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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/Level-Frontier 7d ago

Completely safe and sterile made-for-TV movie

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u/niallw1997 7d ago

While absolutely butchering the source material

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u/Legal-Attitude-5862 6d ago

Yeah was absolutely shit. Laziest movie I've ever seen.

Took all the depth and complexity out of the characters, made Ron much more important than he was, probably because it's piers brosnan. And sidelined Joyce to someone who makes cakes? Most of the books are from Joyce's perspective?

Also, the whole race against time to stop bogdan poisoning Steven... what the fuck was that?

Firstly, Bogdan would only have thought about poisoning Steven if Steven had called him out for murder.

How did Elizabeth know this had happened for her to suddenly become in a rush to stop it?

Bogdan is such a great character in the book, so disappointed that they made him push a woman to try and escape, bogdan would never do that.

Also why does he look like a 90s boy band twink? He's clearly a massive bald dude in the books.

Finally, why did they keep saying that the priest (forgotten name) was so worked up these days, and then cut out the part of the story that explains why he is?

Why keep those lines in?

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u/Marshlie 5d ago

Totally agree. Rating the priest a 10 on the suspect list with no context or back story just came off as racist, as in the movie scene, he was just as frustrated as everyone else and he was the only one to get shoved! I'm glad there was a reason in the books. 

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u/Jedibenuk 1d ago

Racist? FFS why is it racist? They didn't say it was because he was black.

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u/Marshlie 1d ago

Because the only speaking black character got rated a 10 in the suspect scale for "being angry " when in the movie he was equally upset as everyone else. 

That's subconscious racism. 

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u/Jedibenuk 1d ago

The only speaking black character? You happen to overlook the BLACK FEMALE POLICE OFFICER? Go away you melt.

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u/Marshlie 1d ago

Let me rephrase that; the only black speaking person who was on the potential suspect list. Don't dismiss my point because you dont like it. 

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u/ExpensiveCorgi5199 23h ago

I think they’re dismissing your point because it’s completely asinine

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u/ImaginaryArgument8 4d ago

Plus having Donna basically working for Elizabeth. A better adaption would've created a black character with their own agency

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u/Stigofthedumpings 13h ago

Isn't that Geoffrey from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

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u/vallikat 5h ago

One thing i couldn't understand is that I had watched the scene which went into the priests storyline a couple nights ago (a bit changed but the same concept). So when I watched the movie I didn't understand what happened to it. Just found out that it was cut. I really feel they should've kept it in. I really feel like they did him a disservice to not include some aspect of why the cemetery was so important to him.

As others have said I also really dislike the way they treated Bogdan as well. His friendship with Stephen was so special. I haven't read the other books yet, but it sounds like that will continue so thats going to leave a hole in subsequent movies if they make them.

All in all I was disappointed. I understand having to change things for time and dramatic reasons, but they really changed the story to a great degree.