The Menu

Just a warning to families: there is a suicide scene that comes without warning and is quite horrifying. Anyone who has a gun suicide in their past will want to be forewarned.

The Menu (2022) follows a group of wealthy and snobby “foodies” on a private island known for its exquisite cuisine for one night. As the night goes on, they realize things are not as they seem and that they are apart of a twisted and deadly set of activities which end in all of their deaths. Expect to see occasional violence towards the beginning and some disturbing images along with language throughout the film. VIOLENCE: MODERATE The violence is not overly graphic or strong although sometimes disturbing and unexpected. A man suddenly shoots himself in the mouth splattering blood against a tarp behind him. Everyone in the room panics and his corpse is shown lying on the ground with blood surrounding his head. A man is forcefully held down and has his ring finger chopped off with a knife. His finger is, very briefly, shown flying off with some blood visible. His hand missing his finger with blood pouring down his arm is shown and he is bandaged. A man is shown suspended over water wearing wings. He is lowered, slowly, into the water while he screams in horror and he is eventually submerged which kills him. Later on in the movie, it is said that one of the man’s fingers can be found in several bags. A man, during a consensual ritualistic-type ceremony, is stabbed in the thigh with scissors. Blood squirts out, however this is pretty brief. In the only scene of aggravated violence in the film, a woman is slashed on the arm by another woman in a scuffle. She is thrown over a table and the other woman is stuck over the head with a coffee maker before being stabbed in the neck which squirts out blood everywhere. This really isn’t very graphic, but is violent nonetheless. A man hangs himself off camera. The bottom half of his hanged corpse is briefly shown. At the end of the film, countless people are burned to death in a ritualistic ceremony. They have marshmallows placed over their chests and chocolate put on their heads, and then the room is set on fire. Chocolate is shown melting off of a woman’s head and the fire is shown approaching and setting on some of the people in the room, but this is not graphic. The building is shown setting ablaze. This isn’t very disturbing, nor is it graphic and is even slightly humorous afterwards. LANGUAGE: MODERATE 59 uses of fuck, 11 uses of shit, and 13 mild profanities. Most of the language in this film is hard to hear and could be missed, and is almost always exclaimed in stressful or frightening situations. It is not used strongly and comes off as more infrequent as it is. SEXUAL CONTENT: NONE There is no sex in this film, but there are a few tame sexual references. 13+ for some violence, bloody images and language