Poster for the film 'The Menu' (2022). Directed by Mark Mylod. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, John Leguizamo, Aimee Carrero, Reed Birney, Judith Light, Rob Yang, Arturo Castro and Mark St. Cyr.
On the top left corner under the Searchlight Pictures logo and the film's title the tagline "Painstakingly Prepared. Brilliantly Executed." On the poster on the foreground an auburn haired young woman (Anya Taylor-Joy as Margot) wearing a black leather jacket and a purple dress is sitting at a restaurant table resting her head on her left hand. Sitting next to her on the right a dark brown haired young man (Nicholas Hoult as Tyler Ledford) wearing a purple suit, a grey shirt and a tie picking something off a dish with the fork in his left hand. Standing behind the two a balding middle-aged man (Ralph Fiennes as Julian Slowik) dressed in a white chef's uniform and holding his hands together in front of him. In the background (from left to right) a middle-aged Latino man (John Leguizamo as George Diaz) in a striped suit, a brown haired young Latino woman (Aimee Carrero as Felicity Lynn) in a black and white polka dotted dress, a black haired middle-aged Asian woman (Hong Chau as Elsa), a dark brown haired sous chef (Adam Aalderks as Jeremy Louden) twisting the arm of an elderly grey haired man (Reed Birney as Richard Liebbrandt), a fair haired older woman (Judith Light as Anne Liebbrandt), a spectacled and bearded dark brown haired middle-aged man (Paul Adelstein as Ted Feldman), a slightly pink haired middle aged woman (Janet McTeer as Lillian Bloom), a black haired younger Latino man (Arturo Castro as Soren) drinking wine, a moustached younger African American man (Mark St. Cyr as Dave Lorimer) holding a wine glass and a black haired Asian man (Rob Yang as Bryce) also holding a wine glass.
Frame from the film 'The Menu' (2022). Close-up of an auburn haired young woman (Anya Taylor-Joy as Margot) wearing a black leather jacket is sitting at a restaurant table as she's looking over her right shoulder on the foreground on the left side of the frame. A dark brown haired man (Nicholas Hoult as Tyler Ledford) wearing a suit is sitting in the background on the other side of the table on the right side of the frame.
Frame from the film 'The Menu' (2022). Dark brown haired middle-aged man (Ralph Fiennes as Julian Slowik) wearing a white chef's uniform and a dark blue apron is standing at the entrance to an open restaurant kitchen facing a woman (on the hair from the left side of her head visible on the foreground on the right edge of the frame). In the background a group of sous chefs are preparing food in the open kitchen.
🍽️ #TheMenu did admittedly build up its tension wonderfully but sadly for me the entrée ended up ultimately being more appetizing than the main course. That said, Anya Taylor-Joy is brilliant as always. And just for her sake I'd love to be able to say I enjoyed this more than I actually did. 📽️🎞️