The Thursday Murder Club

2025 118 min ★ 6.6 Comedy, Mystery, Crime

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.

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Cast

Helen Mirren

Elizabeth

Pierce Brosnan

Ron

Ben Kingsley

Ibrahim

Celia Imrie

Joyce

David Tennant

Ian

Jonathan Pryce

Stephen

Naomi Ackie

Donna De Freitas

Daniel Mays

Chris Hudson

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Bogdan

Richard E. Grant

Bobby Tanner

Details

Director

Chris Columbus

Screenplay

Katy Brand

Tagline

"Join the club."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Amblin Entertainment, Maiden Voyage Pictures, Jennifer Todd Pictures

Reviews

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Manuel São Bento

August 29, 2025

★ 4/10

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ talkingfilms.net/the-thursday-murder-club-review-stellar-cast-forgettable-mystery/ "The Thursday Murder Club is a formulaic and forgettable effort. It's not a disaster - the magnetic presence of the cast ensures it never sinks that low - but it also offers nothing we haven't already seen in second-tier television productions. For those like me who get excited about...

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CinemaSerf

August 31, 2025

★ 7/10

I was quite sceptical about this, but I have to say that I did quite enjoy it - and it’s not often nowadays you go to a packed afternoon screening and hear people laugh out loud. There are more parodies here than you can shake a stick at, so original high drama it isn’t, but here is a solid collection of personalities assembled to try to solve a mystery in a posh care home. It’s baking-mad “Joyce”...