By Luke Thomas, September 16, 2025Amongst Netflix’s steady churning of murder mysteries, it’s latest release of Chris Colombus’s “The Thursday Murder Club” is another mystery to add to the list, though likely not your “Favorites” one. Based on Richard Osman’s 2020 novel of the same name, “The Thursday Murder Club” unfolds at Cooper’s Chase, a luxury retirement home. It’s when Tony Curran, a stakeholder in Cooper’s Chase and friend of the club, is killed, that the Thursday Murder Club is left to solve an open case for the first time, to the delight of Joyce. It’s unequivocally trying to be a “cozy mystery” but doesn’t have the wit to go all the way. While “The Thursday Murder Club” fits solidly into Colombus’ catalog of family films, it’s so stuck to Netflix’s formula that it doesn’t make a good case for those seeking a substantive murder mystery.