![]() ![]() ![]() Fisher’s natural effervescence and keen sense of comedic timing endears us to Rebecca, a character who could easily read unsympathetic. Isla Fisher, carrying the movie on her petite shoulders, is flawlessly cast as neophyte journalist Rebecca Bloomwood. Honestly? Confessions of a Shopaholic has a closet-full of these elements. ![]() In order for a romcom to work, it has to feature a compelling protagonist, look pretty, and generally follow the classic screwball blueprint of comedy stylings and romantic dynamics. The film was called loud (it is), a hybrid of The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City (it was) and an ode to materialism (although it’s more like a cautionary tale), but despite all of this, I find myself returning to it, like a perfectly lived-in leather jacket. ![]() “If you spin out the unintended analogy of Confessions of a Shopaholic to the current financial crisis, the film starts to mutate from a not-that-funny comedy into a tragic allegory,” wrote Slate. A good chunk of the criticism surrounding Shopaholic centred upon its tone-deaf timing: a movie released during a global recession about a young woman addicted to shopping, whose desire for Gucci boots and Marc Jacobs underwear leaves her in over $16,000 of debt. ![]()
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