The Menu is a 2022 American horror film written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy.
The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max), Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Reed Birney, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo.
It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 10, 2022 and was released to theaters in the United States in November of that year.
The film earned almost $80 million at the box office on a budget of $30 million, and was released to DVD and streaming in January 2023.
Ralph Fiennes was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Anya Taylor-Joy was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards.
Rating: Rated R for strong/disturbing violent content, language throughout, and some sexual references.
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes.
The Menu (2022)
Category
Severity
Time
Description
Sentence Before
0:00:00-0:00:11
Mild elevated view during Searchlight Pictures logo.
None
0:04:12-0:04:27
Mild elevated views are seen.
Margo: "Please don't say 'mouthfeel'." Tyler: "Too late. Mouthfeel."
0:06:12-0:06:19
A mild flyover view is seen.
George Diaz: "Aw, hey, thanks for asking. See, people still know me. I'm moving into the presenter phase of my career. You know? Do me."
0:06:53-0:06:56
Insect-like crabs are seen briefly.
Margot: "We have reached the base camp of Mount Bulls***t. This is insane."
0:07:05-0:07:07
Bees are seen briefly.
Margot: "We have reached the base camp of Mount Bulls***t. This is insane." ... Tyler: "Smell that."
0:07:08-0:07:19
A mild elevated view is seen.
Margot: "We have reached the base camp of Mount Bulls***t. This is insane." ... Tyler: "Smell that."
0:07:25-0:07:58
Bloody animal meat is seen.
Elsa: "We use the meat of dairy cows only...which we age for an astonishing 152 days to relax the protein strands."
0:12:08-0:12:15
An elevated view looking straight down is seen.
Tyler: "F**k me. Is he looking at me?" ...
0:30:20-0:30:49
A story of domestic abuse is recounted.
Chef: "Also, not unusual. My mother grew angry and screamed at him..."
0:38:16-0:38:26
A mild elevated view is seen.
Margot: "Please get the f**k out of my way." ...
0:41:25-041:42
A suicide (gun) is graphically depicted.
Chef: "Ladies and gentlemen, your fourth course... sous-chef Jeremy's 'The Mess'."
0:41:26-0:41:41
Bloody wounds and a corpse are seen.
Chef: "Ladies and gentlemen, your fourth course... sous-chef Jeremy's 'The Mess'."
0:42:04-0:42:15
A corpse with bloody wounds is seen and interacted with.
George: "That's a stunt? What was that?" Chef: "This is an exclusive experience. Please just return to your seats. Thank you so much."
0:42:12-0:42:25
Mild elevated views are seen.
Customer: "It's definitely a squib or a packed...I've seen them use it before." Sommelier: "Can I invite you to sit down, please?"
0:44:16-0:44:18
A bloody wound is inflicted briefly.
Soren: "What the f**k are you doing? Leave the old guy alone." Elsa: "Mr. Leibrandt, please hold still."
0:44:24-0:44:26
Some blood is seen briefly.
Soren: "What the f**k are you doing?"
0:45:11-0:45:14
Some blood is seen again briefly.
George: "Because I'm a name-dropping whore. That's why, okay?"
0:48:28-0:48:33
A bloody bandage is seen.
Bryce: "Wait, what's the play here? What are our options?"
0:53:51-0:54:23
A person is slowly, knowingly lowered into water.
Chef: "...despite the fact that there are no substitutions at Hawthorne! ... Fallen angel, please."
0:54:18-0:54:23
Forced submission occurs.
Chef: "I said 'Listen'. Listen. No, I said 'listen'. Just listen."
0:58:08-0:58:10
A view looking straight down is seen briefly.
Chef: "Everyone outside. Regulars too. Come on." Elsa: "Please follow Chef." Tyler: "Chef, I'd like to talk to you very quickly, Chef." Chef: "Come on!"
0:58:33-0:58:39
A bloody wound is seen again briefly.
Dave: "What?" Bryce: "Get out of here to what?" Soren: "What the f**k are you talking about?" ...
0:58:50-0:59:26
Reoccurring sexual harassment is discussed.
Chef: "Our next course will be presented by sous-chef, Katherine Keller." Katherine: "Good evening, everyone."
0:59:34-1:00:38
A wound is inflicted and some blood is seen.
Katherine: "Our next course is called 'Man's Folly'."
1:01:22-1:01:24
An elevated view looking straight down is seen.
Katherine: "Care to join me inside? It's getting chilly. It's right this way. Okay. This way." ...
