, bc Slowik would never taint it with something as debased as poison.
right up until the S'mores at least.
@@UltimateGamerCC that was regular s'more behavior
And it didn't even included capitalism too.
You can eat the rock in the second plate ?
"These are tortillas, tortillas deliciosas" . That was the best for sure🤣🤣🤣
I remember when i was first going into this movie, I hadn't seen any trailers, and I initially thought that it was maybe going to use cannibalism as a metaphor about how the upper class will treat the lower class as well as service workers, and said upper class getting a nasty shock. Like a cross between Soylent Green and Texas Chainsaw but set in a high class fancy restaurant.
When I watched the film, however, I liked the actual direction they took it far more than anything I initially thought of. As someone who enjoys cooking and eating just as much as I do horror, I understand completely the love and care that goes into food, and how when you lose the love you put into creating something, the joy people get out of consuming it is lost as well. One of my favourite films, truly.
2:45 I love Anya’s casual “F**k.” so much.
Fun fact: Even the name Julian Slowick is not random. Slowick (pronounced same as Slavik or - Slavík in Czech - Slávik in Slovak) means nightingale. It is a hint of a story of captured nightingale where a nightingale is captured by humans and forced to sing for their amusement. The constant demands from humans makes the nightingale hate the singing he always did with passion eventually. Same like Slovik losing all passion for cooking and hating it to do it just for amusement.
That's a really cool detail!
Huh, that's definitely a better interpretation than mine was. I thought it was supposed to be a Scandinavian sounding last name to hint to the restaurant that inspired the movie😅 Slovik, while not a Scandinavian last name I've ever seen IRL, still sounds Scandinavian to me. I suppose ot shows how your own experiences/background can color your perceptions:)
@@peachysandie While it is never confirmed in the movie it is likely that Julian Slowik is of the Slovak origin (even though w instead of v indicated he could be Polish - propably had some Polish ancestors). He is speaking about the time he worked in Bratislava which is a capital of Slovakia.
@@RadekCrazy1 In polish nightingale is translated to "słowik". But they were immigrants in the past that when arriving in foreign english speaking countries changed their surname in order to not have polish letters in it so the local population knew how to pronounce it. "Slowick" is the closest you can get to pronounce "słowik" without knowithe language.
That is a cool fun fact
When I rewatched this movie for the Kill Count, somebody pointed out an interesting detail that I missed during my first viewing:
At the beginning of the movie, Tyler tells Margot that she shouldn’t smoke because it’ll ruin her taste palette. Later on, we see Lillian the food critic smoking a cigarette. If what Tyler said earlier is true and if Lillian has always been a smoker, then the smoking affected her taste palette for years, meaning that it possibly led to her writing terrible reviews that shut down several restaurants. Maybe if she hadn’t smoked so much, she would’ve had better experiences at those restaurants and they would’ve stayed open. Obviously, this is just a theory, but it’s still a good detail.
It probably was on purpose. There were deep reasons why these people were picked, some maybe not as obvious.
@@AnthonyJMurphThen there was John Leguezamo who made one bad movie
@@capitatecab6049 oh we know he made many bad ones....... he just had the bad luck to star in a film that would eventually be used for revenge >_< he was the classic "im a much bigger star than you know" with too much attitude for reality.
implying food critics score based on the taste of the food and not the presentation/FOH/wine selection/decor/price/illusion of exclusivity. That's the joke, I'm assuming.
I also wonder if the smoking thing is a reference to a similar conflict in Get Out.
Honestly, considering this is a Horror Movie involving a Killer Chef and food, I was expecting Cannibalism, with the Restaurantees as the Meals. This is so much deeper, and refreshing.
Also, that Cheese Burger was *easily* the best looking and most appetizing food dish presented. Damn, did that look good! 🍔 😋
well technically the resaurantees did become a meal...it's just that no one got to eat it 😄
Taking a bite of a burger on a boat while watching the very concepts you hate the most explode might be the hardest thing ever put on a screen.
