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Anya Taylor-Joy trying to sacrifice Chris Evans in a volcano was quite the lunacy for one film, but if Sacrifice has left you wanting to see more wealthy people having the worst day of their lives, there’s a little treat waiting on Netflix.

It’s called The Menu, and good grief, what a miserable dinner party this turns out to be, with Ralph Fiennes playing a celebrity chef who’s got some serious issues with his customers, while Taylor-Joy is stuck watching a bunch of posh food lovers behave as if they’ve never seen a bloody plate before.

Once again, we have Anya Taylor-Joy in the action, and after causing all manner of trouble in Sacrifice, her 2026 thriller alongside Chris Evans, this one’s worth dragging back into the conversation. Luckily, The Menu, which just hit Netflix this October, has its own bone to pick with rich people.

Taylor-Joy plays Margot, who’s gone along with her food-mad date Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) to Hawthorne, a restaurant on some remote island where celebrity chef Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes) runs the show. And Tyler, good grief, the bloke looks ready to burst into tears of joy whenever Slowik brings out another plate, while Margot’s sitting there wondering what all the fuss is about, and you can’t blame her.

Of course, things take a turn when Slowik starts revealing what he’s got planned for his guests, because this man’s got more on his mind than whether someone enjoys their dinner.

Mylod knows his way around wealthy idiots after working on Succession, and he makes Hawthorne feel like a place where you’d give anything to get out, despite having paid a small fortune to get in. The dining room looks gorgeous, mind you, but watching those smug faces lose their confidence is where the fun starts.

Taylor-Joy’s Margot has no interest in this culinary rubbish, and she’s a joy to watch because she refuses to humour Slowik’s nonsense. Fiennes makes the chef a frightening piece of work, while Hoult’s Tyler is such an insufferable little muppet that you want to reach through the screen and tell him to pack it in.

We’ve seen Anya Taylor-Joy handle difficult characters in The Queen’s Gambit and Peaky Blinders, but Margot has a different attitude, and she isn’t about to pretend this expensive circus deserves her admiration.

Also, keeping the current vibes in mind The Menu makes a brilliant Halloween watch after Sacrifice, even if its message about the wealthy gets hammered home a bit hard. Give it a go, people, but have your dinner first, because nobody’s getting fed on those portions.