This block will stay here, I am going to leave this post here and then change out the movie plot details below. This page will get outdated as far as posts go, but will have a new movie each week (or at least I am going to try and do one a week). You can stream older movies on places like Fandago but they don’t have all the titles and some are really hard to find. You could go to the library and get the DVD and watch these older movies but then you run the risk of the copy being scratched and well not working that’s what happens when you lend things out to anybody. So yeah this change, I may update the date on the post so that you will be able to see when I have a new movie to watch.
The Menu
Wealthy foodie Tyler Ledford brings his date Margot Mills to Hawthorn, an exclusive restaurant on a private island operated by celebrity chef Julian Slowik. Their fellow guests are food critic Lillian Bloom and her editor Ted; wealthy regulars Richard and Anne Liebrandt; washed-up movie star George Diaz[a] and his personal assistant Felicity Lynn; business partners Soren, Dave, and Bryce; and Slowik’s alcoholic mother, Linda. The group is given a tour by maître d’hôtel Elsa, who notes that Margot is not Tyler’s original guest.
Dinner begins, and Slowik introduces a series of increasingly unsettling courses. For the third course, uncomfortable truths about each guest are laser-etched on tortillas. During the fourth course, sous-chef Jeremy Louden kills himself, and when Richard tries to leave, the staff cuts off his finger as a warning to the others. Unhappy with his angel investor Doug Verrick’s interference, Slowik has him drowned in front of the guests. The fifth course commences with Slowik allowing himself to be stabbed by Katherine, an employee he sexually harassed. The female guests dine with Katherine, while the men are given the chance to escape the island, but Slowik’s staff catches them all.
Slowik explains that each guest was invited because they contributed to him losing his passion for his craft, or for exploiting the work of food artisans like him, and they all will be dead by the end of the night. Since Margot’s presence was unplanned, Slowik privately gives her the choice of dying with the staff or the guests. When she hesitates, he chooses the staff. Margot admits she is an escort named Erin, whose clients included Richard, who hired her to roleplay as his daughter. Slowik reveals that Tyler was informed the guests would be killed, but was so desperate to experience the restaurant that he hired Margot to replace his ex-girlfriend because Hawthorn does not seat lone diners. Slowik invites Tyler to cook, but Tyler’s performance fails to live up to his pretensions. Slowik humiliates him then whispers in his ear, causing a deflated Tyler to leave the kitchen.
Slowik sends Margot to the smokehouse to retrieve a barrel needed for dessert, and she sees Tyler has hanged himself. Sneaking into Slowik’s living quarters, Margot is attacked by a jealous Elsa and fatally stabs her. After noticing a framed employee of the month award showing a young and happy Slowik cooking burgers, Margot finds a radio, calling for help before returning to the restaurant with the barrel. A Coast Guard officer arrives, convincing the guests they are saved, but reveals himself to be a line cook in disguise. Concocting a plan, Margot complains she is still hungry after Slowik’s “loveless” cooking. She requests a simple meal of a cheeseburger and french fries, which Slowik finds joy in personally preparing. After enjoying one bite, Margot asks to take her food “to go“, and Slowik allows her to leave.
For the s’mores-inspired dessert course, the staff decorate the restaurant with sauces and crushed graham crackers, dressing the guests in marshmallow stoles and chocolate fezzes. Slowik sets the restaurant ablaze, detonating the barrel and killing the guests, staff, and himself. Watching the fire as she escapes in the Coast Guard boat, Margot eats her cheeseburger and wipes her mouth with a copy of the menu.
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Obviously my interests include philosophy. I think thinking and thought are the beginning of every great thing. It’s how we understand and perceive the world. Periodically I’ll change things up and blog about something math or computer science related or even a blog about mythology. I am not political, trendy, or savvy, but I do like a good story. That is why I try and find a movie clip that hints or encompasses what I want to blog about. Sometimes the relevance is there, sometimes it’s a reach and I just really love the movie that I put in the post. The intent and purpose of my blog is to make you think, make me think and together our thoughts can be shared in a collection of material.