I love the cheeseburger scene. Because say what you will about Margot's motives I think it is a very incredible moment because it's two people from different kinds of services finding satisfaction in one another for completely different reasons. For the Chef, he finally gets to return to his roots and make a meal he is not only genuinely proud to make but it will satisfy his customer; something every genuine chef wants. For Margot, she gets to finally eat a meal after all the pompous dishes that suits her and tastes goooood. On top of that, Slowick also saw her as the underappreciated person she was and wanted to genuinely know who she was, not who she pretended to be. His need to please his customers may have made him seek this but it doesn't take away the fact that they had a true moment there at the end when she asked for her burger to go.
The other thing I’ve read about this scene is the idea that Margot being a working class woman was able to think and fight to survive. The rest of the customers could have done the same and yet didn’t: too used to paying money for what they want and not actually fighting for it.
@@Pippa87 Another thing about that scene is that all the way through, he tells her that "they are what they are" - she's a working girl, whos "job" it is to give pleasure to others. She rekindled some of his happier memories of when food was enjoyable and not pretentious and as such succeeded in her "job" of making him "happy".
We could all use people like Margot/Erin in this world teaching us about good food made with love
Small detail I appreciate is Margot looking back with hesitation about leaving everyone else to die, until Anne signals Margot to leave before Chef changes his mind.
Man I WISH after the "coastguard" reveals it was an act that Slowik applauded him while looking over at John Leguizamos character and saying condescendingly: "Now THAT is a performance worthy for a day off."
the fact that the video gave a selfharm warning and seamlessly went to a commercial about turbo tax just made me laugh....yes dealing with Turbotax and doing my taxes will cause me to do self harm
if you don't harm yourself doing taxes... you have a good ass salary
I really think the good luck of not being able to get Daniel Radcliffe can’t be overstated. Him playing himself opposite Ralph Fiennes would be a little too silly, even with a movie that is this funny.
Fucking Harry Potter and Voldemort in the same movie would’ve actually been cool to see lmao
It may be for the best that Daniel stayed away from Hawthorne in this film otherwise Ralph might have left Erin Darke (Dan’s RL girlfriend) as a widow with a baby to look after and he probably doesn’t want to traumatize both of them greatly by killing Dan.
It would've also been nice to have Daniel Craig in the movie since Ralph Fiennes plays the new M in the James Bond movies
I feel like I would've liked it if I didn't see the actual version.
It would've been fun, but I definitely prefer the final version
the first time i've heard of ralph fiennes is when he voiced alfred pennyworth in the lego batman movie
“These are tortillas. Tortillas deliciosa” is maybe the best comedy moment in this film I cackled
I can hear my Spanish teacher chastising her for robbing the deliciosas of their S
19:24 "how can i have a smore if i havent had any yet" -smalls
Man, the investigation on what happened would be good enough for its own detective movie.
Jeremy's death was ultra disturbing for me. Genuinely almost brought me to tears because of how real and grounded it felt. Especially as someone also in the food industry, it's a genuine thing that happens with many chefs
the food service industry is a nightmare at current, and the only thing that drives those in it to endure is their passion.
Fr. The amount of shit people in our industry go through just to simply break even is crazy
I think that is why slowick spazzed of tyler so early. For Jeremy to die just like the halibut...without purpose because tyle didn't even react nor blink 😢 dint stop to absorb the experience. Just ready for more. I felt even worse for Jeremy knowing he wasn't able to finish The Menu
Yeah, I just watched a Gordon Ramsay interview on Mythical Kitchen where he talks about this issue. The restaurant business is a nightmare, especially for chefs. When I'm in a restaurant, I feel stressed just looking at people work.
Hi you might not see this but i want to thank you for the subtitles, i hate auto generated captions and youtubers that use subtitles is so helpful for me since i have hearing loss. thank you so much James!
Commenting and liking to get this to the top
Commenting also I want James to see this
Adding a reply so James can see this!
I have a friend wity hearing loss so i hope this gets up there. Wish more creators did subtitles
Also replying and liking so this becomes one of the top comments
As someone who worked in fine dining for a few years this movie was refreshing and concerningly relatable
I love that his chef jacket just says “Jame”
It definitely says James lol
Ralph Fiennes performance as chef was so captivating. When he gave the speech about what food is and means at the start I actually started crying. Then Tyler started crying and I was like "Fuck, I'm like Tyler?" then I realized I was so enthralled by the speech I forgot to blink and that's what made me cry.
