IMDb 4.4 2025 HD

Delicious

Delicious

2025
Drama Thriller
102 min TV-MA Germany
4.788 / 10
4.4 IMDB

During their vacation in the French countryside, a wealthy German family becomes entangled with a young hotel worker harboring sinister intentions.

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Nele Mueller-Stöfen / Inken Janssen / Tim Schaer
Starring
Valerie Pachner / Fahri Yardım / Carla Díaz / Naila Schuberth / Caspar Hoffmann / Julien de Saint Jean / Sina Martens / Johann von Bülow

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

tense predictable atmospheric unsettling slow burn underwhelming suspenseful sharp claustrophobic competent thought-provoking familiar

Reviews

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Simone Archer
Mar 1, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

A masterclass in sustained, simmering dread. Delicious is a thriller that understands true horror resides in the violation of sanctuary. The film’s power is in its restraint, using the impeccable cast to convey volumes through strained smiles and…

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Rajiv Mehta
Mar 1, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

Delicious functions adequately as a mid-tier genre entry. The components are all present: a scenic but isolating location, a family unit with latent tensions, and an external catalyst. The performances, particularly from the younger actors, ground the scenario.…

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Chloe Bennett
Mar 1, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

This is a sharply observed and uncomfortably relatable thriller. Delicious excels in its psychological precision, framing the family's wealth not as glamour but as a glaring vulnerability. The young hotel worker, portrayed with unsettling calm, becomes a mirror…

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Marcus Thorne
Mar 1, 2026
2.0 / 5
2.0

A premise ripe with potential is left frustratingly undercooked in Delicious. The class warfare angle is telegraphed with a heavy hand, and the 'sinister intentions' lack originality or genuine menace. Performances feel functional rather than inspired, trapped in…

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Eleanor Vance
Mar 1, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Delicious serves a palatable, if familiar, dish of suspense. The strength lies in its casting; Valerie Pachner brings a steely, nuanced anxiety to the matriarch, while Fahri Yardım effectively portrays a patriarch blind to the gathering storm. The…

FAQs

The family unit, comprising parents and children played by Pachner, Yardım, Díaz, Schuberth, and Hoffmann, is the core that the external threat tests. Their interactions during a vacation would naturally reveal underlying tensions, privileges, and vulnerabilities. The film's success will hinge on making this family complex and relatable enough for the audience to invest in their peril, transforming them from archetypes of wealth into individuals we fear for as the hotel worker's plans unfold.