What a disappointment. There’s a lot of attention to set design and costume here, but this AbFab bumps from one hammy cliché to the next, sprinkling in way too many jokes about ageing. A few scenes capture the pop of the old TV series, like the snappiness of most of the airplane scene, but Fletcher’s tongue is way too far in her cheek here and even her satire lacks pop. The film makes you want to go back to review the TV series. What’s different this time? Have the times changed, or has Fletcher shifted the TV series’ tone? Whatever is out of sync, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie just isn’t fun.
