Movie Review and Digital Giveaway: The Menu {2 winners, ends 1/12}
*Disclosure: I received something of value in exchange for this post. The
opinions expressed here, however, are my own.
The movie is now available on digital and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD
on January 17. It's also currently streaming on HBO Max.
Two of my lucky winners will win a digital code for The Menu! Read
below for more details.
About the movie:
From Searchlight Pictures and director Mark Mylod (Succession) comes the
satirical thriller The Menu. This outrageous tale of fine dining has
been celebrated by critics as “gloriously twisted” (Chris Evangelista, Slash
Film) “wildly entertaining” (Alan Cerny, Vital Thrills) and “undeniably fun”
(Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com). The film is Certified-Fresh on Rotten
Tomatoes™ and arrives on Digital January 3 and Blu-ray and DVD on January
17, with never-before-seen bonus content that takes viewers behind the
scenes and inside the kitchen.
Synopsis:
A young couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal
island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has
prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. The dark comedy is
written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy, and directed by Mark Mylod.
To say anything more than the above would be to spoil the movie, so let me
just say, this movie is worth seeing. Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes (aka
Voldemort) have already nabbed Golden Globe nominations for the film, and
Nicholas Hoult should have, IMO.
Hoult's character takes Taylor-Joy's character to a special restaurant - to
get there, they have to take a ferry to an island. The chef, known simply as
"Chef," played by Fiennes, is very well-known, and Hoult is something of a
foodie, to Chef's disdain, which is why he wanted to eat there. Later in the
movie, however, we learn things aren't always as they seem, and the ending of
the film is quite fiery, so to speak.
I gave the movie 4/5 stars in my initial
mini review tweet, in November, and I'd maybe bump that to 4.25 or 4.5 stars now. I'll have to
rewatch it to cement my rating, though.
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| credit: IMDb |
GIVEAWAY:
Two of my lucky readers will win a digital code to own a copy of the movie,
from Movies Anywhere!
Enter via the widget below. Giveaway will end on
Thursday, January 12, at 11:59pm EST, and winners will be contacted the
next day, and have 24 hours to respond, or an alternate winner will be
chosen.
U.S. and Canadian residents only, please.
Good luck!
Digital copy of The Menu