Why is this so funny 😂
@@srs733💀
This movie was cathartic but maddening. My partner is a pastry sous chef who is horrifically overworked during certain parts of the year. So much of the commentary of burnout and deadening passion rang true- not necessarily to their specific reality, but to all my fears for their future.
Luckily, their head chef is nothing like Slowik- he sent them home ‘early’ one night by saying “your health isn’t worth some rich person’s fancy dessert.” They still love what they do, and as long as the staff cares more about each other than the customers, I trust that they’ll be okay.
This is one of my favorite suspense movies. The way they are all played, Margo giving the chef one last meal he actually enjoyed cooking (i loved seeing the happiness and love in his eyes as he remembered why he had loved cooking) and her being the only one to escape just felt right. It ticked so many of my boxes that you can't help but want to watch it again and again.
This is genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time. I knew nothing about it when i watched it and it genuinely surprised me. Ive had many conversations with my coworkers about this movie. One of them wrote a paper about hospitality on this movie
I played one of the wait staff in The Menu. Glad to see I made the kill count. Mark (the director) originally had the idea to show us burning alive inside, which I still wish we could have done.
Congrats Brandon.
Nice!
You guys did great in the movie!
@@superboimem380 Thank you! Had a great time working on it, and it was great seeing so many talented people so passionate for the project.
That's so awesome dude! Amazing work
So 2 things I noticed when watching the movie on my own:
When the old dude gets his finger cut off, it's his left ring finger with his wedding ring on it. I love the symbolism here as it's showing the marriage being over
And 2, when they pay for the meal, all the men pay, not a single woman paid for their meal except Margot, showing she truly was different/wasn't part of the rest.
These probably were already noticed, but I watched the movie on my own before this Kill Count 😅
Well she wasn’t supposed to pay but with Tyler being dead she d had to
@wileywilliamsiii6226 The symbolism is still there though. Not a single other woman paid, all the men paid. And not to mention he says in the beginning he was gonna pay before he you know.. died, so it's definitely still there.
I noticed these too when I watched the movie. It was interesting to see these, especially the ring finger.
@@LittleBitWeird Both the food critic and the assistant make moves to pay before the men insist, celebrating her new job and it would be considered a business expense for the food reviewer.
@@ClassicThief True. But I think that just further kinda proves what I was saying in how she was the only one who paid for her own meal.
The sequel to this will be called 'The Movie Screening'. A new movie is being shown for film critics, studio executives and fans of the director. Instead of the much anticipated movie that the director is being known for, the movie shows clips of the guests' darkest secrets. The director then reveals how the film critics have destroyed the careers of movie makers, how studio executives interfere and ruined movies for profit-driven reasons, how movie fans are shallow individuals (dressing up as movie characters) and hated a movie because it doesn't meet their expectations. And now they are all going to die.
"Oh... you really did that!" - James's look of joy and appreciation of Gressel's special bite being something he cooked when it could have just been a store-bought pudding for a goofy little bit........... That Passard egg was made with love
The Menu reminded me a lot of Ready or Not -- specifically, the story being carried by an extensive and incredible supporting cast. It really changes the feel of a movie when so much care is taken into the details of the non-main characters, and every actor gives 100%.
I feel like Grace and Margot would be able to bond well cuz of their shared experiences, if they would ever meet . Two women with rich asshole exes (or client, in Margot's case) who survived their awful, bloody ordeals because they were different from the rich, priveleged people around them.
@@LyraAurora
Margot: What happened to you?
Grace: In-laws. What happened to you?
Margot: Food Service.
@@erinfinn2273Someone write that fanfic
You're Next is also like this ^^
When I say the trailer for the first time, I got ready or not vibes. This movie exceeded my expectations and I watch it from time to time and am still amazed
The funniest part of the movie is when hong chau’s character flaps her arms like a bird to lower the CEO to his death. Fucking killed me 😂
I really like that by the end even the guests are saying 'We Love You Chef'
6:04 That "Us" reference was gold. Watched it in the theatre and the twist ending was perfect.
I'm gonna be one of the Tethered for next Halloween!
