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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Overview

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Positive

Viewer Rating
6.7

Overview

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central critique of systemic failures in justice and economic exploitation, coupled with its championing of community-based solutions and moral agency to protect the vulnerable, aligns with progressive values, leading to a left-leaning rating.

The movie incorporates visible racial and gender diversity within its cast, including a person of color in a central role and women in positions of authority. Its narrative respectfully portrays older adults, challenging ageist stereotypes and exploring themes of loneliness and community, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

The Thursday Murder Club portrays LGBTQ+ themes and characters in a subtle and incidental manner. The narrative focuses on crime-solving and interpersonal dynamics within a retirement village, without foregrounding LGBTQ+ issues or identities. The depiction is neutral, neither uplifting nor denigrating, and does not feature explicit exploration or dedicated plotlines.

The film portrays Christian elements, such as a former convent, cemetery with crosses, and a priest's objections to disturbing graves, with respect for their traditional significance. A character's humorous reference to taking vows is lighthearted, indicating a nuanced and non-derogatory engagement with Christian concepts.

Based on the available information, there is no data to suggest the presence or portrayal of transsexual characters or themes in 'The Thursday Murder Club'. Therefore, an evaluation of its impact on the transsexual community cannot be made.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film's main characters (Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, Joyce) are portrayed with genders consistent with Richard Osman's original novels. There is no indication of any character's on-screen gender differing from their established source material gender.

The casting for 'The Thursday Murder Club' aligns with the characters' established races in the source novel. All major roles, including Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, Joyce, and Donna, are portrayed by actors whose racial backgrounds match the original descriptions. No instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race were identified.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
6.6

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
7.7
Metacritic logo
6.0

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