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The film adaptation features a legendary cast led by Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan, solving cold cases to save their retirement home from redevelopment, streaming on Netflix.
- Earlier this month, The Thursday Murder Club arrived on Netflix under Chris Columbus's direction, starring Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie.
- Based on Richard Osman's 2020 novel, the film centres on amateur sleuths at Cooper's Chase investigating a 1970s murder while confronting property developer Ian Ventham, fitting the cozy-mystery subgenre.
- Celia Imrie as Joyce Meadowcroft said `I love her adventurous spirit, I suppose`, while Jonathan Pryce as Stephen noted his role reflects personal experience with memory loss.
- Critics say the movie succeeds mainly on its actors' charisma and is a mild success, while Chris Columbus noted Netflix should know within 10 days whether a sequel moves forward amid Richard Osman's five-book series.
- The film places aging and community at its center, using Stephen's memory to add realism, while Chris Columbus's family and fantasy background shaped Cooper's Chase as a lived-in setting and veteran British actors provide reassurance.
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Why ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ reminds us to never forget our elders
When I first popped up into the Zoom room and saw the legends on the other side of the Internet, the United Kingdom to be exact, while I just came from a press conference in Mother Ignacia, it felt surreal to me that Sir Ben Kingsley, Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Celia Imrie were there to actually converse with yours truly.
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Cast: Who’s Who In The Whodunnit?
Netflix’s cozy murder mystery The Thursday Murder Club, adapted from Richard Osman’s best-selling novel, stars quite a stacked cast. The main quartet, the Thursday Murder Club themselves, are all heavy hitters in their own rights, but it’s important to familiarize oneself with the other faces too, as a layered investigation soon lands on their doorstep […]
'The Thursday Murder Club' cast: All about the silver-haired sleuths in Netflix's cozy new mystery
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Sir Ben Kingsley lead the film's stacked cast. Giles Keyte/Netflix Sir Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in 'The Thursday Murder Club'Key PointsThe Thursday Murder Club is Netflix's new adaptation of Richard Osman's best-selling mystery novels.The story centers on a quartet of cold case-obsessed retirees who begin investigating a murder at their retirement community.The stacked cast is led by a quar…
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