THE MENU (2022) Movie Reaction | Review | Discussion

[@StruggleNation]

These are reaction highlights from the movie. For full-length and extended reactions check out our Patreon: ➡Extended Reaction: www.patreon.com/posts/93401653 ➡Full Watch-Along: www.patreon.com/posts/93401652

[@robdilauro4344]

I am a server at a restaurant we have an inside quote, that we are technically one step up from prostitutes. We are definitely service workers. This movie hits anyone who works at restaurants so hard, because the context of the absurdity is true.

[@rodgill9376]

I'm a dishwisher who works in the restaurant business in my area too. I know how it is at times and know how pretentious the whole thing can be. There has been many times where I wanted to quit and find another job due a few reasons. We're definitely service workers like you mentioned and sometimes, people don't appreciate the hard work we do.

[@cusegurl66]

I'm an ex server. I over stand. I'm not saying I would die for my job, but I understand. Food service is a brutal job, always trying to please people whose entertainment is to brutalize the staff. I am surprised that there aren't high rates of suicide in the food and beverage industry. 😢

[@calebmaybin6896]

There is one unwritten law of the world: DON'T F*** WITH PEOPLE WHO HANDLE YOUR FOOD!

[@pabloc8808]

@@cusegurl66 On the other hand, the rates of substance abuse in the restaurant industry are very much above average. It's not suicide, but it's self-destructive and can lead to suicide later on, even after one leaves the industry

[@mothermayhem3255]

@@rodgill9376 did my time in a kitchen, from dishwasher to breakfast cook. Had trouble getting clean dishes. Told the dishwashers, they weren't 'dish dogs', that they were the most important part of a kitchen. Food can't go out on dirty dishes. They did much better.

[@davidwoodrum6007]

"Tyler's Bullshit" was one the the best, unexpected moments of humor I've seen in a movie

[@LordInsidious]

Anya improved punching her costar when her character finds out he knew she would die if he brought her. She was originally supposed to just weep but Anya was like, nah fuck that, he catchin hands for that😂😂😂

[@CFerrier95]

It’s Anya 😂 you know she ain’t sitting down and weeping about anything

[@violentlycreamy]

"we never burn anything unless by design " OMG I JUST CAUGHT IT.

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

Fun Fact: the cheeseburger scene is the only time that someone is eating real food (the food through throughout the film was props). Everyone was so hungry that John Leguizamo ended up ordering burgers and fries for everyone. And I so ended up making a juicy cheeseburger and crinkle fries after watching it for the first time!

[@UnlicensedOkie]

It was real food It was just cold much of the time They did tricks to make it seem fresh The only person who had to eat everything was Nicholas Hoult He said the worst part was the different oils that he had to eat in the bread less bread plate scene A legit French chef was brought in to make all of the meals for the movie and to help Ralph Fiennes get into that mindset

[@Enyoiyourself]

I felt touched by destiny because I decided to make myself a burger and maybe check on a movie and a review for this movie popped into my recommendations so I was cool and dang did my burger tasted amazing with this film

[@Eldenaro]

The cheeseburger scene has never made sense to me because they chose to include 6 words, "There are no substitutions at Hawthorn!" They did not have to include this line, but they did. Why? For a character like the Chef, this would have overridden any and all fond memories from some distant past.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Ralph Fiennes' acting in this film is exquisite. So captivating to watch.

[@LiquidxAngel]

​@@formansredforeheadthat's exactly why this worked so well - Francis got a new job! 😂

[@LiquidxAngel]

@@formansredforehead former art curator and body art enthusiast. 😂

[@LiquidxAngel]

@@formansredforehead nooooooo not the blind reference! 😭😂

[@ou1l]

anya's character, an escort or whatever, knows how to become the person that her clients want and that saved her life. in the chef's case, she played the unsatisfied customer that just wanted to eat and wanted the chef to cook something so simple as a burger, and in turn she made the chef feel what he felt before all the pretentious bs. anyway what a nice movie, great reaction as always!

[@lordofthereels6790]

Hoult's role in this especially has me excited to see his Lex Luthor

[@colefonseca1030]

yeah when he got cast I immediately thought of this and his range in this film and it gave me some hope for him getting cast

[@tekunin5407]

The way both y'all were dying for that Burger! 😂 Don't blame you, cause that thing looked tasty AF 🤤 On another note, hope you guys bounce back quick from being sick 🤢 The last thing anyone wants to do during Christmas season is be down with a bug, it sucks being sick.

[@rodgill9376]

The irony is that after I watched the movie the first time, I wanted a cheeseburger so badly, that I ended up having one of my co-workers make me one. The music didn't help lol.

