The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

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The Thursday Murder Club is an upcoming crime comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Katy Brand, based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Richard Osman. It stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie as elderly amateur sleuths who attempt to solve a murder. David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes also star.

The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment, and began filming in June 2024 at Shepperton Studios. It is set to be released by Netflix.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Th...der_Club_(film)

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https://deadline.com/2024/08/steven-...ub-1236042053/

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Rated PG-13 for violent content/bloody images, strong language and some sexual references. #55383

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[HipsterTrash]

You're burying the lede.

Release Date: August 28.

[rsp_clark]

I loved the book. Shame it's going to Netflix.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_QJDkoTyw

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[d2cheer]

That is a really good cast. Hopefully it does not turn into the usual Netflix crap.

[cricketsam]

Not sure if I will like this or not. The home they are living in isn't what I thought it would look like

[Markgway]

Don't have Netflix so guess I won't be seeing this.

Shame as it looks like fun.

[HipsterTrash]

Gf read the books. She was gleeful when she watched the trailer. Said they got the characters spot on.

I'm game for this.

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[Cremildo]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50DYgzRBhFA

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Metacritic

[RichL]

Saw it Monday at the "Silver Screen" showing with my mum - she gets free coffee and cake! It was in the largest screen at Stratford-upon-Avon and there wasn't a spare seat in the house. I was the youngest in there by a fair bit!

I wasn't sure if they'd make it a bit overly twee for international audiences but I think they got the tone just about right. In some ways it's like a mega-budget version of something like Midsomer Murders with an all-star cast but it definitely felt more like a "proper" film in comparison to some of the dross Netflix regularly churns out.

I read the book a few years ago but I don't think they jettisoned too much. I was expecting the subplot with

[Show spoiler]Father Mackie*

to have been explored a lot more and

[Show spoiler]the motive for the initial murder is a bit different

but no major liberties were taken overall.

[Show spoiler]*I've read that it was cut during editing and Netflix are offering it as a sort of bonus 10 minute short called "The Priest Who Wasn't a Priest".

I think the audience all pretty much enjoyed it. It's certainly a cosy ride. My mum's main issue with it was that she felt one of the cakes Joyce gives to DCI Hudson was "quite clearly *not* a drizzle cake!"

[BudBaxter]

I haven't read the book, but I enjoyed this. It does feel like a feature-length episode of a Sunday night TV mystery rather than a cinematic experience, but it has a great cast of familiar faces, a number of laughs, & is generally well made.

I'd happily watch another episode if they decide to do the rest of the books & keep this cast.


A couple of minor niggles:

1.

[Show spoiler]The guy that warns Mirren in the graveyard at night about 'waking the dead' (or something) looked so similar to the first murder victim I thought he'd somehow faked his death until that goon popped up again in the florist an hour later. Bad casting.

2. Whoever did the lighting for Celia Imrie's lounge needs to go back to film school. It looked so much like the set of a bad sitcom I honestly expected Mrs. Brown & her boys to walk in at any moment.

3. The resolution to the murder was a bit underwhelming, &

[Show spoiler] the 'shock' reveal of the second body in the grave relied on your remembering the name of someone briefly mentioned an hour & a half earlier.

Overall though, an easy 7/10. Good, cosy fun. Best enjoyed with a nice hot drink & some choccy biscuits.

I'm sure if it got a longer cinema run it'd make a mint with the 'Grey Pound/Silver Screen' crowd.

[thenexus6]

I've never read the books but this film was extremely pedestrian. It looked and felt very flat and the starlined cast can't save it when their dialogue is so basic and dull.

I'm sure it'll do very well on Netflix and they're warming up the engines for a sequel.