Parents need to know that The Menu is a horror comedy about a couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) dining at an exclusive, high-end restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has something sinister cooking. It's a very satisfying combination of shocks, laughs, and ideas, and it's recommended to mature foodies.

Chef Slowik's plan is to make his shallow and disconnected guests feel powerless and embarrassed before they die, highlighting the industry's elitism. Margot is allowed to leave because she represents a connection to Chef Slowik's roots and reminds him of the joy of simple, well-prepared food.

The film is not only a satire of food snobbery, critiquing patrons with heavy wallets and no discerning palettes, but also an examination of the inherent power imbalance between waitstaff and diners in any service industry and a more personal exploration of what it means to trade the pure joy of artistry for the ...

This movie does contain many uses of the F-bomb and some violence, as a suicide and fingers being chopped off, but otherwise the movie is clean. Older teens and adults should definitely watch this, even if you don't like horror/thrillers as there are no jumpscares.