[@vandergrad]

"So now they are serving sauteed disappointment." --- Most brilliant comment I've ever heard in response to the breadless bread plate, lol.

[@ScorpionStrike7]

This movie felt like Midsommar, but with food instead of flowers

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

"She's the type to punch you right in the throat ... While you're talking!" 😆😆🇬🇧

[@BryanMasten-pn8wo]

The burger scene was torture on everyone else, so much that John Leguizamo ordered five guys for the entire cast and crew afterwards!

[@ThatArabGirl10]

Hey guys, I love your energy and your reactions. I was a waitress in college, and for a little after that. I remember how some customers treated me, and other waitresses. The chef was a nightmare, too, lol. "Chef Boy R Demon", so funny!

[@fortminor85]

Chef Boyard-Demon?!! JESUS CHRIST!!😅😅😅😅😂😂🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@machaiahlillard8156]

I was cracking up😂

[@StoryTimewithMissAnna]

Almost 30 years ago I had a meal at a long gone restaurant that stays with me even now....mmmmm drooling to even remember it. "Celestial Chicken" was the name of the dish, and it featured a chicken breast stuffed with lump crabmeat and topped with Hollandaise sauce.🤤

[@Timelapse1398]

Hollandaise sauce is like crack to me, love an eggs Benny. Celestial chicken sounds amazing

[@clarkbarrett6274]

​@@Timelapse1398The onlly thing better than Hollandaise is Bearnaise (which is just Hollandaise with tarragon)

[@adriennereyes5976]

I'm keeping my ass at the Mc Donald's drive thru 🍔 🍟

[@kenyonsgirl415]

I’m glad I’m poor! 😅

[@adriennereyes5976]

@@kenyonsgirl415 atleast we live with the dollar menu 😆

[@jalenellis3594]

Same here. Now I'm hungry for a McDouble now.

[@keanucooper2103]

8:46 😂😂 the girl at the ending eats a cheese burger so Joe was right😂😂😂

[@wildermann8286]

What I loved about this movie is that it doesn't do that "The villain is actually making a pretty good point" thing that a lot of movies do with their villains. Everything the chef does in this is wrong, like definitively WRONG. As you guys said, none of the guests were "innocent" per se but none of them were so guilty they deserved to burn alive and that was what gave it it's impact, the villain was just INSANE and not just insane but realistically, quietly insane. Up till the end of course.

[@miriam8376]

Being insane doesn’t mean you’re wrong. The movie is a critique of capitalism and the rich, and while Fiennes is definitely out of pocket, he didn’t find that space on his own. The pretension and justification of the rich treating poor people like crap contributed to him ending up there. The whole point of the movie is that Anya Taylor-Joy lives because she sees the value in reasonable consumption rather than in excessively consuming anything the way the rich might. She only takes what she needs and what she can reasonably pay for with her own labor, and it creates equilibrium.

[@KingpinTBM]

8:01 "He's gonna smack the shit outta you" 8:04 After seeing him clap, I immediately knew it was coming 😂😂😂

[@flugel5554]

when i first watched this movie, i started watching it just for the burger scene, i genuinely thought it was just a weird and cool food movie, after the first suicide i was in constant tension, love it.

[@hafsaelmarhat4036]

OMGGG FINALLLYYYYY !!!! IM SOOOO HYPED FOR THIS REACTION !! seriously, guys, thank you so much for the joy you bring me and all of us !! Congratulations on everything !! And I can't wait to see more of you !! ❤❤❤ ALL LOVE FROM MOROCCO 🇲🇦 ❤️

[@Isosyth]

"Chef Boyardemon" Just... perfect.

[@travisstoll3582]

I'm glad you two are on the mend. Really stinks being sick.

[@TheLDG1981]

"I've had food that was so good that after every bite you have to like savor it and just appreciate what you're tasting." "Like that double-stack burger from Nifty Fifty's?" 😆🤣

[@superboyprime515]

Special bite for the last guest to be caught lol This movie was crazy,Ralp Fiennes is great actor,he is good at playing a villain :)

[@kenyonsgirl415]

The chef is Voldemort!

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Which is why they wanted Daniel Radcliff playing an exaggerated version of himself as the actor. He wasn't available, so we get John Leguizamo playing basically Steven Seagal.

[@Badredbone123]

You’re a gorgeous redbone

[@Tsukionae]

I always love how you guys get SO INTO anything you're watching, no matter what it is.When I saw you had a reaction to this movie I just had to watch and I enjoyed every second of it.

