After the road movies, the food movies.
No wonder, so many cooking shows are flourishing around the world.
Last year,
The Chef,
by Philip Barantini, took us deep into the nightmare of a sequence shot shot in a London bistro.
Creepy.
Director Mark Mylod sets the plot of his feature film
The Menu
in an ultra-select restaurant hidden on an island off the east coast of the United States.
Hawthorn receives about ten guests at each service.
The $1,250 per person meal (drink included) will quickly turn sour, but putting a lot of blood in a sauce isn't enough to bind it properly.
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Even if some scenes remain delectable, like that of the lamb cutlet with leeks, the settling of social scores finally leaves the spectator on his hunger, in spite of the impeccable number of chief Ralph Fiennes completely crazy.
Stereotypical characters, far-fetched plot, it's less…
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