Three reasons why ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ should be on your watchlist
Netflix and literary adaptations are like those best friends who fight a lot and still can never stay apart.
This is why, even with the debates and discussions regarding the discrepancies between The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix and the paperback, we can give you three compelling reasons why you shouldn’t skip it.
The Thursday Murder Club is the streamer’s latest piece of crime comedy based on Richard Osman’s titular best-selling novel. The Netflix film follows a group of four amateur sleuths, hailing from the retirement community Coopers Chase, who solve murder mysteries for fun, until it gets all too serious, as the body count rises alarmingly close to their home.
Starring Helen Mirren, Celia Imrie, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley, The Thursday Murder Club hit Netflix on August 22nd. As of now, it is rising through the ranks on the platform’s global weekly chart, clutching at silver.
In case you’re still unsure whether to take a chance on it, here are three reasons why you should.
Three reasons The Thursday Murder Club is actually worth it:
Unlikely detectives
Netflix has always welcomed the most motley squad of detectives when it comes to murder mysteries. Even then, viewers have trusted the streamer’s judgments.
By now, we’ve seen sleuths who can solve crimes in school, in the afterlife, in the fantasy lands, and in the multiverse. With The Thursday Murder Club, you’ve a complete package, thanks to the elderly detectives from a retirement community whose age has nothing over the brilliance they carry.
Something for everyone
Faithfulness to literary sources is a debate that goes on and on. So, those who have read the book, the differences in the film may disappoint. But what if they don’t? The alterations were made to the book to surprise the already aware ones off guard.
They were meant to cater to the cinematic audience so that The Thursday Murder Club has something for everyone, even those who’ve not read it. Hence, why not take a shot and decide for yourselves?
No need for literary awareness
Literary adaptations usually hinge on the idea for viewers to commit their bookish heritage first. However, The Thursday Murder Club has quite the creative agency to let go of characters and subplots previously seen in the novel. For those wondering if you can watch the film without reading the book, you surely can.
The movie can be enjoyed as a standalone, and you won’t miss much without the literary awareness. It is indeed captured beautifully.