This Netflix adaptation of Richard Osman's first hit novel finds four sparky seniors who live at a residential home trying to solve a cold (murder) case from 1973, battling potential redevelopment of their home and being embroiled in a very current whodunnit as murders close to home start to mount up. A smooth and polished adaptation, the film is delivered by a veteran top-notch acting cast (led by Dame Helen Mirren, Pierece Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and particularly Celia Imrie here) and the experience of director Chris Columbus, and it is perhaps because of this that the grittiness of the story feels at odds with the rather glossy and cinematic-styled presentation. The film is comfortable, unchallenging and pretty to look at, playing heavily into plenty of upper-middle-class/Middle-England/elderly stereotyping, and the mystery's clues are presented in such a way that they might as well have giant neon arrows pointing at them along the way. The second half of the film is far more interesting and relatively pacy, and it all comes together satisfyingly at the end, making The Thursday Murder Club a safe, cosy and undemanding watch.
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