12:10 bro that to me is so hilarious just the calmness in the guys voice and how he just puts his arm into the chicken coop/shed without bending down or anything "a special bite for the last guest to be caught" so funny for no reason
I love the “special bite for being the last one found”
That made me laugh so much
It was so cute and beautiful
It was great
I feel like Chef Slowik would be the kind of person to force his chefs to be bald so there’s no chance of a hair accidentally getting into their dishes. I’m guessing they didn’t do this because visually it would be weird
I watched this at a sleepover and we put it on as something to fall asleep to and even had a sleep timer- What we didn’t expect was to get invested that when the timer went off we had to search for the remote just to finish it
Fun fact: the creator of Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto, said that The Menu is his favorite movie in 2022.
And the inspiration of the Falling Devil.
Don't think there's a more glowing recommendation for watching a movie than this
Ayo?????? That’s sick lmao
This movie does seem like it would be up his ally, its not too surprising he enjoyed it!
So that's why the Falling Devil was dressed as a cook. Makes sense I guess.
@@kafkackardes5647 would it be voiced by...um the head chef?
What makes this movie my favorite of 2022 (and probably my favorite of the decade so far) is that the satire doesn’t exclusively apply to the fine dining industry. The way that the story and characters are crafted allows you to mentally replace dining with anything else and they still work all the same. It’s what makes the screenplay, and the movie as a whole, a delicious masterpiece.
"These are tortillas" is so stupidly funny
18:03 I was not ready for that stray shot
I don’t care if it’s Viewer Discretion, I’m just glad it wasn’t stricken with a copyright claim. The Menu is awesome.
I‘m just glad it wasn’t age-restricted… =.=;
CZcams is overdramatic about everything
Wow! Who knew Voldermort could make a damn fine cheeseburger!
😂😂😂 it's him. Just with a nose.
a damn fienne cheeseburger if you will
Makes him more threatening. Criticize his food, expect to get Avada Kedavra’d afterwards
@@goblinpiss7039boooo
Well, the Red Dragon knows about eating properly.
this having an average of one death every three minutes is absolutely criminal
Its very possible that Margot dies too. Early on during the island tour they come to where they have the beef stored and its mentioned that if the beef was aged for even one more day it would slowly kill you. She does get a burger of course and "the menu only works if everybody dies"
What would you pick ??? Slow death by fire , or slow death by burger? She is most likely alive as she only ate 1 bite or barley any of the other entrée
She did eat rest of burger on boat but she could have tossed the meat out and ate just the bread/cheese
The director says she lives, so I'll go with that.
Nah, nah, nah.
If Chef still wanted to kill Margot, he wouldn’t have let her leave. He’s not that kind of guy to ruin his art just for pettiness.
He gave false hope once and that false hope only was because Margot worked hard to snoop and give the radio
The Cheeseburger scene is such a satisfying conclusion for me because Slowik and Margot both get to fulfil their roles.
Slowik, as a chef, gets to make a meal for someone that is exactly what they want and satisfies them, and not only that, something they want to take away to enjoy later. Making food for the enjoyment of others is the purpose of the chef, so he is fulfilled.
Margot's job, being a sex worker, is (broadly speaking) to bring pleasure to others. By asking for the cheeseburger, she's not just serving herself to get out, she's genuinely showing kindness to bring him pleasure. She fulfils her job.
It's two service workers each fulfilling the other with no ulterior motives, but rather with an understanding and respect
Margot using her background as a strength is such a powerful move. Most movies make sex workers bad, sad and pitied, or as easy killing fodder, so good on this film for making a female protagonist who is thoughtful, smart, capable of emotions, and without needing to be a conventional badass girlboss. She absolutely deserves the W, and her victory was sincerely the most satisfying outcome I've seen in film in a long time.
Hong Chau absolutely killed it in this film, she honestly deserves more recognition
My uncles shrimp boat was actually borrowed for this movie sadly I don’t think it made it to the Final Cut but it’s still cool to think it could’ve
There's is a super quick shot of a clam fisher at the beginning of the movie, during the island tour. Could that be it?
When Voldemort becomes a Masterchef
YESS I'm so glad Dead Meat is covering this film!!
Me too
Literally been waiting for the kill count since it came out, so friggin pumped
YES!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO COVER THIS
@dyip-vb1wl especially since I happen to be a celebrity chef on CZcams
@@dyip-vb1wlanother movie starring Anya Taylor Joy in horror movies is amazing
13:00 "The resulting dish is TYLER'S BULLSHIT."
I was drinking soda at that moment. I almost choked.
