Death hovers over The Thursday Murder Club, not only because its title organization’s business is homicide, but because its members are older men and women living in a retirement community where the Grim Reaper is a persistent presence.

A mystery carried out by senior citizens who are facing down the end—and determined to prove that they’ve still got plenty of life left in the tank—Chris Columbus’ adaptation of Richard Osman’s 2020 novel, streaming Aug. 28, is a good-natured thriller headlined by the reliably commanding Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley.

It won’t revolutionize the genre, and in fact would have benefited from considerable additional polish, but it’s just cute enough to warrant two hours of Netflix subscribers’ time.

Despite the misgivings of her hedge fund

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