Review – The Menu

Clever and cruel by turns, this stylish production manages to eerily evade its own apparent purpose. As the chef of an ultra-exclusive restaurant sets about murdering his foodie clientele, a woman who ended up at the dinner by mistake struggles to prove that she’s not one of the victim group’s snobbish ilk. And therein lies the difficulty. Production values cost money, and a star-studded cast helps ensure return on investment. As a result, however, the movie becomes an example of the same superficial obsession with wealth that’s being slammed by the story. It’s still fun to watch, it’s just too morally ambiguous to do as much moralizing as it does. Mildly amusing