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The Menu Reaction! (Patreon)

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2024-02-22 16:47:40
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2026-06
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The Menu (2022)

Download Edit (3.7 GB) Edited Reaction Alongside the regular multi-part full, you now have the option of watching an edited version of the full movie reaction with 10-15mins of Picture-in-Picture. You can watch this edit

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Jenny Chalek

OMFG I can't wait to watch this later today! This movie is currently one of my favorites!

Ryan

I was completely on board for this movie as soon as I heard it was from some of the crew of Succession, not only the best show of the last several years but on my short list of the best of all time. And it provides basically exactly what you’d expect, a super smart satirical portrayal of upper class snobs who are obsessed with things that most of us don’t think twice about, and how that leads to their downfall. And they’re aided by a knockout cast, where I have to give special attention to Nicholas Hoult. He has this undefinable quality where no matter how despicable a character he’s playing, you still can’t help feeling bad for him when things go wrong, and this movie puts that to perhaps the greatest test of his career, and darn if he doesn’t pull it off as well as he always does (I have to wonder how this would have worked if he’d played the villain of Dead Reckoning like Christopher MacQuarrie wanted). One other fun casting note, in the original script John Leguizamo’s character was supposed to be Daniel Radcliffe playing himself, with Victor Frankenstein as the film that Slowik hated (Slowik wasn’t intended back then to be played by Ralph Fiennes, so that would have just been a hilarious coincidence). And I also have to note that it’s a very good thing you didn’t schedule Schindler’s List for March, as seeing Fiennes in those two roles so close together would be a level of emotional whiplash that I don’t think any of us could handle.

Thomas Corp

I too went into this somewhat blind. I didn’t see any of the trailers or adverts. I knew from word of mouth that it was horror-esque in nature, and I knew at least some of the cast going in. I absolutely found this movie to be delightful. I shared your growing sensing of the cultish vibes. It felt Hell’s Kitchen by way of The Wicker Man. And as you observed, much like The Wicker Man, (That is, the original masterpiece, not the piece of SHIT remake.), it has a strong black comedy vibe mixed in with the horror. And yes, it does run at a reasonable length for the story told; there’s no gratuitous padding. Ralph Fiennes is already one of my favorite actors, and he was brilliant as usual. I loved all your commentary on Chef Julian. Me, I sadly found him too relatable at parts, combined with my unwavering love for Ralph means I’m slightly on his side throughout the film. Theatre was brought, courtesy of Chef Julian, and I lived for Ralph in this. Mad as a hatter, for sure, yet, as I suspected, you and I both kind of understand his mentality. At least, as it pertains to striving for perfection. Which ties into the themes of that line of having a passion and/or striving for perfection, without sliding into pretension. Certainly, Jess, I loved you calling out Chef Julian throughout the film. I’m still discovering Anya Taylor-Joy’s work, and here she brought an energy similar to her role in the Unbreakable trilogy, which I loved both there and here. Stacked cast otherwise. Loved seeing Hong Chau as Elsa, “Top Knot” as you called her, got a giggle every time you did. My favorite group was Janet McTeer and Paul Adelstein as the pretentious food critic and her editor. I too got a huge laugh over the broken emulsion and the subsequent bowls of it. Kindly surprised to see Reed Birney and Judith Light as the couple, the latter made me do a double take, saying, “Wait, Judith Light’s in this?” Didn’t know about the dude from Broad City. Love that you loved the mom. Yes, difficult to say that anybody deserved to die, especially the movie star and his assistant. The sole exception is Tyler who if I were Margot, I’d have taken a sharp knife, and stuck it right in his eyeball. Kudos to Nicholas Hoult for selling his loathsome nature. It is immensely satisfying seeing him be destroyed by Chef Julian. How Chef Julian demolishes him by exposing that Tyler is privy to brilliance, yet he recognizes nothing; he is an ant in the afterbirth. And your own deconstruction of his efforts was most wonderful, and I have not had lamb either, so I agree with your thoughts on that. And I think I’ll take that as canon that Chef Julian whispered, “You should have cleaned the leeks.” which led to Tyler stringing himself up. A missed opportunity was to have a subtitle for the lamb read, “It’s fucking RAAAAWWW!!!” I knew, I see that Ryan commented on it, the movie star was going to be Daniel Radcliffe, which would have provided a hell of a subtext given Ralph as Chef Julian. John Leguizamo was great, and it’s humorous as he does have his own travel food show. I’ve seen some of it, it’s quite good. In terms of travel food shows, I’m partial to the one Stanley Tucci has, but John Leguizamo’s is excellent. I liked your observations on how nobody fought back as much as you say you would have. I think it speaks to people’s fear of pain and suffering as the kitchen staff could inflict lots of both and they have plenty of open flames and superglue to keep you alive. I did know about the cheeseburger thing as that was an answer to a question of a horror movie trivia night that I attended, which I happened to know the answer as friends were loud about that part. It was a damn fine-looking cheeseburger. I’m amused as this means I perhaps would have lived as I am such a beyond fucking picky eater. I don’t even indulge in the accompaniments of the bread even when there is bread, nor do I put unmelted butter on my bread. It’s not the taste, it’s the texture. Yet people are disgusted when I say I love anchovies on a pizza. Ironic. The cheeseburger scene, I’m not ashamed of it, I sobbed some, thus this, Ratatouille, and something else I’ve seen recently, which I can’t specify due to spoilers, all have food related scenes that make me sob over the enjoyment of simple foods. I’m still unclear what to make of that. Much though I recognize your horror over the S’mores deaths, I’m with Chef Julian on S’mores being an offensive assault on the human palate. The textures do not mesh at all. Addressing your comments at the end of the reaction. Sorry to hear you had a few times of strong anxiety recently. I share your relating to the striving for the perfection and the dread of fucking up. I’ve done live theatre, and no matter how much rehearsal and preparations are done, that fear does not go away. I can’t imagine how much worse it can be for you and your reactions without the buffer of playing a character. I don’t mind the tangent at the end, Jess, as I understood and empathized with everything you said. Briefly discussing your efforts not to talk over any lines in shows or films. I have the same thing, hence one primary reason I have subtitles on whilst viewing. You do well with it. Occasional hiccups here and there, but we’re only human, much though we hate ourselves for it sometimes. I so adored this reaction, Jess, thank you so much.

Ryan

I don't know if anyone here is familiar with Dead Meat, the Youtube show that digs deep into the making of horror movies, but if you have any interest behind how the food in the movie was managed like Jess wonders about, that's absolutely the place to go for a full explanation. They also started in the last couple years a "Horror Royal Rumble" where they use a wrestling game's character creator to make a bunch of horror movie characters and then send them all into a Royal Rumble totally controlled by the AI. Slowik was in the first one, with Cooking By the Book from Lazytown as his entrance music, and lasting five minutes before he was thrown out by Thomas Wake from The Lighthouse.

jroc

I can imagine Jess cooking up a Gingerbread Tardis to save her life.

Josef Schiltz

Just read a synopsis of this. Yikes! Not one for me!

Cam Self

I appreciate you being so open about your anxieties with wanting to do your reactions justice. I know you don’t know me, so this may not mean much, but I for one truly enjoy hearing your honest opinions/reactions to things. When watching reactions, we get a chance to relive the content as if we are watching it for the first time again, and I’ve never had as good of a time as when watching something through your perspective. Thank you for all of your videos, and for being your authentic self, you make me laugh a lot, way too often. Keep up the great work 🫶🏼