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Starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Reed Birney, Judith Light and John Leguizamo. Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. Directed by Mark Mylod. Budget $30 million. Running time 106 minutes.
Anya Taylor-Joy is Morgan, a last-minute replacement dinner date brought along by her boyfriend, obsessive foodie, Tyler to an insanely expensive $1200 a-head multi-course tasting menu at the legendary Hawthorne, the most exclusive restaurant in the world. Built on a beautiful and remote island, where all the food served for the meal is grown, harvested or foraged, and where all the staff live all year round. The controlling gastronomic genius behind the whole venue is Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes) whom the staff love with an undying loyalty and total commitment to his passion, vision and dream. The guests though are another matter, a bunch of rich, entitled, arogant and ignorant 1%ers who seem to think their shit don't stink and expect to be treated like accordingly, but it seems Slowik has other plans...
What follows, as the film deconstructs its cast of characters, like an exploded Black Forrest Gateaux on Masterchef, is a black, as squid ink, comedy thriller as we discover what each of the guests have done to ruin Slowik's love and passion for cooking.
Funny, very funny at times, and sinister the cast is good, especially Taylor-Joy who gives the film its only glimmer of hope, but she's ably backed up by the always excellent Fiennes. Each of the other characters offer much to enjoy in the shape of their back stories, none more so than John Leguizamo's George Diaz, a washed up actor who's now making travel docs where he tastes wonderful food, his reason for being on Slowik's shit list is hilarious.
A very funny film, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Well worth a nibble.
8/10
Anya Taylor-Joy is Morgan, a last-minute replacement dinner date brought along by her boyfriend, obsessive foodie, Tyler to an insanely expensive $1200 a-head multi-course tasting menu at the legendary Hawthorne, the most exclusive restaurant in the world. Built on a beautiful and remote island, where all the food served for the meal is grown, harvested or foraged, and where all the staff live all year round. The controlling gastronomic genius behind the whole venue is Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes) whom the staff love with an undying loyalty and total commitment to his passion, vision and dream. The guests though are another matter, a bunch of rich, entitled, arogant and ignorant 1%ers who seem to think their shit don't stink and expect to be treated like accordingly, but it seems Slowik has other plans...
What follows, as the film deconstructs its cast of characters, like an exploded Black Forrest Gateaux on Masterchef, is a black, as squid ink, comedy thriller as we discover what each of the guests have done to ruin Slowik's love and passion for cooking.
Funny, very funny at times, and sinister the cast is good, especially Taylor-Joy who gives the film its only glimmer of hope, but she's ably backed up by the always excellent Fiennes. Each of the other characters offer much to enjoy in the shape of their back stories, none more so than John Leguizamo's George Diaz, a washed up actor who's now making travel docs where he tastes wonderful food, his reason for being on Slowik's shit list is hilarious.
A very funny film, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Well worth a nibble.
8/10
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