Akito HirataReview - Confessions Of A Shopaholic
July 5th 2009 03:20
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 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.
Voyage Review: 2.5/5
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