Plot
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.
Release Year: 2009
Rating: 5.6/10 (25,809 voted)
Critic's Score: 38/100
Director:
P.J. Hogan
Stars: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
Storyline Struggling with her debilitating obsession with shopping and the sudden collapse of her income source, Rebecca Bloomwood unintentionally lands a job writing for a financial magazine after a drunken letter-mailing mix-up. Ironically writing about the very consumer caution of which she herself has not abided, Rebecca's innovative comparisons and unconventional metaphors for economics grants her critical acclaim, public success, and the admiration of her supportive boss Luke. But as she draws closer to her ultimate goal of writing for renowned fashion magazine Alette, she questions her true ambitions and must determine if overcoming her "shopaholic" condition will bring her real happiness.
Writers: Tracey Jackson, Tim Firth
Cast: Isla Fisher
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Rebecca Bloomwood
Hugh Dancy
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Luke Brandon
Krysten Ritter
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Suze
Joan Cusack
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Jane Bloomwood
John Goodman
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Graham Bloomwood
John Lithgow
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Edgar West
Kristin Scott Thomas
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Alette Naylor
Fred Armisen
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Ryan Koenig
Leslie Bibb
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Alicia Billington
Lynn Redgrave
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Drunken Lady at Ball
Robert Stanton
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Derek Smeath
Julie Hagerty
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Hayley
Nick Cornish
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Tarquin
Wendie Malick
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Miss Korch
Clea Lewis
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Miss Ptaszinski
Taglines:
All she ever wanted was a little credit...
Opening Weekend: $17,809,053
(USA)
(15 February 2009)
(2507 Screens)
Gross: $108,333,222
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Isla Fisher is only 14 years younger then Joan Cusack who plays her mother, Jane Bloomwood.
Goofs:
Continuity:
At the end of the movie, when Rebecca and Luke are standing together, a couple walks by. When the shot changes from Luke back to the two of them, the same couple walks by again.
Quotes: Rebecca Bloomwood:
They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail.
User Review
I love a good chick flick - but that was just painful
Rating: 2/10
Let me start off by saying that I'm not your typical macho male who
hates everything that is even remotely resembling to a chick flick. I
like a good chick flick - if it's good. Most of them are. Some are not.
Confessions of a Shopaholic fall into the latter category. The movie is
painfully predictable (you can literally guess what will happen next)
and ridiculously not funny. The acting is poor, even though there is a
number of well-renowned artists present. The fashions is more than
once, more than twice absolutely disgraceful, especially for a fashion
themed movie. The plot is flat and it lacks much sense. The main
character is annoyingly irresponsible. The list goes on and on, but
there is something more that is really frightening. The movie is
basically about a person who suffers from being a shopaholic. She has
actual illness, which makes her buy everything she sees on the display,
which gives her an adrenaline rush. We all know that there is such
thing. Nothing wrong about making a movie about it either. The problem
is that this is not handled in any good way in the movie. The girl gets
off easy, she barely learns her lesson and on top of everything the
poor debt-collecting worker is being shown as a negative character for
reasons I cannot fully understand. What's even more frightening, I can
see this movie being a guideline for hundreds of women who in deed have
a spending problem, who do spend more than they make and I doubt that
this movie will make them rethink their actions, au contraire: they
will find it as an excuse to develop their habits even further. As far
as I am from preaching about the state of economy, I really thought
that this movie carried a certain amount of wisdom; instead of this, I
was left with a moronic picture for brain-dead. Thanks, but no thanks.
If a gay guy hates a chick flick, then you know it can't be good.
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