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“I didn’t know what an amuse-bouche was, and for that reason I will always root for ‘Top Chef.’”

“Tonight, I’m done with it. Tonight is perhaps an amuse-bouche. A trifle. Something light!”

Plus, the horror elements have actual life-or-death stakes; for a while that makes the silliness of the film’s amuse-bouche jolts and set pieces diverting enough.

They are the amuse-bouche, the tasty appetizer before the party gets serious and sits for the meal.

A little amuse-bouche before the apex of all grilling events, the Fourth of July.