I almost wanted them to have the menu that Margot uses as napkin at the end say Tyler's Bullshit and A Simple Cheeseburger. It would somewhat take away from the strength of Joy's character but it would be an awesome reveal of just how much control Slowik had over everything.
I love this movie!
It’s a different take to food related horror movie, no canniabalism and each character represents something of the real world (and I heard the head chef might be connected to the singing nightingale, heard that in the comments here) and the comedy and writing is actually clever. Rewatching the movie makes you realize how different some lines sound than what you may have thought before.
Acting is great, like the delivery of “I’m sorry, you’re dying” was really good and still makes me laugh. Also I like how the conclusion is clever with build up and resolve. The smarter one surviving by using her knowledge on the chef’s past, her understanding of what to say and do right to get her out safe without conflict, and her empathy by seeing every chef as human all led to her surviving and to get what actually looks like a yummy burger (like with how it looks and the face of the head chef showing genuine emotion as he reminisced about his younger days makes the scene so good, albeit, delicious). Also that finale, the art on the floor, the s’more thing, how each person the chef hated (some for petty reasons that you should have noticed) were metaphorically the final course, and how the chefs still remained loyal to the end during the roasting, it was magnificent.
Also I can’t shake the feeling that since dessert is known to be the last delicious course in a restaurant, the scene not only feels like this might be the chef’s final treat for himself before he leaves, but also in a sense, he’s giving them their *’Just desserts’*
I'm going to be honest about something. This Kill Count actually encouraged me to watch this movie more than the actual trailers. Every time I saw the trailers or TV spots, they really buried the lead on this being a horror movie. I had no idea this was a horror film from any of the music, shots used, and more of the emphasis on the food stuff. It wasn't until I heard you were doing this Kill Count that I found out it was a horror movie. Now, I have it saved on my watchlist. Good job, James and crew!
I think this was the biggest weakness of the movie's marketing. There was little to NOTHING to indicate it was a horror film which turned off the audience it would be meant for.
I still love how the final girl of this movie survive by just by asking "he should not be name" that all she want is a cheese burger with fries on the side and take to go. That alone moved the people at the tables to accept their death. I guess that Steven Universe quote was right all along "If every pork chop were perfect, we wont have hot dogs!"
but it wasnt JUST that which saved her, she treated people like people, she wasnt like everybody else at the service, she was never intended to be there, but ended up as such and with being a good down to earth person, she was given her meal and a doggie bag.
Everyone always thinks it’d be so much fun to lead a food creation-based suicide cult, but someone always cheats in the end and survives. It’s usually me.
Passard egg...that's a hell of a roommate!
Margo is an excellent twist on the traditional "final girl". Her being an escort/sex worker doesnt have weight in terms of "purity" but is used as somthing positive (she enjoyed her work and giving people a fantsy once) and a PRO because she was able to delve deep and find Slowicks deepst desire despite being dead and vured for years. She saw herself is him, both as customr service workers broken by "bad customers" but the difference i think, is guilt and the role they play in it. It negatively impacted them both differently and Mrgo thrived in the end. Godh i just love this move so much! Its so good
It brings up a parallel that I never thought about: both chefs and sex workers do jobs that involve bringing pleasure to someone. It’s especially clear when you consider how often food is linked to sensuality.
As someone who works in a restaurant I felt both very vindicated by the plot and also very VERY impressed with the level of detail that went into it. How the chefs move and communicate is very authentic to me (albeit not at super high Michelin star level 😂)
This is one of the few Horror/thriller/whatever movies I’ve watched, and I watched it while working a VERY stressful, sucky Food job and in highschool still. I connected to my Senior year English teacher because of this movie and our shared love of it, so it def has a special place in my heart, and Imm glad to see it here!
I like the smooth addition of Warm Bodies in the script when Tyler takes everyone into the kitchen. Well done
Damn that's a good catch!
I always think of R before anyone else he's played when I see him lol
Wait, that was R!?
@@ForrestFox626 Yep the guy who plays Tyler is R!!
Warm Bodies was so good
This was the last movie my Grandma and I watched together before she passed recently. So being able to rewatch this through the Kill Count is nice, it feels like she’s still here, watching The Menu with me all over again.
