Review: 'Absolutely Fabulous' delights in the outrageous
An opening scene shows Patsy injecting her own face and lips with a syringe as part of her regular get-ready routine.
Determined to avoid punishment, Eddy and Patsy flee to the French Riviera, where they try to keep a low profile while maintaining their drug-fueled, consumption-based lifestyle.
Directed by Mandie Fletcher and sumptuously photographed by Chris Goodger, the film languishes in the intoxicating turquoise waters and terraced hills of Cote d'Azur, a bittersweet sight in the aftermath of this month's Bastille Day massacre in Nice.
The settings are fittingly luxe and Eddy and Patsy's adventures have been appropriately amped-up for the big screen — witness a chase scene where they barrel down narrow cobblestone streets in a runaway rickshaw.
The Movie, a Fox Searchlight release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language including sexual references, and some drug use.