Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016
R
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

13K

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Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

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After attracting both media and police attention for accidentally knocking Kate Moss into the River Thames, Edina and Patsy hide out in the south of France.After attracting both media and police attention for accidentally knocking Kate Moss into the River Thames, Edina and Patsy hide out in the south of France.After attracting both media and police attention for accidentally knocking Kate Moss into the River Thames, Edina and Patsy hide out in the south of France.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations

Trivia
This movie was finalized as part of a bet made on the radio. Jennifer Saunders was determined to get the movie made in order to win a bet with comedy partner Dawn French, and would have to pay her ten thousand pounds sterling or have the script in her hands by the end of 2015. She succeeded in the latter, although when French first properly looked through the script, after page thirty-five, it just said "blah blah blah blah...".

Goofs
Early in the film, Edina learns that her ex-husband is cutting off her alimony. Edina's alimony (and other financial assistance) was already cut by both her ex-husbands in the series 2 episode, Poor (1994) in 1994.

Quotes
Mother: [Mother has announced that she is going to Cannes] Oh, just a thought. Will I need injections, Saffy?
Edina: Yeah, lethal ones.

Crazy credits
There is a brief scene featuring Jeremy Paxman after the end credits.

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Jennifer Saunders/Joanna Lumley/Rebel Wilson/Iggy Pop/Josh Homme (2016)

Soundtracks
Get Ugly
Written by Jason Derulo (as Jason Joel Desrouleaux) / Sean Douglas / Jason Evigan / Ricky Reed (as Eric Frederic)
Performed by Jason Derulo
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. / Warner Chappell Music Publishing / BMG Rights Management Ltd., a BMG Company / Sony ATV Songs LLC / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. / Eastman Pond Publishing
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd.

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Featured review

6/10

I Loved It...but the Bubble Burst!

It started very slowly, and at first I was really worried that this was nothing but a cash grab...after they "killed" Kate Moss, though, it really took off! In lieu of a "review", I've got bullet points:

*Stella McCartney was totally hilarious, but only if you know your Beatles

*It saddens me to say, but the least funny person in this film is...BUBBLE??? Let me put it this way - in "AF:tM", she is the equivalent of Jack Black in "Tropic Thunder"

*Saffy's tirade is hysterically funny...but only if you watched the series

*I recognized Barry Humphries in his 2 seconds as Dame Edna, but NOT as Charles...I didn't realize it until the credits

*I LOVED the homage to "Some Like it Hot"!!