Confessions of a Shopaholic
Story of a journalist who is addicted to shopping and buying fashion items, which almost bring her into debt.
29 October 1957, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
14 November 1975, DeLand, Florida, USA
21 October 1956, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
August 15, 2011
Cinematic impulse buy that sparkles through its 100 minutes.
September 21, 2010
an exceedingly safe movie, which can serve as entertainment for the first date crowd or the couple who has been happily married for years
February 17, 2009
Isla Fisher is such a bundle of comic energy that watching her spin her wheels in the aggressively unfunny Confessions of a Shopaholic counts as cruel and unusual punishment -- for her as well as for us.
September 04, 2009
This is a film that couldn't buy a positive female character if there was a barrel full on clearance at Bloomies.
February 13, 2009
The production renders totally irrelevant all hopes for a well-made movie. It's one of those ragged, pandemonious studio comedies that hammers at plot points in every contrived scene.
February 17, 2009
This is a movie that is warning us against the dangers of being slaves to labels while at the same time celebrating those same designer brands.
October 21, 2014
Confession #1: Despite all reasonable logic and preconceived expectations, I enjoyed Confessions of a Shopaholic.
February 14, 2009
[T]his adaptation is really just about buying the 'brand,' and--like the retailers in the film--selling America something it already had.
June 12, 2011
A disappointing comedy, out of synch with the zeitgeist
February 19, 2009
If you want gritty realism, see an arthouse movie. Or shop in a pound store. As journalist Rebecca, Isla Fisher is silly and adorable - just like this adaptation of Sophie Kinsella's novel.
April 15, 2010
If you are willing to turn your brain off, Fisher makes the film very watchable, but it's core message over materialism and financial stupidity are confused and the film lacks just that few more laughs to tip it above mediocrity.
