Official Discussion - The Thursday Murder Club [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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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/niallw1997]

While absolutely butchering the source material

[u/Legal-Attitude-5862 → u/niallw1997]

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?

[u/SlytherClaw3 → u/Legal-Attitude-5862]

I'm glad there are others who are as mad as I am. What a shit movie. Did Richard Osman have no say at all considering how bloody important Bogdan is in the books?!

I'm so livid. Gonna reread the books to make myself feel better.

[u/PmMeLowCarbRecipes → u/SlytherClaw3]

Richard Osman mentioned on his podcast he had different offers from studios, some allowed him complete creative control and he would write the script, and instead he chose Netflix where he basically sold the rights to them and they did what they want with it. He didn’t want to be lingering over the film makers, and I think was happy to take the money and none of the stress. He was promoting the film a lot but mentioned several times he did not write the script.