The Menu

The Menu (2022)

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Continuity mistake: When the movie star George Diaz gets onto the boat at the beginning and makes a few bad boat jokes, his assistant Felicity is holding her purse. From shot to shot, the height she's holding it constantly changes. In some shots, her hands are above her belt line; in others, they're below, etc.

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Continuity mistake: When Lillian and Ted walk down the ramp in the opening scene, Ted first has his hands on the railing. Then in the wide shot, he's hovering his hands over the railing and drops them to his side. When it cuts back to the close-up, he's suddenly holding the railing again, then lets go and drops his hands to his side a second time.

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Continuity mistake: When Margot and Tyler argue about her smoking, when Margot says "Come on," she tilts her head to her left. It then cuts to an over-the-shoulder shot, and you can see her tilt her head from left to right. When it cuts back to her, her head is tilted to her left again.

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, Margot and Tyler are having a minor disagreement about Margot smoking. When Tyler is talking about how Margot will "ruin her palette", you can see Margot has her cigarette up by her face. She starts to lower it, but when it cuts, it's nowhere near her head and is entirely below frame. There's not enough time for her to have finished lowering it in the few frames between cuts.

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Other mistake: During the dinner Slowik reveals that his restaurant does not have nor serve bread of any kind. Towards the end of the movie Margot requests that he make her a cheeseburger, which he does. Where did the buns come from?

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Suggested correction: This mistake completely misses the point. The chef NEVER says they don't have or serve bread; merely that the guests will not be getting bread as part of his meal plan. The movie actually makes a point of repeatedly mentioning the fact that the restaurant is known for its high-quality bread and even shows us a plate of their bread for a few seconds. They have bread... chef is just messing with the customers by refusing to give them any with a pretentious justification.

TedStixon

Suggested correction: He didn't say they didn't have bread. He stated THEY wouldn't get bread for that evening, since it's a common man's staple, and they are not the common man. So, they get a breadless bread plate with nothing but dipping sauces.

Tyler: You don't think Chef is mad at me, do you?

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Trivia: A great deal of the food in the movie was actually elaborately made props, since real food would spoil very quickly after sitting out under hot stage lights. The cheeseburger Anya Taylor-Joy eats was one of the pieces of real food the production made. The rest of the cast was a little jealous she got to eat a real burger while they pretended to eat fake food. John Leguizamo ordered 5 Guys at the end of the day so everyone could enjoy a burger.

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Question: During the fight scene between Margot and Elsa, there's a moment where Margot rolls over a counter and falls to the floor. The shot where she lands on the floor looks very unnatural, as though Margot was green-screened into it. She doesn't seem to blend into the background properly, but also casts an accurate reflection on the metal beside her. Did they paint out a crash mat she landed on or something?

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