At least your grandmother went peacefully like my ex-girlfriend's unlike my grandfather, who was murdered in a way that only took 25 years for him to expire after being shot
I'm the same way with Psycho and the Birds. My Grandma and I watched them together while I slept over at her house one weekend. She passed about a month later. I will never forget that time I spent with her. Sorry for your loss.
@@jenniferkovalick2959 at least you made your last moments with her memorable
RIP, cool grandma.
@rd2680 yeah, she will be missed
I loved Aimee Correro in this. I’m a huge She-Ra and Critical Role fan. I had no clue she was in this until I watched it and was pleasantly surprised
There's also another deleted scene where Lillian Bloom mentions that Slowik did leave Hawthorne and essentially disappeared. She then brags about discovering him working at a Korean taco truck and exposing him, forcing him to return.
I always find that scene very interesting because it shows that Slowik didn't immediately choose violence just because he hates his job. He initially did what any normal, sane person would do: quit the job that made him unhappy and move on to do something he did enjoy, only to be dragged back to the thing he hated. I wonder if it was cut because it perhaps made him seem too sympathetic, but it provides some interesting context.
"Unfortunately I think my eyes were a little bigger than my stomach."
"Well that's just a bold-faced lie."
Hahahaha you didn't need to call Anya out on that but thanks for the laugh.
It's also kinda true. She does resemble a deer.
She has large eyes and it's part of what makes her so uniquely beautiful. I'm surprised by how many people interpreted my comments as being negative.
@@DeadMeat i''ve always thought she was beautiful. it's a shame to hear that she was bullied all throughout high school
That pissed me off when I read about it. I REALLY REALLY hate bullies
@@jameshill4589 Ive liked her since I first saw her on Peaky Blinders. Binged Queens Gambit in two days XD
@@Jchmcom I should've watched queens gambit I love chess.
My introduction to her was Split
@@DeadMeat It think it's in large part because comments on people's appearances tend to come off that way. Especially because she has spoken about how she was bullied for it when she was younger. I agree though. She's beautiful and her look makes her easy to recognize
I have a different interpretation of why Margo escaped. Slowik figured that Erin called the marine, which means she would've noticed the photos. As gratitude for bringing back one last joyful experience, he spared her. It also helps that he clearly respects her.
Chef gave her an exit, and she took it.
I can’t 100% remember without rewatching but I think the coast guard actually starts out in the kitchen at the beginning and it’s supposed to be included in the idea that none of the guests see the chef or his crew as people they just care about being able to say they had that experience
My favorite part of this movie was how close all the characters got. Its small but the moments where they panic when they think arins gonna get shot or when the woman nods to let her know its ok to leave really make them more likable and human to me
As a Cook and a creative, I loved what this movie has to say about consumers and the status they get for consuming certain things.
as someone who made those dumb concentrate pearls I always roll my eyes when I see people gush over them, it's just this gen's aspic. Like, Barbara, that ball of fish sauce is still just fish sauce, you don't need to make a noise the whole dining room can hear when it pops open in your mouth.
IKR, you should even see what the dishes I prepared look like
As a chef, i could not agree more. The meaning was lost on alot of my friends who also watched the movie on release but i picked up on it right away. Found much of the movie oddly relatable.
I had a woman the other day argue with me about whether or not gluten was flour and if I had any gluten-free chocolate. I kept specifically saying are you asking me if our chocolate has flour in it and she was like no I’m asking if it has gluten in it.
She was really starting to piss me off, so I flat out asked her. Do you even know what gluten is because if you do know what it is, you should understand that chocolate does not contain that.
@@awesomesauce5974 crazy once you think about it, especially since I happen to be a celebrity chef right here on CZcams
As a culinary student graduate, watching this for the first time I couldn’t stop standing to attention each time Chef clapped his hands or shouted regarding plate time. Grade A+ for this movie all around! ❤
I LOVED this movie, like, 100%. Specially since I worked in a quirky fine dining with a crazy chef, so that hits hard lol
This was so amazing to watch!
I've been away from videos for a long time, but I genuinely enjoyed this.
This film was amazing to watch and the appreciation this video provided warmed my heart
I loved that subtle warm body's joke, (12:55) since Nicholas Hoult played R.
Holy shit, so subtle I honestly didn’t even pick it up until you pointed it out. Love it 😂 thank you