Back when I hosted a podcast, we did an episode at the end of every year where we gave out awards in a variety of eclectic categories. My favorite pair of categories were always the “They Didn’t Get It Award” — honoring a film my co-host or myself felt was unfairly maligned by critics and audiences — and the “We Didn’t Get It Award” — where we confessed our total befuddlement about a movie that had earned good reviews and/or sizable box office that we strongly disliked.

With its 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 3.8 average Letterboxd score, The Menu would definitely win my We Didn’t Get It Award for 2022. But I’m also a terrible cook who likes eating at fancy restaurants, so what do I know?