Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
pedond
"Absolutely Fabulous" is the BEST sitcom EVER! That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it! My late best friend sent me a tape of a Comedy Central "Ab Fab" marathon, and once my jaw was off the floor, I laughed my arse off, and I became a life long fan! Unlike American sitcoms, which dictate that every character be likable and every episode have a happy ending and a moral lesson, the British don't dumb down their writing- if the characters are unlikeable, and they do questionable things, GUESS WHAT? Deal with it! "Ab Fab" is not a BBC documentary- it loud, gaudy, and knee-slapping hilarious! Jennifer Saunders (who writes every episode) is brilliant as Edina Monsoon, an overweight, needy, self-absorbed fashion nightmare who married twice, and bore the daughter of her 2nd (gay) husband, Saffron (Saffie to Edina, or Sweetie Darling when she forgets her name!) Saffey is as conservative and buttoned down as her mom is outrageous. She has a son from her first marriage, Serge', who ran away once he was out of high school, and uses any excuse to stay away from his crazy mom. Eddy's best friend is Patsy Stone JoannaLumley), a woman of indeterminate age (at least to herself) who wears the latest fashions, but sheds them as quick as the speed of light when she finds a man to screw, which is quite often.Together these two tragically hilarious women drink gallons, smoke and snort everything and anything, and live every day as if they are on holiday. No fad is untouched, and no person is left uninsulted or verbally abused. Eddy's mother (June Whitfield) seems to be on another planet. But, she is very sly, and has no problem popping the balloon of Edina and Patsy's pomposity.Spoiler Alerts: They've sold Saffie to white slavers in Morocco (and, to Patsy's dismay, retrieved her), flown a ridiculous trip to New York to take a picture of a doorhandle for Eddy's kitchen redecoration (after Patsy burns it down with her cigarette), and used Saffie's baby for a fashion shoot without her permission, among other rude and tasteless things. With no guilt or remorse, Pats and Edds bulldoze their way through the world, leaving fashion disasters and empty bottles and baggies behind.If you haven't seen it, you MUST, sweetie darlings! Five series and several specials are available (now in a 9-DVD set housed in a satin-quilted book box made to look like a fashionable coffee table tome). If you can rent them, rent them. But, be forewarned: you may find yourself craving ciggs, booze, and loud unfashionable clothing. And, an urge to call everyone "Sweetie Darling"! And- really- what's wrong with that? Cheers, and thanks a lot!
Phil Clark
"Absolutely Fabulous", most likely the archetypal "wealthy grownups behaving badly" TV series, first aired in 1992 in a midweek BBC2 slot, without much ceremony. Here was one of those cultish, slow-starting shows that soon had everyone asking each other "Have you seen..." in the conspiratorial fashion of those who are in on a joke from the start. The first season was Absolutely Hysterical, and the funniest, most original sitcom on TV at the time. And we all marvelled at how inspired casting unexpectedly went on to revive Joanna Lumley's career from the doldrums in just six short shows.The second Ab Fab season dropped the quality a bit ... and thirteen years on, are they ever going to stop? After such a bright start, the show is now a shadow of its former self. There have been umpteen (five? six? more? ) seasons of the TV show; numerous specials; a made-for-video film; a "Making Of" pseudo-doc; an out-takes video; a diabolical tie-in Pet Shop Boys single; a list of rent-a-names making "guest appearances" that's now as long as your arm.... Come on! Give it up, sweetie! The proverbial barrel is well and truly scraped!The first season is still hugely funny, though. Just wish that they'd not ended up being filed under "cash cow".
annemari1
One of the best TV comedies ever. There are only two words to describe it: Absolutely Fabulous - and this applies to both the older and the newer episodes.Some people have complained about the later series not being as good and funny as the original ones, but for me that isn't the case at all. Just because they are different (which they admittedly are) doesn't mean they aren't as good. The humor is as sharp as ever, but the world has changed, and so have the fads that are being made fun of.
