The Menu

The Menu (2022)

60 continuity mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: During appetizers, John Leguizamo's assistant puts her work phone on the table to let him know she is resigning. Leguizamo is holding his glass when the camera is behind him, and a spoon when he's seen from the front. (00:13:10)

Sammo

Continuity mistake: During the fourth course, after the gunshot happens, all the blood on the floor and kitchen bench disappears when the plates are about to be served. (00:42:12)

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Suggested correction: This is simply because they very quickly and effectively clean the kitchen bench off-camera. That is why the man was standing on a sheet and they covered the open kitchen with a screen to catch the blood spatter. The blood on the counter was minimal and there was hardly any blood on the floor.

lionhead

There isn't enough time for them to have cleaned it. All the blood is clean literally seconds later, and you can see in the background that nobody is cleaning. It's a legitimate mistake. Some of the blood on the bench (and counter) just disappears.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Margot pulls the cheeseburger out of the to-go bag as she watches the restaurant burn, the bite taken out of it is significantly bigger than the small nibble she took off it at the restaurant a few minutes earlier.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: After Margot leaves, as the business bros toss their credit cards on the table, you can see the movie star sitting still behind them. In the next shot, he's suddenly digging for his wallet.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When the "coast guard" agent opens the note from the movie star, in the first shot, the note is fairly creased and crumpled up. But in the close-up, it's totally clean with just a single crease.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Margot is looking at the photos in Chef's secret office, she is casting a shadow on the wall. When it switches to her "POV," her shadow is gone.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Margot goes into Chef's secret room in his house, the door is wide open. It then cuts to another shot. Two seconds later, it cuts back, and the door is shut, and Margot is standing a few feet in front of it. There's not enough time for her to have shut the door and started to walk forward in the two seconds she was offscreen.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: This is hard to describe. When Margot stabs Elsa, in the shot of Margot scrambling back screaming at what she's done, it looks as though the knife is sticking out from behind the side of Elsa's head. It then cuts and the knife is right in the middle of her neck/throat. Best I can figure is that in the first shot, the knife was plunged into something next to the actress's head to simulate her being stabbed, and then in the next shot, she has a prosthetic knife attached to her neck.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Margot kills Elsa, as Margot stabs her, Elsa's head is pointed almost straight up. But in the next shot, it's turned about 45 degrees to the side.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Chef brings Tyler back to the kitchen, as he addresses the crowd and tells them Tyler is going to demonstrate, Tyler goes from fumbling with his hands to having them down at his sides between cuts.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Margot attacks Tyler after finding out he knew she'd die, Margot is pulled away. From behind, we see Tyler turn his head from Chef towards the floor. The camera cuts, and he does it a second time.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: After the men return to the restaurant, Chef confronts Tyler and asks why he's there. As Tyler explains he wanted to experience the food, Margot's hands go from about a foot apart to right next to each other on the table between cuts.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: After all the men are caught, Margot hands a small handbag to Anne. In the first shot, Margot's hand is still on the bag. It then cuts to the opposite angle, and suddenly her hand is down by her side.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Katherine is having dinner with the female guests while the male guests try to escape, at one point Anne finishes off her glass of wine after she has a tense moment with Margot. But in the very next shot, her glass is suddenly about ΒΌ full again.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: The blood smear on Chef's jacket changes after he pulls the scissors from his leg. Initially, it's a single large, blobby smear, but later it looks more like a normal handprint smear with extended fingers.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When the group goes outside, you can see the movie star is still walking up to the ground from behind. We then cut to the "business bros" talking, and the movie star is suddenly already with the group and standing still.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When Chef begins to usher everyone outside, the way Lillian and Ted are sitting changes between cuts. Most noticeably, Ted's hands go from on to off the table between cuts.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: As Doug Verrick is being lowered to his death, Felicity goes from having one hand to both hands by her mouth between cuts.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: When the business bros try to bargain to release their boss after he's revealed hanging outside, pay attention to Felicity. At one point, her hand goes from covering her mouth to balled up near her mouth between cuts.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: During appetizers, John Leguizamo's assistant puts her work phone on the table to let him know she is resigning. Leguizamo is holding his glass when the camera is behind him, and a spoon when he's seen from the front. (00:13:10)

Sammo

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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.

TedStixon

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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?

TedStixon

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