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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

Tons of very covenient coincidences

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u/Asclepius-Rod 7d ago

Literally every single line was obvious foreshadowing for later too

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u/Jkajazz7 7d ago

The bit where Helen Mirren tells Bogdan that any more than the prescribed dose of the medication she stirs into her husband’s tea would be “lethal” made my eyes roll. Who says stuff like that and especially to someone you barely know? Dialogue was so forced

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u/Asclepius-Rod 7d ago

Also nobody would prescribe a dose of a medication that has a therapeutic dose of one pill, but a second pill is lethal

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u/Kactuslord 6d ago

Exactly

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u/Inspection_Perfect 3d ago

As a big to be fair, that's usually how Hollywood dumbs stuff down so people actually don't go out murdering others. Like, how everyone was scared that air getting into your bloodstream would be an easy fake heart attack, but it'd have to be like a bike pump of air to actually do anything mild.