![]() She shops compulsively at upscale boutiques - on her way to work, when she should be at work, and when she needs the perfect thing for a job interview. The daughter of committed bargain hunters (Joan Cusack and John Goodman), Rebecca has somehow inherited the full-price gene. Hogan (of Muriel's Wedding fame) decided to make this adaptation of Sophie Kinsella's novel: The global economic bubble has deflated, rendering toxic debt somewhat less hilarious.Īnachronistically, Shopaholic is set in a New York where the only people who fear their credit-card bills are a few couture junkies, not legions of laid-off bond traders. ![]() Which would include her cute editor, a job at her favorite fashion magazine and an endless supply of Prada, Manolo and all the other brands that Shopaholic's target audience is supposed to worship as much as Rebecca does.Īlas, a design flaw has surfaced since P.J. She is, of course, the movie's heroine - bubbly, borderline-hysterical shopaholic Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) - which means that viewers are meant to cheer her transgressions and hope that come the credits, she'll have gotten everything she wants. She lies (to just about everyone), cheats (her boss and creditors) and steals (mostly from fellow fashion victims, during designer-sale catfights). One of the characters in Confessions of a Shopaholic is utterly appalling. ![]() Bag Lady: Shopping breaks become Rebecca's full-time occupation. ![]()
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