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Review - Confessions Of A Shopaholic

July 5th 2009 03:20

For most of us, Confessions of a Shopaholic is an imaginary tale as we have a firm grip on our shopping habits and credit cards but to some people, the addiction to shopping and spending is ever so real. I recall many years ago seeing a number of women and men on Oprah who had an addiction to spending, racking up thousands of dollars on their credit cards and hiding the bills from their respective partners. So for these people, I am sure Confessions is steeped very heavy in reality.

Isla Fisher is Rebecca Bloomwood, a young women with a penchant for spending money on fashionable items even though she is on the run from an obsessive debt collector and unable to pay rent.

"You know that thing when you see someone cute and he smiles and your heart kind of goes like warm butter sliding down hot toast? Well that's what it's like when I see a store. Only it's better."

A reporter with a love for fashion, she ironically takes on a job at Successful Savings, a finance magazine, in order to work for the same company that runs Alette - the magazine of her dreams.

The movie is predictable in the story and it's direction but there is some fun to be had along the way. Rebecca, to her credit, finds that she has a knack for explaining financial situations for the layman under a column penned by The Girl With The Green Scarf. Her boss and wannabe love interest Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) supports her and amazingly believe everything she says. At the interview she convinces Luke that she speaks Finnish and of course we know that sooner or later her knowledge (or lack of) will be put to the test.

The movie has a great cast and it looks like there would have been a lot of fun behind the scenes in this movie. Joan Cusack and John Goodman are cast as Rebecca's parents and Kristin Scott Thomas is Alette Naylor, creator of Alette magazine.

Based on Sophie Kinsella's novels, "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan", this cautionary tale was taken on by Australian director, PJ Hogan, of Muriel's Wedding fame. Unfortunately the movie never leaps to any great heights. Hogan presents the movie from an often fairytale-like point of view and visually, I did enjoy the scenes where the mannequins came to life.

Isla Fisher to her credit handles the lead role of Rebecca well. Isla, after leaving Home and Away did an interesting thing with her career - she headed for Paris to study mime, juggling, and Commedia dell’Arte at the prestigious Jacques Lecoq School. And this study definitely holds her in good stead in this role.

Voyage Review: 2.5/5

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