Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Director:

P.J. Hogan

Writers (WGA):

Tracey Jackson (screenplay) and
Tim Firth (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

All she ever wanted was a little credit...

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.

Plot Keywords:

Shopping | Journalist | Credit Card | Financial Journalist | New York City

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Isla Fisher	...	Rebecca Bloomwood
Hugh Dancy	...	Luke Brandon
Krysten Ritter	...	Suze
Joan Cusack	...	Jane Bloomwood
John Goodman	...	Graham Bloomwood
John Lithgow	...	Edgar West
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Alette Naylor
Fred Armisen	...	Ryan Koenig
Leslie Bibb	...	Alicia Billington
Lynn Redgrave	...	Drunken Lady at Ball
Robert Stanton	...	Derek Smeath
Julie Hagerty	...	Hayley
Nick Cornish	...	Tarquin
Wendie Malick	...	Miss Korch
Clea Lewis	...	Miss Ptaszinski

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language and thematic elements.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Finnish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44816) | Ireland:PG | UK:PG | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:AL | South Africa:PG | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Norway:A | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Belgium:KT | Mexico:A | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:6 | France:U | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

After Rebecca's first Shopaholics meeting, Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" can be heard playing in the background of many scenes. For instance, it is also used as elevator music.

Goofs:

Continuity: While Rebecca is in the interview at Successful Savings you can see that the desk behind her becomes occupied and unoccupied as each shot comes back to Rebecca. The desk is occupied with Hayley talking on the phone with the green scarf on her lap and in the next shot she's nowhere to be found but in the following shot she's at the door giving Rebecca her scarf.

Quotes:

Rebecca Bloomwood: A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn't fit, you can't exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags... oh yes... oh yes.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Rich Girl

I love a good chick flick - but that was just painful

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.