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The Menu
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The Menu is a 2022 American thriller black comedy horror film directed by Mark Mylod and produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell for Gary Sanchez Productions and TSG Entertainment. Filmed in Savannah with cinematography by Peter Deming, editing by Christopher Tellefsen, and a score by Colin Stetson, it stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, and Hong Chau.
Rated R and running 107 minutes, the film had a budget of 35,000,000 and revenue of 79,628,200. It was distributed by Searchlight Pictures and Disney+.
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7.2A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Cast
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Margot
- Ralph Fiennes as Chef Slowik
- Nicholas Hoult as Tyler
- Janet McTeer as Lillian
- Paul Adelstein as Ted
- Rob Yang as Bryce
Themes
- psychopath
- obsession
- mass murder
- restaurant
- dark comedy
- revenge
- food
- mass suicide
- dinner
- chef
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
496,461 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 68 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mark Mylod
- Written by
- Seth Reiss Will Tracy
- Produced by
- Adam McKay Betsy Koch Will Ferrell
- Starring
- Ralph Fiennes Anya Taylor-Joy Nicholas Hoult Hong Chau Janet McTeer Judith Light John Leguizamo
- Cinematography
- Peter Deming
- Edited by
- Christopher Tellefsen
- Music by
- Colin Stetson
- Production companies
- Hyperobject Industries Gary Sanchez Productions
- Distributed by
- Searchlight Pictures
- Release dates
- September 10, 2022 ( 2022-09-10 ) ( TIFF ) November 18, 2022 ( 2022-11-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $79.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy horror
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Mark Mylod
- Cast member
- Peter Grosz
- Composer
- Colin Stetson
- Production company
- TSG Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Peter Deming
- Filming location
- Savannah
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 774803
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.searchlightpictures.com/the-menu
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- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Christopher Tellefsen
- publication date
- 2022-11-18
- capital cost
- 35000000
- title
- The Menu
- review score
- 88%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
The Menu is a 2022 American black comedy horror thriller film directed by Mark Mylod and written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo. It follows a foodie and his date travelling to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant, where the chef has prepared a lavish menu with a shocking surprise for his guests.
The film had its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 18, 2022, by Searchlight Pictures. It grossed $79.6 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics. At the 80th Golden Globe Awards, Fiennes and Taylor-Joy were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy, respectively. The film earned five nominations, including Best Thriller Film, at the 51st Saturn Awards.
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