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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Audience Member

A really boring and eye rolling experience. Basically a two hour episode of Hetty Wainthropp except Hetty Wainthropp is actually good. Disappointing performance from Helen Mirren. They could have at least used a filter as everyone looked like dried up raisins. Its meant to be Hollywood after all. I wouldn't waste your time on this flick.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/10/25

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Meredith W

The casual sleuthing of four retirees has its stakes heightened when they find themselves in the thick of a real murder case. It’s not the whodunit plot that engages the audience, however, so much as the performances and magnetism of screen stalwarts such as Helen Mirron and Pearce Bronson.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/09/25

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Lisa M

An ok watch but wish they would have kept the storyline more closely to the book which is much better.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/08/25

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Steve P.

A fun, no stress little whodunnit that reminds me of a Saturday matinee my parents might have taken me to.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/01/25

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Monsieur.FU F

I haven’t read the book, so I can’t say, how true to the source material this movie is. Celia Imrie as Joyce is hilarious and steals the show from the other superb actors. Stelar cast, even the supporting roles are cast with greats like Jonathan Price or Richard E. Grant, good direction by Chris Columbus and the plot invites also the audience to solve the mystery and speculate about the suspects. Nice, feel good mystery movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Wendy S.

Should have been a series. With a superb source ok and incredible actors it was diluted and contorted into far less than it cd have, should have been. I pray that Osmand's next four books will be cast with the same actors with consistent attention to the content and characters in the books. To the director Chris Columbus: What happened??

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/25

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Synopsis

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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