'The Menu' looks gorgeous and sometimes displays a deliciously wicked sense of fun,' cinebeth writes. 'But it leaves you a bit unsatisfied.'
The new film"The Menu" uses an elite and elegant restaurant as the backdrop for an eat-the-rich black comedy.
"The Menu" lambasts the rich and pretentious over a a series of meticulously planned courses by Chef Julian Slowik . Slowik wants to expose their true natures and punish them. However, there’s one person who’s out of place, Margo and she's ruining the night. He confronts her and says,"In order to proceed, I have to know if I need to seat you with us or with them."But"The Menu" fails to make that us versus them dynamic work well because Julian is on both sides. He wages a class war we applaud yet he merits as much skewering as his guests.
The problem may be that the film is trying to cram too much into its limited courses. Writers Seth Reiss and Will Tracy make the rich and pretentious the obvious early targets. But those are sitting ducks that in some ways are too easy to take down, so I can understand how they and director Mylod would want to look for some fresh layers to explore.
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