Film Review: The Menu is a savage satire aimed at the pretentious world of high-end dining

Ralph Fiennes is compelling as the egotistical Chef Slowik, initially a figure of fun but eventually a monstrous creation

Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Menu. Picture: Eric Zachanowich. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. 

★★★★☆

Hawthorn Island is ‘the base camp of Mount Bullshit’ according to Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) as The Menu (16s) begins, and that’s before she has even arrived on Hawthorn Island and the restaurant presided over by the legendary Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes).