Richard Osman's cosy mystery The Thursday Murder Club is coming to Netflix next week

The reviews are out for the long-awaited movie adaptation of Richard Osman’s best-selling cosy mystery novel The Thursday Murder Club.

On Friday, The Thursday Murder Club arrived in select cinemas in the UK, ahead of its widespread Netflix release next week.

As such, critics have begun having their say on the much-hyped film, which stars Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie as a group of retirees who devote their time to resolving unsolved mysteries.

Many reviews have compared the film to a Sunday night ITV drama (even Dame Helen’s character makes this meta reference within the film itself), but whether or not that’s praise or criticism depends on which review you read.

Some of the more scathing critiques also question the film’s originality, while more glowing praise comes from those happy that the movie captures the cosy vibe of the book.

Here’s a selection of what’s been said about The Thursday Murder Club so far...

Radio Times (3/5)

“What we have here is a tale that, were it to be deprived of its stellar cast, would fit snugly in the weekend schedules alongside the murderous yet somehow comforting goings-on in the likes of St Mary Mead or Midsomer [...] as a piece of filmmaking, The Thursday Murder Club is cleanly rather than cinematically directed by Chris Columbus, to the extent that it feels, as Joyce........

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