The Thursday Murder Club is an adaptation of the New York best-selling book ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ by Richard Osman, a TV presenter. The movie stars Helen Mirren as Elizabeth, Pierce Brosnan as Ron, Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim, and Celia Imrie as Joyce.
This movie starts slowly but introduces a sense of excitement in the first 15 minutes, primarily focusing on the relationship between the residents of the affluent retirement community and their love for the retirement house. As their beloved home is at risk of being demolished, the death of an Investor of the community member motivates four elderly retirees to solve the murder case and save their retirement home. Slowly, the movie develops into getting evidence and following the money trails with the help of friends and family, reaching towards identifying the killer.
This whole murder mystery is slow, as par for the pace of these retirees. Before writing this review, I didn’t read the original books, but this movie hooked me until the end, as the funny and spontaneous decisions made by the characters to get the clues and answers in solving this mystery. The movie could have one or two action sequences where these reitrees take on the bad guys, making it more enthusiastic and eager to watch again.
I would eagerly wait for the sequel to the movie as Richard Osman has already published four books, including this, and one more is yet to be released this year. Hope Netflix won’t cancel this franchise and keep coming with more action sequences, which these retirees can do without breaking a sweat, more like a Home Alone action for all the books in this series. Overall, I recommend watching this movie with a family this Sunday, and I would give it a solid 7 out of 10. And I wish I could see more action and be included in helping the main characters played by Tom Ellis in the upcoming movies.
PS: I would love to see more MI6 references and gadgets used to spy on bad guys, for the clues would make it more engaging.
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