Absolutely Fabulous:The Movie (Mandie Fletcher, 2016)

The history of great British sitcoms making the transition to the big screen is largely an ignoble one. Too often, the conversion from a lean half-hour format to having to create a full story arc, complete with character intros, the quest and the denouement, has hampered the essence of what made them work on the small-screen.
Absolutely Fabulous does tangibly suffer under this yoke too, but by and large manages to circumvent the problem by taking the opportunity to cram in as many celebrity cameos as humanly possible. Ironically of course, the luvvy nature of all this buddying-up between Saunders, Lumley and their showbiz pals chipping in is the very thing that is meant to be satirised by the film.
Nevertheless, the terrible twins are on fine form, and the cursory nature of the plot whereby they flee to Cannes, naturellement, after being accused of killing Kate Moss, takes second place to their trademark excesses against taste and decency. Lumley is a particular hoot, more grotesque than ever. Provided you take it as a last opportunity to enjoy the classic characters and a bombardment of choice one-liners, it just about works.

6/10