The Reel Take: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Posted by Stephanie McBain
Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
Released in 2009
This movie is based on the book of the same name by Sophie Kinsella. However, while the book takes place in London, the movie takes place in New York.
The main character is Rebecca Bloomwood, who gets a job at the financial magazine Successful Savings. Her job is to write articles giving people financial advice, under the name “The Girl with the Green Scarf.” However, there’s one huge problem with this—Rebecca isn’t in control of her own finances, not even close. She’s a shopaholic who finds it completely impossible to control her urge to spend money. She is constantly hiding from her credit collector, making excuses not to meet with him and even telling people that he’s her stalker so they’ll keep him away from her.
A lot of the scenarios that happened in the movie were pretty ridiculous and hard to believe. However, I did think that Isla Fisher did a good job with her character. And it was interesting to watch how Rebecca solved her problems when her financial situation finally spiraled completely out of control.
However, I’ve read the Shopaholic series, and I have to say that I liked the books a LOT better than I liked the movie. I did somewhat enjoy the movie, although I suspect that this was largely because of Hugh Dancy, who plays Rebecca’s boss and is really attractive.
I would recommend this movie for a girls night, although it definitely would not be my number one choice.
My Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npFBRp716Qw
Posted: November 3, 2009 8:11 pm | 0 comments
Tags: DVDs, movie reviews, movies
