The Polish government appears to have weighed in on a developing row surrounding the plot of a movie adaptation of Richard Osman's best-selling novel The Thursday Murder Club.
A plot twist towards the ending of the film has enraged fans and been described as 'deeply unfortunate' by an institute run by Poland's ministry of foreign affairs.
The novel, which has sold some 10 million copies since its release in 2020, follows four senior sleuths Elizabeth (Dame Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Joyce (Celia Imrie), and Ibrahim (Sir Ben Kingsley) who band together to try and solve cold murder cases while spending their days at a charming retirement community.
But when the body of Tony Curran (played by Geoff Bell)- co-owner of the retirement home Coopers Chase - is discovered, the pensioners find themselves hot on the trail of a murderer much closer to home.
Like in Richard's bestselling novel, the killer is eventually revealed as his Polish employee Bogdan, but everything that follows after this in the movie is a drastic departure from the book.
