r/netflix • u/Personal_Strength_44 • 10h ago

Discussion Thursday murder club!!

Sooo good sooo wholesome!! Loved the characters and cant wait to see other richard’s book turn into movies! What do you think ? Especially people who have read the book as well??

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u/Needmoarzzz 8h ago

I have not read the book and I loved it! But I knew I would. It's the kind of show I like. And it had so many great actors in it. It was just a whole lot of fun and I really hope they will do another. I laughed out loud several times which I did not expect.

I have read some comments from book readers that the movie changed some major plot points. Do all book readers feel the same? I would like to read it now.

BTW, if anyone wants this same "vibe" s2 of the Marlow Murder Club just started airing on PBS Masterpiece Theater last week. It's about 3 women who form a murder club to solve murders in a small English village. You can watch for free on the PBS app (eps go behind a paywall after 2 weeks, new airing on Sunday nights). Only the first ep has aired (which you can still watch until next Sunday) and it's a new case, so you can jump right in.

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u/TheOneThatCameEasy 4h ago

Yes. Some major things are changed and some other major things are cut out. The characters are more fleshed out in the books. You also get backstories for all the suspects and find out more about their lives.

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u/LilNello1 7h ago

I haven’t read the book, but after seeing this I may want to read the book as well. It really was such a great and enjoyable fun wholesome murder mystery film that I really enjoyed a lot. I thought there was a lot of funny moments that I wasn’t expecting and made me enjoy it even more too. Pierce, Helen and one of the other actors were also in one of my favorite new shows to come out earlier this year, Mobland. So I wonder if they filmed it around the same time or not.

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u/TheOneThatCameEasy 4h ago

You should definitely check out the books if you liked this movie. They are even funnier and you get more wholesome interactions between the characters.

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u/TheOneThatCameEasy 4h ago edited 4h ago

I liked it!

I much prefer the books, but once I heard that it was going to be a movie and not a series... I knew a lot of changes would be made. It would be impossible to follow the book exactly as it is.

So, I decided I would enjoy it for what it was and it is a fun cozy murder mystery. The casting was excellent. The thing I would change is (1) keep Bogdan's ending in the books and (2) keep Chris exactly as he is the books (he was so much smarter, likable and had a great arc). Otherwise... fun movie.

I hope we get the sequels or even better Netflix decides to adapt the sequels as a series with the movie being a "prologue" of sorts.

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u/twoods1980 2h ago

Loved it. It was the perfect movie to watch on a Friday night that wasn’t brainless action or the usual boobfest that Netflix offers us. I hope there are sequels. 

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u/Sister-Rhubarb 37m ago

I really enjoyed it but 1) Ben Kingsley doesn't have enough lines/stuff to do and 2) for god's sake, if you're going to have a Polish character, hire a Polish actor. His Polish was terrible. And for the purposes of the plot he might as well have been Romanian or Bulgarian or whichever nationality actor you had picked out...

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u/Sempere 23m ago

Very wholesome, especially the part where Helen Mirren effectively gets her friend's husband to kill himself and his wife instead of just agreeing to keep the secret of the murders.