“Can These Mystery-Lovers Solve A Real Murder?”
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What You Need To Know:
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB is an intricate murder mystery that boasts an impressive cast. The cast includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and David Tennant. THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB has a strong moral worldview. The main characters are concerned with uncovering the truth and bringing a killer to justice. The movie also shows strong friendships between club members and strong family relationships, including two positive parent-child relationships. However, the movie has brief scenes of violence and slightly excessive foul language, with three strong obscenities and profanities. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises strong or extreme caution.
Content:
Strong moral worldview where characters are working to uncover the truth and bring killers to justice, there are also strong friendships (such as strong bonds between club members) and strong family relationships (including a spousal relationship and two positive parent-child relationships);
19 obscenities (including two “f” words), one profanity using the name of Jesus, and six light exclamatory profanities;
A dead body is seen with some blood after a murder occurs off screen, a character’s hands are covered in blood in another scene as he prunes some roses, and a murder suicide occurs off screen;
In a police interrogation, one character admits to having an affair with a married woman;
No nudity, but in one scene residents of the retirement home take part in a figure drawing class (nothing is shown, but one of the residents supposedly draws the male anatomy in her picture);
Characters are shown drinking alcohol throughout, but never to excess;
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Real estate developer who wants to turn the retirement home into luxury apartments is greedy, as he is only doing it for the money and doesn’t care about where the residents will go, one person expresses remorse but another person isn’t remorseful.
More Detail:
At the Cooper’s Chase retirement home, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim spend their Thursdays reviewing cold cases and working to solve them. Each brings their own history of expertise; Elizabeth is a former spy, Ron worked as a union leader and Ibrahim is a retired psychiatrist.
While working on a case, the group invite newcomer Joyce, a former nurse, to consult, but the cold case quickly gets pushed to the side when it’s revealed that the developer who owns Cooper’s Chase, Ian Ventham, plans to turn the property into luxury apartments.
The club throws themselves into protesting this decision, but when Tony, the co-owner of the retirement home, turns up dead, the Thursday Murder Club have a real crime to solve. Utilizing their connection with local police officer Donna, the group begins investigating.
The club discovers a number of clues, from financial documents pointing to a mysterious third owner, to a photo found at the crime scene showing a dangerous criminal who has long been presumed dead. Things get even more complicated when Ian Ventham collapses at a protest over the development, dead from a fentanyl overdose.
The Thursday Murder Club now has two dead bodies, the potential reappearance of the once-thought-dead criminal, and an unidentified set of bones found in a nearby graveyard. They must put all the clues together in time to catch the killer, before the killer catches up with them.
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB is an intricate murder mystery that boasts an impressive cast, including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, David Tennant, and Richard E. Grant. The movie is highly entertaining, with plenty of new mysteries and clues that will keep viewers guessing until the very end.
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB has a strong moral worldview. The characters are concerned with truth and bringing a killer to justice. The movie also promotes friendship and strong family ties. However, it has brief scenes of violence and slightly excessive foul language, with three strong obscenities and profanities. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises strong or extreme caution.
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