Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009): Dir: P.J. Hogan / Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, John Goodman, Joan Cusack, Krysten Ritter: Good theme wound around formula and corny storytelling. It regards truth as Isla Fisher must come to terms with her extensive shopping habits. She aims to work for a high profile magazine where she awkwardly gives advice about saving. Directed by P.J. Hogan with great visual flair. He previously made a live version of Peter Pan as well as the hilarious My Best Friends Wedding. Fisher is only casting that pulls through due to her enthusiasm. She plays someone with whom female viewers may relate plus she turns her addiction into a turnaround. We know that she will succeed but being predictable is the least of the film's problems. Hugh Dancy is standard issue as an editor who will obviously end up with Fisher. John Goodman and Joan Cusack are wasted as Fisher's parents who basically appear to fire off the odd one-liner and nothing more. Krysten Ritter plays Fisher's best friend and that is about the extent of her wasted appearance. Great idea for a comedy where shopping becomes a story point and the stores themselves provide certain character that the screenplay is unfortunately lacking. Strong lesson regarding spending and materialism but unfortunately spending wasn't done wisely on the choice of screenwriter. Score: 4 ½ / 10

I liked the first Shopaholic book and I was surely not expecting an Oscar winning feature when I hit the play button to start this movie, but it still let me down.Aside from completely unrealistic scenes (e.g. the editor of a major magazine personally going to Becky's parents' house to ask her to write a 500-word column for the magazine), the acting's mediocre and the movie is overall rather pathetic. It's one of those movies that's so bad I felt embarrassed for the actors, many of whom are established talents.It's such a wasted opportunity, it's really too bad.

Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a hopeless shopaholic. When she loses her hated magazine job, she gets another one in a financial magazine which she knows nothing about. Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) is her new boss. She tries to juggle her lies, her shopping addiction, and escape her debt collector.Isla Fisher is cute and fabulous. This movie treats a very serious problem with cuteness. She almost gets away with it. The debt collector is never truly menacing. The lies she tells Luke are ridiculous. It's stupid how she could ever get the job unless he wanted to bang her. They should have introduced the girlfriend earlier so that the rom-com could take a more central role. And the shocking confrontation with the debt collector could have easily spun into something great for the magazine. That part never made much sense. This is a light fluffy comedy without much of an edge.

The Movie "Confession of the shopaholic" is a romantic comedy film based on the series of novels shopaholic written by Sophie Kinsella. "Confession of the shopaholic" is about a young woman Rebecca Bloomwood who has a shopping addict and lives with her best friend Suze. Rebecca is deep in debt due to her increase shopping habits. On her way to an interview to her dream job at Alette a fashion magazine, she buys a green scarf, when with all her credit cards declined; she borrows $20 from a guy after claiming the scarf was for her sick aunt. Arriving at the job interview at Alette Rebecca discovers the job position has already been filled, however a position is open at another magazine Successful Savings which could lead to a job position at Alette in the future. She soon meets the guy who gives her the $20 Luke Brandon also the editor of Successful Savings, Rebecca attempts to hide the scarf however is who discovered. Rebecca starts to write columns about managing money as debt collector tries to get Rebecca to pay back; Rebecca tells her boss that he is a stalker, until she is discovered and the truth is told to the entire public on nation TV. Rebecca attempts to pay back her debt by selling all her designer clothes including her famous green scarf after losing her job. Rebecca is finally able to pay back her debt and meets Luke again when he finally reveals that the person who brought her green scarf was his agent. Luke and Rebecca become romantically involved and Luke starts his own business, Brandon Communications. Confession of the shopaholic is a funny and romantic movie showing the addiction to shopping due to a past childhood experience. Confession of the shopaholic is for all ages and a great way to past the time. It was also exciting and cheerful.