The Thursday Murder Club

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The Thursday Murder Club

PG-13

Aug 2025

1h 58m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

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Based on Richard Osman's international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees -- Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) -- who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

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Critics Consensus

Cozy as an undemanding beach reach and just as slight, this starry murder mystery leverages its terrific troupe of actors to nostalgic effect.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

There’s plenty of money on screen in the handsome production design, but something meagre and perfunctory about the storytelling.

Oct 7, 2025

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Maxwell Rabb

Chicago Reader

There is some shock value, but the film goes too far in evading the truth; it nearly forgets to establish an emotional tether between the audience and its suspects.

Sep 5, 2025

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Sometimes all you need is a nice, safe, and utterly pleasant piece of cinematic diversion that doesn’t insult your intelligence and is made with sturdy, workmanlike competence.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 5, 2025

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Mel Campbell

ABC Radio (Australia)

It was crap! … I love an anti-developer narrative, but it was so insubstantial. … I felt embarrassed for these actors, the way they were capering. There are so many good examples of this kind of thing done so much better; just watch one of them instead.

Oct 15, 2025

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Steve Murray

ArtsATL

The mystery, in the first of what will likely be a series of films, isn’t really that interesting. But it draws in fine stage-and-screen actors like David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomie Ackie and Daniel Mays.

Oct 3, 2025

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Steve Crum

Crum on Showbiz

The title and overall concept smacks of Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ but ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ has a unique spin that makes it well worth watching.

Rated: B+

Sep 29, 2025

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Bill T.

“ The Thursday Murder Club” is the movie about four friends in a retirement home that decide to try to solve unsolve murderers For fun. This movie is based on a Richard Osmond’s best seller and the adaptation of this bestseller. Ultimately these four friends while having fun trying to solve unsolvable murders become entangled in an active case. The movie is basically a comedy with this a little twist of suspense and drama. I highly recommend this film for adult age people very good

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/01/25

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Audience Member

I don't understand how you can cast such accomplished actors and produce such a bad film. Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan are merely background actors and they say dialogues as if they were reading from a prompt.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/01/25

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Taylor J

Comfort film… As far as a murder mystery can be anyway. Cast was phenomenal. Story was entertaining. Only complaint is that it was too short. Would love to see TMC back to work.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/01/25

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Dinah H

Loved it and also I watched it on a thursday

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/29/25

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Grey W

I am a tough critic. Generally with strong opinions, besides a background of education and experience, I particularly have a background in acting and in film. I (and my partner, also of elite experience) loved this film. Great cast, wonderfully directed, and filmed. Basically, just Delightful! Is it perfect? No. Will it go down as a top all time movie? No. Therefore it cannot get a total 5 stars from me. But it is a total delight. Brosnan is good, but he is the weakest of the leads. Mirren is slumming a bit through first half (yet still very good), but locks in by the end. Pryce, Kingsley, Imrie (who is working very hard to be on equal footing with her genius co-stars), Ackie, Tennant, Bell, are most excellent. Mays is perfect stereotype schlump cop, without stealing or over hamming. All in such total teamwork, as the best of British acting often is. Set design and camera work are so subtly 'right on'. The script is 'light', yet wonderfully playful, and twisted in a delightful and intriguing way. A most subtle intelligence to it, and novel's translation to film. So many murders, so many characters, so much history, intertwined.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/25

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Lesa T

I do love a good English murder mystery and this one I truly enjoyed

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/23/25

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Based on Richard Osman's international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees -- Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) -- who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Director: Chris Columbus
Producer: Chris Columbus, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Todd
Screenwriter: Katy Brand, Suzanne Heathcote
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Netflix, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 28, 2025
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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