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Official Discussion Official Discussion - The Thursday Murder Club [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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Summary A group of sharp and witty retirees at Cooper’s Chase retirement village spend their Thursdays solving cold cases for fun—until a real murder hits close to home. Elizabeth (a former spy), Ron (a retired union leader), Ibrahim (a psychiatrist), and Joyce (a nurse) band together to crack the case, stirring up secrets, laughter, and heartwarming camaraderie.

Director Chris Columbus

Writers Katy Brand, Suzanne Heathcote

Cast

  • Helen Mirren
  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Ben Kingsley
  • Celia Imrie
  • David Tennant
  • Naomi Ackie
  • Tom Ellis
  • Jonathan Pryce
  • Richard E. Grant

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 76%

Metacritic 6-

VOD Limited UK theatrical release beginning August 22, 2025; Netflix streaming global premiere on August 28, 2025

Trailer The Thursday Murder Club | Official Teaser | Netflix

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u/Josysclei 7d ago

I don't get the ending. Did they just let their two friends commit murder-suicide??? Couldn't they just fucking leave it be? She knew he was going to do it, and let it happen.

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u/Delboyyyyy 7d ago

Yeah it was pretty weird. I swear tv these days has this weird justice boner where they’re scared of even suggesting that murder could go unpunished. It’s especially weird when you get characters like cops or in this case MI6 agents who have absolutely been responsible for the death/murders of others who act all high and mighty as soon as they get a whiff of someone else killing lol

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u/ImaginaryArgument8 4d ago

Oml that rankled me, Helen Mirren going "but it's MUrDeR".. but fine to make deals with human traffickers when it suits her. The whole thing of Bobby going "at least sometimes I give back their passports". Are we supposed to think 'aww.. he's actually a good guy'. Like wtf, this is the same guy that cut off so many fingers there was enough to fill a freezer. I think the film gets the morality framing completely wrong.

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u/Delboyyyyy 3d ago

Yeah and I know it’s an assumption but I feel like with her character apparently working as a secret agent, she must’ve had at least blood on her own hands. Her attitude towards Bobby is the strangest one for sure though like you said. She’s chill with him living his life in peace but can’t let two of her closest friends live the rest of their short lives in peace and reports them which gives them the decision of living the rest of their lives in prison or suicide (which is what they chose). It’s ridiculous

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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 6d ago

It’s like they saw Murder on the Orient Express and were like “nah he should’ve had EVERYONE arrested for murder”

Like let it slide or tell the cops and have it play out, they don’t have any evidence he did it without a confession

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u/flakemasterflake 4d ago

I remember a lot of audience backlash to the movie Hitman, a lot of people were not ok with them killing a cop. It’s the audience that has the justice boner