Confessions of a Shopaholic turns out to be light and cheerful fun film while relating the hidden truth of how the younger generation sees credit and the economy.
The film presents the adorable, funny, yet smart Rebecca Bloomwood (played by Isla Fisher) who is a 20-something who has maxed out all her credit cards by compensating for her childhood in which her mother (played by Joan Cusack) bought everything as sensible as it could be. In just the opposite, Rebecca ends up spending more than she earns on designer clothes, shoes, scarves, accessories and even underwear.
Although Rebecca is a little oblivious in seeing that consistently spending more than you earn is a formula for disaster. But for Rebecca the shopping sprees defines her identity and self-worth which correlates into the pleasure she gets from her new designer items. The problem is that the feeling doesn't last, so she has to buy more and more.
Just when things get really bad as she loses her job, she lands a new one at a business magazine by accident, giving her the foot in the door to work at a major fashion magazine in which she really desires.
The entire plot of the film is told in a matter of a couple of weeks on explaining how Rebecca lets things get completely out of control throughout her entire life.However, along the way, she becomes surprisingly successful while creating poker faces to bluff her way through multiple situations, ultimately though she has to face the truth by first finding herself….and by falling in love of course.
Fisher is supported by the other remaining cast members that includes Hugh Dancy, John Goodman,and Kristin Scott Thomas along with a variety of others.
Confessions of a Shopaholic is a better film than might be expected, even if it turns out to be as shallow as most would say it is by just reading the title of the film.
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