The Thursday Murder Club
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 28, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Seattle TimesGemma WilsonAug 26, 2025
The satisfaction of a cozy mystery doesn’t always come exclusively from a complex puzzle solved; it also comes from justice done and, ideally, comeuppance savored. Despite being beautifully made, this tepid, moralizing story denies us any of those pleasures. Rude. Read full review
40
iFrancesca SteeleAug 22, 2025
The Thursday Murder Club never nails its tone, forever feeling like it’s still in rehearsal rather than down to the final edit. Read full review
60
Christian Science MonitorYvonne ZippAug 22, 2025
The Thursday Murder Club, despite the best efforts of its truly superlative cast, is pretty much a Sunday night detective drama – albeit one with spectacular production values. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenAug 22, 2025
Grab your nan, put the kettle on and enjoy some exceedingly fine thesps hamming it up royally. Read full review
60
The Daily BeastNick SchagerAug 22, 2025
It won’t revolutionize the genre, and in fact would have benefited from considerable additional polish, but it’s just cute enough to warrant two hours of Netflix subscribers’ time. Read full review
40
NMEPaul BradshawAug 22, 2025
There are glimpses of what could have been a decent film here – something charming, witty and exciting, with a cast of greats given room to soar – but whatever might have been is still stuck inside the pages of the book. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinAug 22, 2025
As an occasional source of broad and undemanding chuckles, the film doubtless serves its purpose. But the mystery itself unfolds with such plodding expediency that there’s little suspense to speak of. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyAug 22, 2025
No matter how enticing the prospect may sound on paper, and even with the efforts of director Chris Columbus (of Home Alone and Mrs Doubtfire fame), the whole affair is so flimsy you’ll lose nothing from watching it on an iPad while cooking dinner. Read full review
40
EmpireLaura VenningAug 22, 2025
Maybe this would hit the spot for a Sunday-night sofa slump but it’s more patronising than perceptive when it comes to portraying ageing. As disappointing as a stale scone. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 22, 2025
There’s a fair bit to enjoy here, with the club sometimes resembling a kind of senior-citizen X-Men group whose collective superpower is invisibility; old people can do things without people noticing them. Read full review
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