• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
The Menu is being called the 'best movie' people have ever seen

Home> Film & TV

Published 15:12 10 Jan 2023 GMT

The Menu is being called the 'best movie' people have ever seen

The darkly comic movie has impressed horror fans

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Film fans are calling new horror flick The Menu the 'best movie ever' - praise doesn’t come much higher than that, does it?

The darkly comic flick centers on couple Margo (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) who travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant run by pretentious chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). You can see a trailer here:

Of course, with it being a horror film, things soon take a few unsavory turns and the body count racks up almost as high as the calorie count.

The Menu is directed by Mark Mylod and written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, alongside Finnes, Hoult and Taylor Joy, it also stars John Leguizamo, Hong Chau and Rob Yang.

Advert

Horror fans have been quick to praise the movie, with some even going so far as to say it’s the best movie they’ve ever seen.

Posting on Twitter, one fan said: “The Menu movie was unexpectedly one of the best films I have ever seen in my entire life. Props to Anya Taylor-Joy to make such a crazy performance ever ....holy christ I had a blast while watching.”

Horror fans are loving The Menu.
Searchlight Pictures

Another wrote: “The Menu (2022) is the best movie I have ever seen in my life.”

Advert

While someone else commented: “The Menu is genuinely and truly, one of the best f**king movies I've ever seen. Holy s**t. THAT, was ART."

While a fourth happy viewer said: “The Menu is the best film I’ve watched in a long while. Original, well-acted, weird, surprisingly moving. Blends horror & drama & comedy beautifully. Uses a single space enormously well. And keeps surprising us all the way to its last shot. Would make my top ten of 2022 for sure!”

Meanwhile, over on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, it has an impressive 89 percent with a 76 percent audience score; and on IMDB, it currently has a not-too-shabby-at-all 7.3.

Anya Taylor Joy and Nicholas Hoult in The Menu.
Searchlight Pictures

Advert

A review in the Guardian notes that The Menu is the sort of horror film that can be enjoyed by those who don’t usually enjoy the genre.

Reviewer Benjamin Lee wrote: “There are some bracing shocks that hit well and despite the acts of violence that start to pile up, the gore is more suggestive than savage: a horror film made for people who can’t usually stomach horror films.”

If you want to see what all the fuss is about for yourself, The Menu is available to stream on HBO Max now.

Featured Image Credit: Everett Collection Inc/LANDMARK MEDIA/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Film and TV, Horror

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at UNILAD who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats.

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • ‘Gory and violent’ film being called ’best movie ever’ has fans watching it twice
  • ‘Super intense’ film is being called ‘best movie ever’ as viewers admit they ‘bawled like a baby’
  • Netflix viewers say new 'captivating' action film is 'the best movie they've ever seen in 2024'
  • Top five horror movies of this century have officially been decided and includes classic that gave people ‘night terrors’

Choose your content:

8 mins ago
8 hours ago
13 hours ago
20 hours ago
  • 8 mins ago

    Netflix viewers left 'immediately hooked' on '10/10' mini-series you can binge in one day

    The new drama is star-studded with two Marvel actors, a Jurassic Park icon, a La La Land alumna, and more

    Film & TV
  • 8 hours ago

    Netflix show boasting 98% RT reviews is leaving after fans binged for 28,100,000 hours

    It's another blow for fans of the popular comedy drama

    Film & TV
  • 13 hours ago

    Top five horror movies of this century have officially been decided and includes classic that gave people ‘night terrors’

    One of the movies on the list gave the lead actor PTSD

    Film & TV
  • 20 hours ago

    Netflix viewers outraged as cult classic series is leaving the platform after just one year

    Bad news if you've just started watching...

    Film & TV