The Menu (2022) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! 

To be fair to the other diners - I don't think asking for burgers at the end would've helped any of them, because none of them knew or understood what the burger represented, or what it *gave back* to the Chef when he cooked it. Only Margo/Erin knew. And the Chef *knew* that she knew, and was grateful for the gesture, which is why he showed her mercy. Great film! And it's so awesome to have you guys back! :)

Love how chef looked genuinely scared at first when Erin tried the food. It's the first time he cooked something he cares about and wants it to be good.

The cheeseburger scene at the end is perfection. It adds to Chef's character, and is oddly touching, considering how he's been throughout the movie.

Hong Chau is absolute perfection as the chef's assistant. This is the role she should have been nominated for last year.

*THESE ARE TORTILLAS* 😂😂😂😂 That line delivery was hilarious.

THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT: The entertainment industry, every character is designed to represent different people in the filmmaking process, there's an interview somewhere where the creators discuss this. It's about being a creative person, with everyone else is either helping the process, slowing it down, profiting off it, or criticizing it.

At first when I saw the poster, I thought it was about a food critic and his girlfriend tried to oust a world class chef for being a fraud. Then I learned it's a dark comedy horror movie.

In America we refer to these types of films as a "Dark Comedy" and yes "The Menu" this fits that description perfectly.

For those who don't understand why he did this, because I didn't, The Chef is tired of people giving him false gratitude for this insane food combinations and dishes and is just done with life 🤣

These are Torrrtilla's. Torrrtilla's deliciouso. 😂

Welcome back. You watching the Menu is a cherry on top especially it being your first reaction vid in forever.

This is the perfect movie for dark humor people Constantly laughing😂😂😂 "I wrote a negative recommendation to Sony." "I know. You cc'd me on it"

I loved this film! I was never exactly sure where this was going. The suspense that that alone created had me mesmerized.

Shaun: "Did you watch it at the cinema?" Tom: "No, I watched at home..." Shaun: "Without ME💔Without THEM😤" 😂🤣 Great reaction

The food critic lady who kept getting bigger bowls of the split emulsion....they were actually going to waterboard her with the emulsion but decided that it would be too upsetting!!

I love how it's a very artsy "pretentious" film about how sometimes, just a simplest thing if made with joy can be more satisfying. Such a great movie.

I'm glad i went into this movie blind when i watched it because i was not prepared for what happened lol. Great reaction guys

Now I want cheese burger and fries Lol! Great reaction video guys

Welcome back lads. Always enjoy your reactions.

The rich people were almost completely oblivious to the chef's intentions until the sous chef unalived himself. Anna Taylor Joy's character seemed like she was catching on faster. I think that speaks to the oblivious nature that rich people take with who they consider "the help", the service workers that clean up after them and feed them. They don't consider them at all. Nicholas Holt's character didn't care what the sous chef's, Jeremy, name was because it didn't matter to him. At the end, they were all cowards that ultimately didn't do anything to keep themselves from being unalived.

What I find interesting in watching you guys videos is many times, I find new appreciation and a different way of looking at movies that I have seen before. My own recollection of the film and subsequent enjoyment is elevated upon remembering the initial experience with it in seeing you guys watch it.

I imagine that food service workers and chefs worldwide love this film. A bit of a revenge fantasy.

I missed your reactions so much! Always love the banter between you two. Have any of you seen The Cell? It is a cult-classic psychological thriller. I think you guys would appreciate it.

