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SPOILEREK! Micsoda lehetőség. És annyira átlagos film. A társadalmi osztályok ütközésének okos szociológiai tanulmánya helyett A menü egy édes-savanyú mese lett egy dühös séfről, aki egyeseket azért büntet, mert kritizálják az ételeit, másokat pedig azért, ami nem tartozik rá. És a film ezt fantázia nélkül, sőt néha ostobán teszi (az angyal-befektető látványos megbüntetése, aki nélkül a séfnek étterme sem lenne). A főgonosz iránti tisztelet a nullával egyenlő. Sőt, a gasztronómiai kritikus figurája sem épül be a filmet értékelők metaforájaként, akik le szeretnének szólni a filmet. A film egyetlen szereplője, akinek van értelme az által, ahogyan megítéli a helyzetet és ahogyan reagál rá, a főszereplő (Anya Taylor-Joy). Ő az, aki egyetlen fantáziadús alkotói impulzust visz be a cselekménykoncepcióba azzal, hogy felfedi identitását. Gyenge 3*. (2022.11.23)

An entertaining satire, only lightly tinged with horror, that sacrifices pure genre pleasure in the second half, which would have required at least a basic believability of the characters' behaviour to keep the concept going, and, as a result, it ironically becomes part of what it’s mocking. That said, the fun more or less doesn't let up, and the great actors pull it off. (2022.11.17)

I have to say that it's been quite a while since I enjoyed every minute of a movie. An entertaining piece, where you don't know what will happen in the next scene from the beginning, but that's why you enjoy it more and more with each passing minute. The actors are great, Ralph Fiennes is even better. The plot consists of ideas that combine horror, drama, and black comedy. In all aspects, however, it is done in a way that doesn't fit into any extreme category. Just a surprise that is worth seeing. (2023.01.16)

A satire through the culinary arts (not original in that respect) that initially combines tension with humour while setting up the characters for a "breaking point" in an exemplary way. But everything it wants to say, it's said in the first half and... And then nothing. In the second half it's just gropes and somehow stumbles to the conclusion. Moreover, after the "break" it's downright woeful in the character work, which retroactively devalues the beginning. Everything is "aptly and sophisticatedly satirised" in the first half and the second half works just fine thanks to the actors, who do their best not to let it sink completely. It should have been a short instead of a feature film. (2022.11.16)

Another shallow satirical slurry built on prefabricated procedures and assiduous masking of fast-food ideas with a conceptual masquerade. It’s neither insightful, nor funny, nor shocking. It’s nothing. They invite you in for a refined dining experience and serve you something that looks fancy but tastes like a burger from the drive-through window. No compliments to the chef. (2023.01.07)