[@rodgill9376]

I am aware that some reactors were confused about why Felicity was there so allow me to explain. Felicity represents everything wrong with the business and how customers act. She, unlike Chef, came from a rich background and also unlike Chef, she never had to work for it since everything was paid for her. She also flat out admitted to stealing from her boss, which why would anyone need to do so if you're rich and making more money than most people. Unless if you're just a greedy person, which is the type of person Felicity is. Also note what while we all can agree that Chef Slowik is indeed the main villain here, he's not the one who set this whole thing into motion. That was all Katherine. Which is pretty wild and sick. She's the real villain in this in my opinion. True, Slowik did try to sexually assault her but her plan to kill everyone, even those who had nothing to do with it, really shows that she's just as fucked up in the head, if not worse than Julian. Least Julian admits that he's a shitty person lol.

[@ragtimeraver]

There are always cult members like Katherine willing to go to the extreme to impress their leader. I'm not sure she would've come up with such an idea if she had never been exposed to Slowik and his intense cult of personality for years.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Many people also miss why the actor is there. It's not simply that Chef Slowik didn't like the movie. The actor betrayed his art. He knew it was a bad movie and participated anyway.

[@mst3KGf]

@@JeshuaSquirrel That and while Slowik may have grown disillusioned with his art, he still gives it his all. So he finds a fellow artist half-assing it like Leguizamo's character did on that film utterly offensive.

[@dunmwarupreachan4567]

No. I don't think the soue chef's are brainwashed. The chef profession is a very cutthroat career. These people gave up friends, family, relationships, hobbies, joy and so on. These people are simply broken. As bad as these guests are (excluding Margot) the kitchen brought on its own misery by continuing this particular path. These people have nothing to go back, and probably believe there is nothing to look forward to.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

No matter where you go, please make sure to appreciate those who serve you. Dont take them for granted.

[@Replicaate]

"Chef Boyar-demon!" caught me off guard.

[@opethmike]

You two are easily the most entertaining reaction/watch-along channel I have found on youtube. Keep it up guys, you are Grade A+

[@Blucham]

15:30 I laughed hard at “Chef Boyar-DEMON” 😆

[@chiachimariachi4682]

12:56 - That flinch 💀 don’t worry I did that too in the theater lmfaooo

[@Kevin.Costner.]

Voldimort was cooking

[@fuzzy__dunlop]

47:45 - Pizza Hut ain't locking us in. 😂 almost pissed myself

[@AOaight]

I can’t wait to watch you two watch this!

[@OofHearted]

Movies they should blind watch: -Predestination (2014) -Fight Club (1999) -12 Monkeys (1995) -V For Vendetta (2005) -Tucker And Dale Vs Evil (2010)

[@lilliananderson4808]

This movie was so good

[@tomatosoup4618]

I loved your commentary on this and it was really interesting to watch you guys get surprised as everything unfolded. I think you guys should definitely give The Society of the Snow a chance next

[@cooksad]

That movie was off the chain and I enjoyed every minute of it because I've never seen anything like it before. The only other thing I have to add is that I was right there with the two of you about that cheeseburger he made for her. I wanted one of those myself it looked so good. If I ever get the chance I'm going to make a burger and fries meal just like it and eat the hell out of it savoring every bite. Damn, y'all some fools with that "baby oil" skit. Had me rolling and gasping for air.🤣 Enjoyed the reaction 👍👍✌out.

[@ronaldwilkesjr8978]

Yeah this movie was trippy but good as hell

[@willbernstein6596]

Ralph Fiennes (Chef) is an absolute legend. He's a world renowned stage actor, Lord Voldemort, and one of the most evil Villains in Neeson's Schindler's List... multiple time Oscar nominee. He's brilliant in this role!

[@meraakyaa]

This ain't food this is arts and crafts 😂😂😂

[@pricemoore2022]

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

[@toddthechimeralinguist]

Your responses to the cute goats at the start were sweetly -- presceint.

[@dir-gk]

This is one of my fav movies of all time thank you for reacting to this.

[@Hokagevigo]

Voldemort still scares the shit out of everybody lol

[@KyCandicee]

"cook btch" damnnnn hahaha!!!

[@mrpuppa]

i have been waiting for you two to review this…

[@jayjones5817]

I love the theory that they served the old bacteria filled meat they focused on in the beginning for the cheeseburger so they still “got” Margo at the end

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Damn I didn't even notice that detail. Makes her final scene hit different.

[@n7russ38]

These kind of movies make the best reactions 😂

[@RaulsLife]

I know for one thing I am not getting a second helping and I'm taking my food to go lol

[@palindrome8742]

bruh the Dexter tarp comment lolz I enjoyed that. It's a deeper idea, I believe, and you hear Tyler clapping. Anyway I'm still watching your reaction. EAT!

