Deliberate mistake: When Tyler knocks Margot's glass off the table, the speed at which it hits the floor doesn't quite make sense. He knocks it, and it instantly shatters on the floor between edits, but it was about six inches from the edge of the table. It'd need to have rolled for a second or two and then fallen.
The Menu (2022)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: Mark Mylod
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Anya Taylor-Joy
Revealing mistake: The very first shot of the movie, supposedly of Anya Taylor-Joy lighting a cigarette, does not match the following shot on the pier; the cigarette appears to be black and with a brand sleeve instead of the normal one she is smoking. The background confusingly looks more like an interior than the pier she is standing on, and the lighter is a common Bic-style one instead of the Zippo she is using also later in the movie. That's because it's actually stock footage. You can literally find the clip yourself on Shutterstock and similar websites, by the description "Close-up of the silhouette of a woman's face sticking a cigarette into her lips, igniting her with a lighter, and exhaling smoke. The grim concept of the harm of smoking in a low key." (00:01:00)
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.
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?