So yeah, like you said a lot of The Menu is a commentary on class and wealth. But I want to kind of expand on some things you mentioned in your wrap up. Head chef Feinnes obviously got started as a burger flipper, where he discovered his love of the culinary arts. Then the critics found him and elevated him to new heights. At first he enjoyed it, he could flex his culinary and creative muscles. (I haven't seen the movie in a while, sorry if I skip over some stuff) His continued growth was bought and funded by drowned angel-man. As his restaurants became more high class, his food stopped being for people to enjoy. His clientele shifted to people who were only there for the prestige that his name brought. Gordon Ramsay charges 26 USD for a single basic-ass burger, once you get that big you're a slave to the rich. So when you ask why all the other chefs went along with it, it's because they too lost their souls. The rich took their passions, they have to constantly one-up themselves to appease shitty critics ("how many restaurants have you destroyed with your little reviews") so they have no free time. They became food machines for people who couldn't even be bothered to taste it. Hollow lives to serve soul-rending food to hollow people. Erin (Margot), is established as a prostitute. She gives men pleasure for money, so of course she manages to hone in on the one thing that could please Feinnes. There are a couple ways to read the burger scene I think. In my mind, she successfully dragged him back into lower class thinking and he responded almost reflexively to her request to take her order and leave. Another read is that she gave him a spark of joy and when she didn't finish her burger it denied him the chance to give back. Given the whole "givers and takers" thing, I could see him choosing to let her leave as a way to complete the transaction. I think you got most of Hoult's deal, he's not a chef, he just worships them. He buys what chefs say are great products but he doesn't have the education to support it, and has no idea what he's doing. Like, not even home cook level. That said, if you do everything chefs tell you to do, buy what they tell you to buy and kiss their ass 100% of the time, then yeah I guess when super-chef says 'kill yourself' you'd do that too. Last thing (lord knows this comment is long enough) you questioned why the other guests didn't try to escape the same way. Aside from the usual 'rich people are useless' reason, the meal is a status symbol. They can't order the burger, that's poor people shit. The same way they don't fight back, it would be like fighting their own extravagant wealth. Anyway, liked your commentary and thoughts on this one. Welcome back fellas, looking forward to the rest of these reactions, I hear they're bangers. Personal rating's like an 8.5-9, I think this one gets better every rewatch (was a 7 the first time around).

Saw this opening night. Walked out of the theatre afterwards into the cold Canadian winter streets and had the best cheeseburger in my life i swear to jeebus.

So glad you enjoyed all the dark humor in this film, I feel like a lot of people missed that their first time watching

At the very beginning when they are getting off of the fairy to go to the island, the “foodie” guy said blah, blah, and Margo replied, “It’s your dime.” That is the only mention (hint) of him hiring her as an escort. I LOVE Judith Light. I wish they would have used her more. Hong Chau, Elsa, was nominated for an Oscar that year for “The Whale”. All of the discussion around her after the release of both films by the Academy was, which film will she be nominated for. There was no question about her strength in both films, but they were both going to be in the Supporting Actress category. They nominated her for The Whale and ‘the Oscar goes to…’ Jamie Lee Curtis. No surprise, but it really put Hong on the map to greatness. She had the best two lines in the whole film. “These are Toortiiilllas.” (Dead pan face as she is talking to him sarcastically,) and “You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.” Now THAT’S intimidating and threatening!! Perfect delivery on both. This is not a horror film. This is the textbook example of a Dark Comedy… plain and simple. This was a fun reaction!! I also gave it an 8 the first time I saw it. (Just a thought for you to think about in the future… the “coming up” segments you have before your intro are giving too much away, and in my opinion for what it’s worth, a little irritating. But it’s your channel. You do you. I’m just here for the pop corn and eye candy!) 🤤

Welcome back boys. Feels like it’s been ages since

looking at it from a SW lens really made relate to Erin a lot more than probably the average audience member. There's also the whole theme of are you with the givers or the takers, but neither of them want or even care if the SW is on their side, we're almost "other"d, the whole "you're not supposed to be here" vibe, but i did really like the blip of "do you enjoy what you do?" "oh i used to but..." It's got a whole fuck ton of layers and ways to interpret the themes and I really enjoy that

Are Tom and Sean best friends? Roommates? Brothers? Such a natural chemistry. Very fun to watch

I've missed you, guys! Glad to see new stuff!

You guys are great! Love your channel!! Wanted to recommend the ORIGINAL “The Stepford Wives” amazing film! Not the remake which SUCKS .. but the original film which came out in 1975 directed by the British film director Bryan Forbes… starring the exquisitely beautiful Katherine Ross.

