Let's be realistic.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

While the movie starts out a little slow, once it really gets going its amazing!! Obviously you have to have seen the show, its picks up right where the series left off. Everyone from the show is still there... patsy and edina are wonderfully trashy and tragic, her daffy mother is adorable and saffy is as big an awful buzz kill as ever. The ending is paying homage to a certain classic movie, I wont say which but its so fabulous!!

Several years on from when we last saw Patsy and Eddy, Patsy is still in her fashion critic role but Eddie's fortunes have waned. Her list of PR clients is limited and low-key and her memoirs are not going to get published. While attempting to gain Kate Moss as a client, Eddie accidentally pushes her into the River Thames. Moss does not reappear and Eddie becomes a murder suspect, and Public Enemy Number 1. To escape the publicity Eddie and Patsy head for Nice.Being a fan of the TV series I did not have great expectations for this movie. TV-to-movie conversions seldom work and in this case the TV series finished four years previously and was pretty much done long before that. In the end, I was right about the conversion aspect - there's not enough material to sustain a feature film and the movie is festooned with silly scenes to pad out the time. The characters haven't aged well, and Joanna Lumley's script has not really adapted to their aging, seeming to still be based in the 90s in terms of character traits. Saffy / Julia Sawalha and Bubble / Jane Horrocks are particularly hard done by in this regard. This said, its not all bad. There is a great swipe at the pretentiousness of the fashion industry and the superficiality of the media. There are also a few very funny moments. While the main characters feel like they're misplaced in time, and are living off old glories, some of the secondary characters make up for this. Kathy Burke as Magda is particularly entertaining.Ultimately quite uneven with just enough good bits to make it likable.

I grew up watching Absolutely Fabulous, the TV series and flat out loved it. Like many series, as the show wore on it got less and less funny, but I chalked that up to growing pains and a mostly disinterested cast. Still, despite the warning signs, I was very excited when I heard that show creator and star Jennifer Saunders was planning this movie. I think that the two leads, Edie and Patsy, remain ever hilarious and I wanted to see how these two unhip, aging woman, would react to the social media obsessed world. First, the good: the film has a bigger budget and it shows. Sets are bolder (Edina's house is notably MUCH bigger than in the series) and director Mandie Fletcher and Chris Goodger work flawlessly together to make the movie look cinematic in a way that is true to the TV show while showing off the much bigger budget of the movie. Secondly Saunders and Lumley are hilarious as always. It's funny to think on it now, but they were only in their 30s when the show premiered but the great thing about their characters is that their characters only get better as they age since they're supposed to be uncool anyway. Third great thing is the Kate Moss plot, and Kate Moss herself who shines in her brief role. Basically the entire gist of the plot hangs on her, even though she doesn't feature much, but she nails every scene she's in. The rest, unfortunately is trash and that's really down to Saunders screenplay. First off, even though some of it is funny, their aren't enough jokes to really bring the thing together. Second, a lot of the jokes are really mean spirited. There are a lot of jokes and an entire subplot that makes fun of trans people. Now the thing I remember about the original series was that even though Edie and Patsy were mean horrible selfish people the jokes were always at THEIR expense. When they were rude to people they came off as the bad ones, and Saffy was always their to act embarrassed by their behaviour and call them out. But that doesn't really exist here. It's a case of Saunders punching down instead of punching up and it's the sort of material that doesn't look particularly good in 2016 and will only age worse. Second there are some uncomfortable racist moments. A white woman portraying an Asian designer and Jane Horrocks sporting blackface to portray Shirley Bassey. They add nothing to the plot and really seem tone deaf and cringey. It's a real shame, and the movie has me wondering if Saunders and Abfab were actually as good as I remember it or if the awful bits were always there and just something I didn't remember. A real missed opportunity.

It's been a long time coming. Glad it finally happened! It was everything the series was and more. The ability to make comedy out of tragedy is the epitome of comic genius and Jennifer Saunders proves that is exactly what she is, a comic genius. The style of comedy in the series and this movie is eccentric and unlike anything else ever written. If you don't get it, that's too bad, because it's hilarious. The juxtaposition of frivolity and the seemingly halfhearted search for enlightenment in a world that is anything but enlightened, the irony of Edina's daughter being the only voice of reason in her life, the best friend playing the part of the blind leading the blind, all culminates in a soul searching moment that lasts about as long as it takes to realize she is on top of a world she doesn't fully understand but embraces anyway. While watching you really get a sense of Jennifer imagining that she could have everything she ever wanted, and making fun of it all at the same time. This final chapter in the story is the perfect ending to a fantasy world that deserved the international Emmy it achieved.