In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping--a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door--until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine .. Read more
| Starring | Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman |
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| Director | P.J. Hogan |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Romance |
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In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping--a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door--until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company. As her dreams are finally coming true, she goes to ever more hilarious and extreme efforts to keep her past from ruining her future.
| Starring | Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leslie Bibb, Fred Armisen, Julie Hagerty, Krysten Ritter |
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| Director | P.J. Hogan |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 29 Jun 2009 Blu-ray: 29 Jun 2009 Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
Making a shiny Hollywood film about the perils of shopping is like sending an alcoholic to buy wine for your party.... read more on Time Out
For me this was a lovely bit of fluff, a nonesense light rom-com that didnt try to be anything else,, and I thoroughly enjoyed it... but a warning if you want to watch this with your other half.... my husband described it as a fields of corn and dairy full of cheese movie that was a very poor Devil Wears Prada copy. And in a way I have to agree, this time our magazine employee is a shopaholic, but has very similar Devils Wears qualities. Definately a movie for the girls to enjoy and the boys to totally avoid... Much like shopping in real life really !
If you loved the book as much as I did then you will love this movie! Did the book justice, few things changed around but not to much. I cant think of anyone better to have played Becky Bloomwood, Isla Fischer is hilarious!! Must see for any Sophie Kinsella fan!
Isla Fisher was so terrified about starring in Confessions Of A Shopaholic, she'd wake up in the middle of the night worrying about filming. The 33-year-old took on her first leading role in the big screen adaptation of Sophie Kinsella's books about Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who struggles to keep her shopping addiction under control. The responsibility was a lot for the petite actress to shoulder - and she found herself waking at the crack of dawn to mentally prepare for a day on- Read more