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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Pongo K

This movie is made for you if you are 75 plus. Younger than that, stay away!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Chris H

This was always going to be be a disappointment I suppose. I'm a fan of the books (or at least the first two) and was hoping that some of their charm would transfer to the big screen. Alas no. The characters are poorly realised and in some cases verging on absurd caricatures of the very three dimensional sleuths in Osman's novels. The worst culprit is probably Ron, who looks like a Hollywood film star here (and sounds like one), but Ibrahim is also badly served, with all his charm boiled away (and who put him in those clothes??). Elizabeth is not formidable in the slightest, just a woman having a jolly jape. Joyce is the only one that comes close. Of course it was ever thus with adaptations of novels, but the most heinous crime of all here is that the enigmatic and dangerous Bogdan is reduced to a callow youth who seems lost in it all. Decent, undemanding Sunday afternoon telly if you've never read the books.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Sherrie F.

A terrible script with poor dialog, executed well enough to enjoy the amazing cast that deserved a much better canvas.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Paula K.

Fun, entertaining Who-Done-It. Great actors, interesting plot. Worth the watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Ronn P

I had read all four books, one of them twice, when I first watched the movie. The first half was brilliant, and the acting was, of course, superb. But for me, knowing how the book ended, the first half felt like it was written by one person, while the second half was written by someone else. Or like the screen play was getting too long, and they just had to wrap it up some how. With Bogdan, a significant character in all the books, taking the rap, I don't how they can make a movie out of the second book. But perhaps that was never the intent. We'll see.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/20/25

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Aly G

Wonderful cast with witty lines that make it sensationally entertaining and thrilling.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/20/25

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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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