What happens when a shopaholic has no money? (Confessions of a Shopaholic (DVD))

Member Name: linzeelou

Product:	Confessions of a Shopaholic (DVD)
Date:	30/06/09 (18 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Really funny

Disadvantages: Not for everyone

Confessions of a shopaholic is based on the book by Sophie Kinsella. I havent read the book so i didnt have anything to go on before watching the film.

The plot -
Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a journalist for a Garden magazine and a shopaholic living in New York. All she has ever wanted was to work for a top fashion magazine.

On the way to an interview for a job at fashion magazine, Rebecca is drawn towards a sale and just cant help herself. There's an amazing green scarf that she wants but most of her cards are already maxed. She meets Luke Brandon on the street while trying to get the $20 she's short and he gives it to her just so he cant get his hotdog. When she gets to the fashion magazine she finds out the job has already been filled by an extemely beautiful blonde.

Her and her friend Suze gets really drunk that night and she ends up writing 1 letter to the fashion magazine and 1 to Luke Brandon, who's an editior of a financial magazine but they get mixed up which results in Rebecca getting a job....but not the one she wanted.

Although Rebecca is in a lot of debt herself, she ends up being quite successful at helping people sort out their own debt. No one else knows about her debt and the debt collector who's chasing her.

Rebecca is getting even more successful at work while every other aspect of her life is going downhill including her friendship with Suze and her new relationship with Luke.

Eventually the truth comes out and Rebecca must do something to fix her life again.

My opinion -
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, maybe i'd have had different feelings towards it if i'd read the book. Im glad i haven't read it now. I know a lot of people that said its no where near as good as the book.

Isla Fisher is really the only well known actor in the movie. I thought she played her part really well and was quite funny. She had my giggling a lot, especially at the part where she tries dancing with Luke in Miami. Its great to see someone making a fool out of themselves.

The film also had a lot of 'feel good' moments and of course it had a happy ending.

Its definitly a chick flick and i dont think too many guys would like this one.

Summary: Great film for the girls