Saunders and Lumley deliver as they make big screen debut
Absolutely Fabulous movie is hailed as 'simply superb' following London premiere
AND they’re back! A quarter of a century on but Edina and Patsy are just as hapless – only far less influential.
Eddie’s sole remaining PR clients are LULU and EMMA BUNTON, who are both brilliant throughout, so she needs to secure KATE MOSS (a surprisingly competent actress) as a client.
But she ends up pushing the supermodel into the Thames, sparking a farcical A-list manhunt which ends in, appropriately, Cannes, where Patsy somehow marries an elderly “woman”.
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Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are simply superb – their comic timing better than ever and pop-culture commentary sharp.
But the surprise star turn is Julia Sawalha, who finally gets her moment in the spotlight as Eddie’s long-suffering daughter Saffy.
There are moments of genuine tenderness between mother and daughter that will bring a tear to the eye of Ab Fab loyalists like me.
Finally, a British comedy that is the full package – with ample portions of Bolly, this is the ultimate Saturday night chick flick.
In these times of confusion, it’s pure, unadulterated, cinematic joy.
Sweetie, darling, your transition to the big screen is a roaring success. Take a bow Jennifer Saunders.
