The Menu Movie Reaction/Commentary First Time Watching 

I think the reason Ralph (pronounced like Raif of Rafe, just FYI) Fiennes character lets “Margo” leave is that she gives him one last reminder of the customers he once loved to serve before his rise to fame. She wanted something simple, and she truly appreciated his work. That’s all he really wanted. She was clued in to this tactic when she saw the single photo in his quarters where he is smiling and looks happy, where he is cooking cheeseburgers and wearing the “Kiss the Chef” apron. Of all the characters, I think the dude-bro table is a close third to the old pedo and the Chef/staff on the “good riddance” scale. As awful as Tyler is, he is very obviously a psychopath so any animosity towards him is kind of a waste of energy. No qualms with his demise either, though. The critic, her lackey, the actor and his secretary, and the pedo-wife are really unjustifiable, and probably could have changed their “wicked” ways if they were allowed to leave.

Great reaction. Yes the entire reason the chef killed everyone is that when he first started cooking when he was young he worked in a fast food diner and people appreciated the food he made for them and when he became an amazing chef nobody appreciated all the work he put into perfecting his craft. You'll see Anya Taylor-Joy's character saw the picture of him cooking a burger at his first job he looked so happy and when he talked with her he said he hadn't enjoyed cooking for anyone in a very long time. This was about rich entitled people who could never be pleased no matter how hard you try. Poor people eating his cheeseburgers had so much appreciation for the food he prepared while the rich entitled people could eat there all the time and couldn't even recall anything they had eaten there before.

Ah. That you were expecting cannibalism late in the game means you owe yourself a re-watch, as you have lost track of the tone. I wouldn't necessarily call this a masterpiece or a work of genius, but it is a much tighter and more thematically structured script than you let yourself receive on first watch, and the tone, simultaneously delicate, wicked, vicious, warped, and, yes, funny, is part of what makes this movie run well. Upon re-watch, I think you might find there's less "flinging things against the wall" than you're perceiving at the moment.

Please react to the movie - "Tamasha" ❤️

As you edit the movie, hopefully you'll see the big clue and key in the photo that Margo sees, and which leads her to the request she makes. His reaction is not "How dare you" but is a trigger to the thing that used to make him happy. So watch the movie again and you will probably catch it. I think you also spoiled for yourself the rhythm of the request scene when you stopped, pulled out the ear buds and began your reflections, which were lovely, but which pulled you away from the scene. So that would have disrupted your understanding of the direction of the scene.