The Ab Fab movie manages to get much more right than many recent TV-to-big-screen adaptations, and it also feels more like the original series run than some of its own revival TV specials. To its credit, many of the significant or popular characters return and are largely used to function purposefully in a serviceable plot, it is stuffed with minor-celebrity cameos and there are a reasonable number of good lines (although the film can hardly be called a laugh-fest). Inevitably, the intimacy and condensed energy of the half-hour sitcom format is often lost, but the central characters prove indestructible and the performers recreate them with ease - Joanna Lumley in particular remains a total comedic delight with her timing and detail. Overall this movie is a reasonably entertaining romp that does not besmirch the reputation of the series.
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