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Confessions of a Shopaholic: Instantly Forgettable
A review of the romantic comedy “Confessions of a Shopaholic” which is based on the best-selling novel by Sophie Kinsella and stars Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritten, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Leslie Bibb.
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You might think I’m being glib by saying that this movie was ‘instantly forgettable’ but I genuinely mean it. I saw this film on a Thursday night and when asked on the Friday what I had seen the night before I couldn’t for the life of me remember what film I had sat through for nearly two hours.
Confessions of a Shopaholic is a light breezy girly rom-com, the epitome of style over substance. The costumes are fantastic, the comedic set pieces will raise the odd smile and Isla Fisher is certainly likeable as the ditzy journalist who takes a job at a savings and investment magazine in order to repay her credit card debts which are threatening to spiral out of control. Many female viewers will identify with Rebecca Bloomwood and her sometimes dangerous obsession with fashion—the ever-lasting quest to find that one perfect accessory that will make life perfect. Men dragged along by their partners, however, will doubtless be bored to tears: Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) acts as both Rebecca’s boss and her love interest and yet his character is strangely two dimensional and their relationship is given little time to develop on screen. Romantic comedies may be formulaic but that is part of their appeal so we expect a bit of ‘will they? won’t they?’ action. Instead we get a ‘I think I might maybe sort of like…oh, now we’re together, isn’t it wonderful’ scenario which I felt alienated the viewer.
High art this film is not, but it’s not the worst way to spend an evening, and it would probably make an ideal date movie or girls’ night in film. Just don’t expect any surprises from this Sex and the City style candyfloss-weight New York-set ode to fashion.
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I totally agree with you as I was dragged to this movie. It was cute at first but got repetitive and boring rather quickly. I would also note that the film missed an opportunity to educate young girls on how to properly use credit cards. Instead, the film glazed over this lesson and many will not feel any different about it when they leave the theater.
i really love this movie, but i havent seen it yet, thanks for the reminder, im goin to check this out
I haven’t seen the movie but I did read the book,along with the others in the series. I could tell by the commercials for the move that it just isnt the same as the book. They lost some of the books charm…