Confessions of a Shopaholic (2007)Director: P.J. Hogan
Starring :Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman
Starring :Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman
Plot: Based on a pair of effervescent novels by Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic is a light and bubbly confection that should appeal to those who can identify with its heroine's passion. Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers) has a label-filled wardrobe that any fashionista would covet, but she also has credit card debt to match. She craves a job at the Vogue-like Alette, but a position at a financial magazine at the same publishing company may be her ticket in. Despite her painfully low credit rating, Becky starts dishing out advice on saving, while debt collector Derek Smeath (character actor Robert Stanton) is hot on her Louboutin heels. Meanwhile, she is competing for the affections of her charming boss, Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy, The Jane Austen Book Club), with icy Alette employee Alicia Billington (Leslie Bibb, Iron Man). A well-heeled hybrid of Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada, Shopalholic features the talents of Patricia Field, costume designer for those two films. The clothes are almost on an equal footing with the actors here, and each well-chosen piece in Manhattan shop windows or worn by Bloomwood helps contribute to the film's bright mood. A lesser actress might have been lost in all the colors, but Fisher is a formidable comic presence who pulls off Becky's ditsy lines and goofy falls with equal aplomb. Those hoping for a smart discourse on the perils of credit cards and excess spending are certainly watching the wrong film, but Shopaholic may just be the fashion equivalent of food porn for dieters. (rottentomatoes.com)
Review: I had heard rumors that Confessions of a Shopaholic had some potential to be humorous for the male gender that was either dragged to the theater or trapped on the couch while this movie was playing. Those rumors were horribly mistaken. It's been 6 years since Dumb and Dumberer was released and since then I have not laughed this little until I watched this movie. Maybe it's because I'm a guy, maybe it's because I hate shopping, or maybe because I live in real life and not fantasy land, but this movie was AWFUL! Beyond the main character being ditsy and delusional, both things that bug me, the acting was OK, yet it had no hope of salvaging this train wreck of a film.
I realize that "chick flicks" are feel good movies and because of this the plot suffers a little bit due to the aim towards a happy ending. But this movie was over the top. Even in a normal chick flick it follows a general pattern. A girl meets boy, girl loses boy, boy comes back to girl sort of thing. This movie was so fake that even when you would suspect that a bad thing was going to happen a good thing would happen. This is both frustrating and stupid. I am honestly surprised that I stuck with it and finished watching the entire movie. I will make up for my lost time by not wasting any more time critiquing about this poor poor film. Touchstone Pictures should return the $44 million this movie made in theaters back to those that waster their afternoons watching this film. Very disappointed, Zero Stars...
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