The Menu: Thriller starring Ralph Fiennes as a celebrity chef who prepares an exclusive dinner party with a curious ending.
Plot and background
It promises to be an exclusive evening. On a remote island, 12 selected gourmet friends are invited to be cooked for by star chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). Among them is gourmet fanatic Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) and his partner Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy), for whom it is their first trip to a Michelin-starred restaurant of this calibre.
Once on the island, the guests are met by their hostess Elsa (Hong Chau). While the guests want to enjoy their exclusive evening and rack their brains over the menu that is still hidden, Margot quickly realises that there may be foul play afoot. For Chef Slowik she is a disruptive factor, he cannot assess her. But Margot, of all people, could really upset the actual showdown of the evening when a nasty surprise soon appears on the guests’ menu.
“The Menu” – background, cast, cinema release
With a bitterly satirical horror film, director Mark Mylod returns to the director’s chair of a film production after TV hits like “Succession”, “Game of Thrones” and “Shameless”.
In front of the camera he gathers a top-class ensemble with stars such as Ralph Fiennes (“Grand Budapest Hotel”), Anya Taylor-Joy (“Last Night in Soho”), Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”), Hong Chau (“Downsizing”), Jon Leguizamo (“John Wick 2”) as well as Janet McTeer (“Ozark”) and Paul Edelstein (“Private Practice”). The screenplay for “The Menu” is written by Seth Reiss (“Late Night with Seth Meyers”) and Will Tracy (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”).
The world premiere of “The Menu” will take place at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival in September. The Menu” will be in cinemas here from 17 November 2022. You can also expect an FSK rating from 16 or from 18 years of age. In the USA, the film received an R-rating.
