Four irrepressible retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun, but their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.
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- thomasrogers7531d agoPretty solid, needed more David Tennet
- Joakim FranssonAugust 29, 2025Knives out fast för pensionärer.
- zombiemosesSeptember 1, 2025It’s not not a movie about cake
- Lasse ViinikainenOctober 3, 2025Convoluted and slow with an all-star cast
- parktool69September 23, 2025fun and silly
- Kris Out WestAugust 14, 2026Some mystery in a family safe package.
- rg9400July 7, 2026There have been a ton of cozy detective stories since Knives Out exploded onto the scene. I can't definitively say if the book was trying to cash in on that craze (publishing a year after the movie), but it certainly feels like it is trying to tap into what made that movie such a success. A better comparison might be the show Only Murders in the Building which also uses an older cast. I haven't read the book, so I can't comment on how it fares as an adaptation. As a murder mystery, it is decidedly below average. There are hardly any clues to help you piece together what is happening, and the characters seem to reach logical conclusions without a ton of deduction. The reveals felt very anticlimactic. It wasn't even that they were predictable. The mystery itself was not interesting enough to elicit even caring about whodunit. The "how" is completely irrelevant in this movie. At the end of the day, like a lot of those attempts at modern murder mysteries, the show is more focused on utilizing its cast of characters to be charming and quirky versus actually developing out the mystery. This is also where I think the movie isn't just a bad murder mystery. I think it's a bad movie because it fails at this purpose as well, and I think this might be the area where it struggles more compared to its source material. The cast is extremely talented, and they all have plenty of screen presence. The problem is that outside of Helen Mirren's character, the rest don't really have a lot to do. Ben Kingsley's Ibrahim is relegated to opening pdfs and somehow computing the amount of time it takes to travel a road. Celia Imrie bakes cakes. Pierce Brosnan is probably the only one who was entertaining to me simply because his mannerisms were fun to watch. I wish more care went into these types of movies and shows because when done well, I absolutely adore them. This one is just forgettable though.
- Jeppe Ahle NørgaardApril 17, 2026A really nice movie - if you haven’t read the book. It’s enjoyable and the plot is well made, but they have butchered the characters from the book which is a shame, because they could have made the same movie where they all would have been as lovable as in the original book - but now they just become arrogant shadows of themselves … If you enjoy the movie then read the book, it’s worth it! And if you haven’t seen the movie yet and consider both reading the book and seeing the movie, then, for the love of all good, start with the movie! Then you will enjoy both instead of becoming irritated on the movie afterwards.
- Stevenson-PriceSeptember 18, 2025I enjoyed it! Nothing on the books, but a fun, easy watch. Although... #JusticeForBogdan
- shaquilletFebruary 13, 2026A stacked cast all on their A game! Solid "who done it" that rewards the attentive viewer.
- DixieMaeFebruary 12, 2026the TMC is a better who done it movies I have seen in a long time.
- nicpedersonFebruary 9, 2026Its fun and clever, but not ground-breaking.
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The Thursday Murder Club was released on August 22, 2025.
The Thursday Murder Club was directed by Chris Columbus.
The Thursday Murder Club has a runtime of 1h 58m.
The Thursday Murder Club was produced by Jennifer Todd, Chris Columbus.
Four irrepressible retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun, but their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.
The key characters in The Thursday Murder Club are Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley).
The Thursday Murder Club is rated PG-13.
The Thursday Murder Club is a Mystery, Crime, Comedy film.
The Thursday Murder Club has an audience rating of 5.4 out of 10.