[@x0x0mariax0x0]

I craved a burger like this for weeks after seeing this movie

[@blackeagle6268]

" That ain't food that's arts and crafts " 🤣🤣🤣 " When I get dates like that I block them while I'm on the date" 🤣🤣🤣 stahp!!! " So now they're serving sauteed disappointment " 💥💥💥

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Fan theory is the wife also knew the whole time.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

I see fandoms of Star Trek and Star Wars in that set of guests.

[@LateCambrian]

I immediately went and ate a cheeseburger with fries after I saw this in the theatre…

[@TheLightbane]

I have never loved the Cheeseburger and fries more! 😭

[@TheRealCSB]

Loved this film!

[@dungeonmaster16]

Big news strugglenation… blue eye samurai confirmed for season 2, you know what that means? (Leans in) you know what that means right?

[@jesserosesmith]

let's go, y'all plus this movie, sit back pop your popcorn!

[@decimonster]

$1250 a head, and have to go get a cheesesteak afterwards. Well, not in this exact instance, but still...

[@mauricewilliams7714]

Love you guys videos definitely get me threw the day💯

[@ganjamcninja]

12:56 I JUMPEd

[@dynamichero8925]

Director: enjoy it.

[@MICHAELASHER.]

Anya Taylor Joy ( l heard Emma Stone was originally going to do this role, what a disappointment that would have been) was incredible. I couldn't stop starring at her EYES, f*cking gorgeous, especially at the end on the boat, when she's looking back at the fire, and her eyes go from deep rich black to RED!

[@mushroomchocolate3754]

I love how everyone that reacts to this always thinks it’s cannibalism 😅 this movie really stands out from the clichè

[@benderdelkarma9183]

For those who didnt know the head chef is Voldemort

[@Iwillone]

This movie leaves you wanting a cheeseburger so badly (*-* )

[@kristilouque8412]

I love this movie! The script is brilliant and funny! You got it. So many don’t. Thank you❤️😎

[@jillk368]

How quickly did you eat a cheeseburger after watching this? I watched it late at night but made a cheeseburger for breakfast.

[@StruggleNation]

A cheeseburger for breakfast sounds AMAZING

[@iameddiej]

Fine, I'll make a smashburger with some fries, with a side of this reaction🍔🍟🙌🏽

[@takkycat]

I can’t help but think that being in a bad movie wasn’t the only reason the actor had to die. It he wasn’t trying to become the next foodie celebrity he wouldn’t have been picked!

[@terrestrialbody]

y’all’s reaction to him making the burger plsssss 😭😭😭

[@AdamantiumPizza]

Imagine Voldemort is your Chef.

[@rrppodcast3347]

Great reaction! Love you guys!

[@nine7937]

42:50 May I suggest FRESH, then??? On hulu with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Great movie to watch with no prior knowledge.

[@superfan931]

Don't act like if ya'll were chefs and one of the cast of Jeepers Creepers Reborn was there, you wouldn't treat them like John Leguizamo in this.

[@GodMcQueen]

*This was a good movie.*

[@lovelyqt99]

im late but im so excited to hear both your opinions!

[@iamrayvell3052]

ngl, i kinda want that Burger 🤣

[@scottcunningham799]

Great reaction guys. I love your channel and I'm so glad you reacted to this one, such a good movie. If you want to see another good movie to go into blind. Check out Knock at the Cabin. Best to not watch the trailer and go into it completely blind.

[@LoganBonneryt]

I LOVE this movie! Great reaction guys

[@CarlintonWolfe]

Awesome reaction

[@MADBD619]

I think that I might’ve permanently lost my stomach after watching this………..

[@nehemiahwallace9900]

I saw this on Recreyo. They did a re-creation of it.

[@d.m3368]

Chef Boyar_demon, bwahahahaha!😂😂😂

[@aranerem5569]

The cheeseburger scene

[@ReelPiscesPlays]

They look like they been through hell. Poor babies. Hope yall feel better. I didnt care for this movie. I saw someone else react and I think they ruined it for me so hopefully I like it this time.

[@palindrome8742]

the way you say it's something you just don't expect

[@landonjackson6260]

This whole movie sorta felt like an anime to me

[@shiix5003]

Loved this movie #strugglenation 🙏🏾🔥

[@unvoicedapollo3318]

You know a movie's good when you can cry over a cheeseburger 😅

[@hazelruiz9326]

I'm black white Puerto Rican n Cherokee indian...OK 😮😅😊...but my black side reaction to Jeremy's the mess ...oh he'll nah...I'm out n if I couldn't escape or leave ...I'm done eating just wine 🍷 😌 😋 n drinks the rest of the night ...like forget that...😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😮😮😮😢😢😢

[@hazelruiz9326]

This part😅😅😅😅😅tortillas 😂😂😂😂

[@mothermayhem3255]

Dexter tarp, indeed.