Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) on Netflix
Edina Monsoon's public relations firm is failing. Patsy Stone learns that Kate Moss needs a new publicist and calls Edina. At a fashion event, Edina accidentally knocks Kate into the river.
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Plot summary
Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone are in their sixties and still shop, drink and club around London. Edina's public relations company is in decline, and a publisher rejects the manuscript of her autobiography. Patsy learns that the supermodel Kate Moss is looking for someone new to handle her publicity and telephones Edina at once. Edina has left her phone on speaker, so her rival Claudia Bing hears the whole call. Edina and Patsy attend a fashion event with Edina's thirteen-year-old granddaughter Jane. On a balcony above the Thames, Edina topples Kate into the river.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
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- The film sparked controversy when it was announced that white Scottish comedian Janette Tough would play a Japanese character named Huki Muki. Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho accused the film of "yellowface", which she described as "when white people portray Asian people. And unfortunately it's happening in this film."
- Calling herself the "worst procrastinator in the world", Saunders said in January 2014 that she finally had to write the script: Lumley kept announcing it, and Dawn French had bet her £100,000 on their radio show at Christmas that she would not.
- The film was the final role for Whitfield and also marked the final film role for Barry Humphries before his death in April 2023.
