Absolutely Fabulous - White Box

None of tbe subsequent Ab Fab specials are as good as the original series. But if you love them and want everything that is Ab Fab you will want this. It isn't bad, but you get the feeling while watching (some guest star scenes in particular) that its all improv with no place to go....

Wow! I laughed out loud so many times watching this episode! While picking up where the Christmas episode ended, Saffie is heading to Africa to get married to Jon and Eddie isn't going. Eddie gets her itch to change things as she always does and Patsie is just there.... SO, while I thought it was very funny there seemed to be some rushed and under developed areas of the plot. I felt the episode didn't address Saffie's problem with suddenly being in a harem or what she plans to do with Jon. Also after Eddie slaps Lola, what is resolved between the relationship of Grandma to Grandaughter that season five was all about? The use of Max and Betina was nice, but when we last saw them they were not minimalists any longer. They were clutter central, so I had a hard time with that? And when Patsy is holding on to her the door to the living room so desperately, one feels that she almost thinks of Saffie as family and the house being her home as well. The episode felt unfinished, like we should be expecting another series or at least another special really soon. I know that it sounds like I had a problem with the episode, but I think that I love Patsie and Eddie so much I have OVER INVESTED in their fictional lives and want to see more of them!

Please read & re-read all of the reviews for this item. Fans are clearly divided & you may have a hard time deciding for yourself. I have been a fan of this show since it began (as well as "French & Saunders" before AbFab even existed) & can still watch every episode as if it were new. Funny, funny, funny. It never gets old.I have been waiting for this on DVD forever as I never got to see it on TV. The so-called "lost" episode of a favourite TV series I'd hoped for. "White Box", however, does *NOT* make for a "graceful bow" as a series finale & loses its appeal instantly after the first scene (with the goat & the unexpected Leo Sayer reference!), only when Bo & Marshall show up do we get a temporary reprieve. The remainder of the episode is watered-down, unfunny rehash of plots we've seen before in this show. Patsy is barely used in this episode, more or less just a "prop" of sorts the way it plays out & Saffy (rather, the actress portraying Saffy!) just looks like she's ready for the misery to end. Even guest star Nathan Lane failed to make me laugh, which is rare. AbFab guest stars are normally icing on the cake. And Laurie Metcalf...it's too sad for words. It's that same obnoxious, scatterbrained character she played on "Roseanne" for NO apparant reason. Cross-series rehash!!! By the time she showed up, I was ready to press "stop" on the DVD player...but watched the train wreck all the way to the end, praying it wouldn't end with such a whimper. Couldn't help but think how clever & charming "Cold Turkey" was & how it should have been where the series ended, if it had to end at all.Have you ever heard of an artist fufilling a contractual obligation, like a book or an album they "have" to release to avoid breach of contract? That's what "White Box" feels like. No new ideas, no new spins and, as I said, no apparant reason for being on the TV screen. For the first time ever, I could see why it grated on some people's nerves for being so obnoxious. No new extras, even...just recycled bits from other DVD releases. It's just downright insulting to me, overall.Jennifer Saunders has stated she in no way, shape or form wants to write these characters again & successfully killed my interest in future AbFab projects with this one episode. Perhaps that was her intention...we may never know. I am always willing to hope Jennifer Saunders changes her mind, but I am not going to hold my breath & will bury this DVD far away from anyone who loves "Absolutely Fabulous". I will continue to enjoy the remainder of the show as I always have.

People are always comparing these specials with the earlier episodes sounding as if they are not really fans of the series, wanting it to be more than it is. I am not at all disappointed with this final special. Though there is a limit to how far some things can be funny, this was a perfect end to the series, which I thought had come in 1996 with "The Last Shout." I'm glad it didn't end there.This final special is wonderful in that it takes the true fan to further extremes, and not everyone gets it. This series is about humorous extremes. The bit with the redecoration of her kitchen is hilarious, if one understands these kinds of creative people and how eccentric extremes can be taken in the most practical situations. Having remodelled my own kitchen, a four month project became 3 years, and I was waiting for it to tell me what it needed. Now I know all I had to do was get regressed to find my answers.The ending is a bit controversial to some, but very fitting, and where they end up is incredibly poetic. This is for the true fan of the series, and not for realists.

I found White Box to be great fun and absolutely hysterical in parts.The funny thing is that now as everyone's aged it's Edina who's the voice of reason amongst this group of eccentrics.Unfortunately, Julia Sawalha is still allowed to play Saffy with too much anger and throws off the whole balance of the show (and the comedy). (In the first three series she was annoyed by her mother but always clearly had tolerance, patience, and love for her, while in the later series she's just too bitter and angry ALL THE TIME for the show's own good.)Kudos to Jennifer Saunders for getting Ab Fab back on track. If Saffy were just tweaked a little this could be a great show again -- especially now that Edina's got a granddaughter and (flashing forward a few years) Eddie and Patsy could be a wonderful pair of Auntie Mames.Kudos also to Laurie Metcalfe as a past life regressor. She's proved to be quite a talent in this, even with very physical comedy like slipping out of a shiny-surfaced plastic white chair (where every single move and eye movement was perfectly choreographed).

These two women are funny as hell. Love British comedy. Watched them years ago when show first debuted, wanted to own the collection. Took my mind off Covid (yes!) & brought back wonderful memories.

If you can relate to these women in any way - they are even funnier but either way the humour is beyond amazing

...well, maybe not, Jennifer Saunders has written 3 brand new specials for late 2011/12... but this was meant to be the last installment. This is just one episode of about 45 mins. Guest stars include Miranda Richardson and Miranda Hart. A funny episode, not the best, but enjoyable. Edina sees fit to redesign the house while Saffy is away getting married, not the most original story as far as Eddie goes, but there are quite few decent laugh out loud moments and shock twists. The ending is pretty satisying in my opinion and is a decent place to leave the series. The special features looking back over the series are also good and make a one episode disc worth buying for a good price.PS- This is region 1, I have a multiregion player... the only way you can get this for region 2 (as far as I'm aware) is buy getting 'Absolutely Everything' the full series set. For some reason they never released it seperately in England. I emailed BBC DVD about it and they pointed me to the full series set... I suppose they thought I could buy that even though, as I said in the email, I already had 5 season DVDs and 2 specials and only needed this one episode. Thank God for BBC America, or I probably wouldn't have this.

Well, lets begin with the fact that this is only available in USA, I mean whats up with that? There are some hilarious scenes in this dvd, especially with max and pettina, BRILLIANCE, however, for me, the scene with edina hitting "lola" was just a scene too far, though I do have friends who like this scene, so meh I dont know! I have to say, for a final ever episode, it does wrap up the show rather well, with Edina and Patsy being removed from the house, with he show revealing that the house wasnt actualy Eddies. This was never the case in the previous shows, so i thought that it was rather strange to throw it in just to close things. All in all it is ab fb, and its is the end so it is a must for any fans collection. I hope it will warrant a uk release, but it begs the question, has it been kept to US markets becuase Saunders dosent want to disapoint UK fans with this kinda of show? Who knows, but enjoy :D

Nothing new and nothing funny. I bought this DVD for collection only and didn't expect a lot. I was right. It's OK, but it's not the greatest of AbFab.

very nice thanx :-)