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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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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and unpretentious.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Aug 20257/10
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” (why isn’t Celia Imrie a dame, too?) who used to be a nurse and who is drafted in by the fastidious “Elizabeth” (Dame Helen Mirren) to help her small group of amateur sleuths look into a cold case from a generation earlier. “Joyce” is soon an eager participant alongside “Ibrahim” (Sir Ben Kingsley) and elderly wide-boy “Ron” (Pierce Brosnan) in their investigation, but before they can even begin to tackle one of her truly ginormous lemon drizzle cakes, there is a much more fresh crime to look into - and one that could involve local property developer “Ventham” (David Tennant) who just happens to co-own their former castle with “Curran” (Geoff Bell). This latter man has had his finger in a few dodgy pies over the years, has a handsome ex-boxer son “Jason” (the perfectly manscaped Tom Ellis
Read the whole review on TMDB - Manuel São Bentoon TMDB · Aug 20254/10
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 the murder-mystery genre, the experience feels like a wasted opportunity. The lighthearted humor isn't enough to make up for the lack of tension. For those looking for light, undemanding entertainment, it may serve as a decent diversion. But for anyone hoping for more than the bare minimum, it will struggle to rise above mediocrity." Rating: C-
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Cast
- Helen MirrenElizabeth
- Pierce BrosnanRon
- Ben KingsleyIbrahim
- Celia ImrieJoyce
- David TennantIan
- Jonathan PryceStephen
- Naomi AckieDonna De Freitas
- Daniel MaysChris Hudson
- Henry Lloyd-HughesBogdan
- Richard E. GrantBobby Tanner
Crew
- Chris ColumbusDirector
- Katy BrandScreenplay
- Suzanne HeathcoteScreenplay
- Don BurgessDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Dan ZimmermanEditor
- Jennifer ToddProducer
- Chris ColumbusProducer
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