I loved then hated then loved then hated this magnificent film.
Each course of The Menu took me to a new place. Feelings of sympathy and dread, admiration and disgust, hope and dismay stalked me as we moved from course to course.
I recognized myself. I saw friends and foes represented throughout the film.
The casting is spot on. The acting sublime. The writing torturously exquisite. The direction diabolically divine.
I watch a lot of movies. I'm rarely surprised. This flick inflicted one surprise after another.
And as for subtext, The Menu is a seven layer cake. Sweet. Savory. Salty. Subtle. Sickly sweet. It pushed all my buttons. Love. Hate. Fear. Longing. Indigestion.
I'm spent.
Check please...
P. S. As it usually does, dessert left me unimpressed with a mild sugar high.
Each course of The Menu took me to a new place. Feelings of sympathy and dread, admiration and disgust, hope and dismay stalked me as we moved from course to course.
I recognized myself. I saw friends and foes represented throughout the film.
The casting is spot on. The acting sublime. The writing torturously exquisite. The direction diabolically divine.
I watch a lot of movies. I'm rarely surprised. This flick inflicted one surprise after another.
And as for subtext, The Menu is a seven layer cake. Sweet. Savory. Salty. Subtle. Sickly sweet. It pushed all my buttons. Love. Hate. Fear. Longing. Indigestion.
I'm spent.
Check please...
P. S. As it usually does, dessert left me unimpressed with a mild sugar high.