A cult often revolves around a charismatic leader whom its followers adhere to unquestioningly, regardless of the absurdity or peril of his actions. In "The Menu," his staff revered him as a deity, while the victims, feeling utterly hopeless, ultimately resigned themselves to their fate.

Welcome back!! Loved this movie and glad you're reacting to it!! 💜

Tom in that recliner chair is making me laugh so much😂 happy to see you both back💛

Thos movie is just amazing.. its just intriguing to me and I love seeing people react to it.. cause I know most people are thinking this is a weird cannibal film but it'd so not lol.

this movie really hit me at the end as my response to fine dining food/menus has always been "yeah... but where's the cheeseburger?"

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

Thanks, Shaun! Thanks, Tom! 🍽 I love this one. Cheers to director Mark Mylod.

Fun Fact: The director, Mark Mylod is English and directed Shooting Stars, The Fast Show and The Royle Family.

She is dead from the cheeseburger, due to the hint earlier in the movie about it being served full of bacteria on the 151st day.

This movie is especially funny if you've worked in the service industry. It's more of a commentary on customer service and entitlement, as well as the cult of personality that can develop around famous chefs.

"Last Week it was Saltburn" What!!! You mean 2 months ago it was Saltburn. Jan 26,2024. I'm onto you! 😂

I love you both sm. Stay great. Glad to see you guys again. ❤

Great reaction! Smart film reactors are such rarity on youtube, thank you so much for your commentaries.

In my opinion, this movie is about art and how people consume it. We also consume the movie. Do we appeciate art when we look at it? Is it our purpose to watch closer at art or is it just a way to kill time?

Good movie 👉 Also, is Jeepers Creepers 2 still on your radar? Jw still waitin on that sequel lol it's a fun ride.

I adore this film more and more each time I watch it. The Tyler reveal was chefs kiss. Pun absolutely intended.

Welcome back guys! I recommend Smile, Zodiac, and Nightcrawler!!!

This is actually the origin story of In-and-Out Burgers

Have you guys seen Promising Young Woman yet?

This film was such a pleasant surprise. My favorite scene is when "Margot" calls Slovik out on his bullshit and asks for a cheeseburger. Slovik looks genuinely happy for the first (and of course last) time.

Thanks guys great reaction and super well-done for finding in advance the fact.french chef of 40 years experience so the menu speak to me (in a way)😅.,where customers are just an annoyance....I know I know they paid the meal.but i cook for me first( great first teacting

I was really excited to see this when it came out and after watching it, the trailers were a bit misleading. They made it seem like the guest would be hunted on the island and turned into the food they are eating.

20:31 One of the funniest lines I’ve heard in a long time.

One of the theories is that the other chefs were part of some of the restaurants the critic lady shut down. We hear the lady chef say that them all dying was her idea.

Getting teary over a fucking cheeseburger was not on that year’s bingo card for me. 😅

This is actually a terrific film did kinda remind me of Joesph Losely the master behind the Servant, The Criminal, The Sleeping Tiger & Darling

While it actually was another Norwegian restaurant that inspired The Menu, I would say the Iris restaurant in Norway kinda gives off the crazy vibes of The menu. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gh1iVEDisD0.html I wanna go there one day.

Never wanted a cheeseburger so badly in my life when I first watched it. 🍔🍔🍔

It wasn't bad. Love the concept but I wish they would have gone a little further with the idea. Thank you guys! So happy to see you two!!!

I like the theory that he made the cheeseburger with bad meat and that she is going to die anyway

YOU GUYS ARE BACK 😭

"Because ding-dong, I'm the one who's paying so just shut up and eat." Yeah uh.... that line hits a little different when you realize that he's not talking about the food.

As someone that spent most of my life in the service industry I was absolutely on team Hawthorne! Lol

Tyler is such an interesting character... he worships the culinary industry and devours it on an intellectual level, but doesn't have even the most basic skills to be a real part of it. Tyler builds his self-worth by knowing every detail about the science of food, but he doesn't understand the art and passion of it. Watch chef's face when he offers his guests the chance to ask him anything about himself and all Tyler cares about is identifying the bergamot in his tea. I don't believe Tyler "wants" to die, he just desperately wants to feel like he belongs in this clique of fine dining people. He thinks chef invited him to this dinner because chef appreciates Tyler's knowledge. He has no idea that he has been invited because he is another aspect of the food industry that the chef loathes.

