Cross The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with a bog standard Midsummer Murders and bingo you will have The Thursday Murder Club
The film is bland, but fun, predictable and amusing and it’s a lovely afternoon film to enjoy with a friend .
The plot is no more convoluted than a teatime Agatha Christie ,but we are introduced to four unlikely residents of an upmarket stately home sized retirement complex who have banded together to form a club which solves old cold cases “stolen” from the Met.
Leader Elizabeth ( Helen Mirren) is a former director of MI5, Ron ( Pierce Brosnan) an unlikely cockney trade unionist.Joyce ( Celia Imrie) a retired nurse and Ibramin ( Ben Kingsley) a psychiatrist , all look like they have great fun solving the crimes with all of the gusto of the kids from Scooby do
Mirren, especially looks like she’s have a ball as she parodies not only her Prime Suspect tv days but her role in The Queen. She’s very good in this, as is Kingsley, and Imrie, and her scenes with her husband ( jonathon Pryce) who is suffering from dementia, has a sweetness to them which is incredibly moving .
Thin, escapist movie making certainly
But it’s a fun and somewhat charming tv movie.
Well worth a visit
Not my cup of tea and definitely off my list. You're welcome to such tripe John.
ReplyDeleteDon’t diss it, sometimes beans on toast fills the tum
DeleteReminds me of "Only Murders in the Building" which I quite enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteYes it’s similar
DeleteI read the book, and thought it was sort of OK. A bit lightweight, but sometimes that's what you want - a bit of fluff. xx
ReplyDeleteLightweight , that’s the word I was searching for , mirren lends more weight a wise bit of casting
DeleteIt’s going to be on Prime starting tomorrow. Looking forward to watching it.
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you think
DeletePlan to watch this on Saturday evening. Husband is a life-long Helen Mirren fan.
ReplyDeleteShe’s bloody amazing for 80
DeleteI hate tv murder shows
ReplyDeleteThey push me to cocktails and self loathing lol
Lee
Oh dear lol
DeleteI enjoyed the book and read it just a few weeks ago so will look for it on Prime. Ta for the review, John, I had no idea it had been made into a movie!
ReplyDeleteNow if they'll make Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway books (forensic anthropologist who assists the police) into a series, that would be choice! Good in book form, too.
Hugs!