If you were a fan of the series, you’re going to be a fan of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie because it’s an absolute hoot and a real tribute to the show. If you’ve never heard of it though, you’re kind of out of luck. Show creator\writer\star Jennifer Saunders isn’t looking for converts with her script, 
she’s simply paying tribute to those of us who will never get enough of Edina and Patsy.
The show wasn’t really “about” anything other than two fab women (well, fab in their own minds), PR reps Edina (Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), who lived life in glorious, wondrous, oblivious excess. They worked little and spent lots, thinking mostly of themselves and the clothes they wore (mostly badly). Brand-obsessed and vain to their empty cores, I couldn’t help but love their ballsy hedonism. The show was vicarious fun and thanks to Saunders’s clever writing (not forgetting her brilliant partner, Dawn French), with frequent in-jokes and winks to the audience between scathing, cruel humour. The movie is very much like an expansion pack of a typical episode. This time Edina and Patsy fuck up on a world stage and for the first 
time they’re finding that perhaps being hounded by the paparazzi isn’t quite what they’d always hoped.
Saunders and Lumley have excellent chemistry (as they should – they’ve been playing these characters off and on since 1992) and just seeing them together makes me feel effervescent. Every familiar face was like unwrapping a sweet, and I couldn’t get enough. Saunders can still write a mean sting and by god can they both deliver. These comediennes are not to be underestimated: even their banal hijinks are riveting. There’s no new ground here and a movie feels a bit of a stretch, but these women truly are fabulous and I feel fortunate to still be able to bear witness to their acid. I would gladly spend my remaining years in a nursing home alongside them as long as we never ran out of champers, sweetie dahling.
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interesting.. ive never heard of the show or the actresses… my loss:(
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ABFAB! My husband and I LOVE this series and the movie. Now you’ve made me want to revisit Patsy, Edwina and Saffy!😊
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Some of the humour is really dry and doesn’t always play well with American audiences but I just love it.
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“I want total sensory deprivation and backup drugs!”
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I did love these kooky women Jay – a friend in Seattle turned me on to these two british fruitcakes. Will see this!
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Aren’t they fun!!
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Great actresses and great writing by Saunders and French, I always thought this was the best British comedy series(s) ever and am looking forward to seeing them do their stuff in the movie. Joanna Lumley does excellent travel programmes now BTW, not as Patsy, but with beautiful style and humour.
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I didn’t know, I’ll try to hunt them down!
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Fun!!
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One of my very favorite series. I adore those ladies.
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Love these politically incorrect gals. I haven’t seen enough of the series but I laughed like hell especially the one where Elton John was in it. I am looking forward to seeing this movie
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haha, classic!
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Not so much a fan, although I did watch most of the shows during its initial run (when it was imported to the US). I do remember doing a lot of cringing while watching.
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I agree completely, I always enjoyed AbFab when it was on TV – it had moments that were hilarious, the movie is mediocre, very mediocre. but I still enjoyed it because it was fun to see the characters again. Certainly doesn’t break any ground and in some ways it feels a bit dated, so doubt it would create a new fan base. Good take on it, Harlon
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Yes, dated is a good word. I mean, her clients were out of date even then, now it’s so much worse!
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Lol….. i like it most….
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