The woman with no student loans gets to die because she was able to get through school without loans and she STILL was stealing from her boss. Greed.

I think the term Tom and Sean were searching for - this movie isn't quite a comedy, but it is _satire_ - parody's more-serious emo cousin. It's easy to see how this movie _could_ have been a Saturday Night Live skit with people in marshmallow collars throwing out their credit cards to experience becoming the dessert in a master chef's doomsday-cult master plan.

Based on your review of Casablanca, I think you would love David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. Probably the best cinematography ever. A true classic.

As a chef, I do understand where Ralph Fiennes character is coming from. I'm pretty sure most people working in hospitality do. My fave part is when he puts Hoult's character to the test and he fails horribly. Gastronomy is underrated by most people.

Yes Chef!

That burger looked so frigging good.

Theory : “Margot” dies at the end because he made her a burger with the meat referenced in the beginning that would kill someone if not served at the proper time.

Glad the s’mores scene won the golden chainsaw like how I hoped. The drowning guy Doug understandably got the dull machete. Because like James reminded us, we’ve never seen him before and we watched him die from far away.

I loved this film so much. One of my favorites.

Gentlemen, thank you for dining at Hawthorne. May your next cheeseburger taste incredible. Like, as if it was the first one you've ever had.

And why did Tyler get special attention from Slovik? Because he made a substitution to the menu...

I just love this movie. I went in not knowing anything about it except that it was labeled a horror/comedy, and although I didn't find any of it especially strong in either as far as they're usually expressed. It's much more of a black comedy/almost-psychological horror and does both those really well. I thought everyone was really well cast too, especially the main 4. As for why everyone just went along with it at the end, the staff were probably that dedicated to Chef Slowik that they never once thought of going against him, and I think the rest of the customers were just that broken down after everything they saw that they, too, just accepted their deaths as being fact.

I just realized that the waitress is the hacker in the movie (Upgrade). 🤯 She looks so different.

Watched Renfield 2 days ago Holt is becoming a really good actor 👍 Could he be James Bond 🤯🤔

Who would have thought that Lord Voldemort really loves a good Cheese Burger.

My husband was in the USCG. The second I saw one man I knew it was bullshit. Not to mention the military surplus outfit

i say this will all kindness - i suggest you guys look into some audio editing techniques if you havent already, theres some easy things you can do that would make a big difference in your video quality!!

Nicolas Hoult is going to be playing Lex Luthor in the new Superman movie next year.🙂

Where have you guys been ?

If you guys enjoyed this movie, I recommend Pig starring Nicholas Cage and Burnt starring Bradley Cooper

I love this movie

Love this movie 🍔

nickolas holt is really good in this but all I ever see is tony from skins.

26:49 Haha you guys are great

I don't totally buy the guests' passivity at the end but I can see how the staff would go along with the chef. They're very cult-like. The staff, chef, and food are their whole lives: they live on the island, barely leave it, have no room for family and friends. They sleep close together on cots and use the bathroom in front of each other. They spend their entire days preparing the food then go to bed to do the same thing the next day. From what we saw of Jeremy during The Mess monologue, it's a miserable life. The chef's anger at John Leguizamo's character comes from how he had one day off for the first time in weeks and went to see what turned to be a terrible, very lazy movie, wasting the little free time he had.

Erin was the only smart guest there. She was able to see that them not getting bread is because Slowik sees everyone else as evil vermin

I loved this movie, love films like this.

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These are tortillas.

I enjoyed this dark comedy.

Gordon Ramsey has competition

This movie is so damn good

I absoluyely do NOT agree with your rating! It's a 9-9.5, if anything 😄 I hadn't laughed that much over a movie since forever when I first watched it.

A 10