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The [[soundtrack]] of ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'' was released on February 17, 2009 under [[Hollywood Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Shopaholic-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B001N6FPR8 |title=Confessions of a Shopaholic |work=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-12-15}}</ref> However, an alternate tracklisting was posted on Tommy2.net on January 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tommy2.net/content/?p=2246 |title=Tommy2.Net |date=January 25, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-12}}</ref> In the alternate tracklisting, the [[Jonas Brothers]] and [[Adrienne Bailon]] also sing "Big Spender" instead of [[Girlicious]], and the [[Pussycat Dolls]] sing "Bad Girl" instead of [[Rihanna]] feat.[[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]. In addition, [[Rick Ocasek]] is said to sing "Emotion In Motion" instead, and "Music Of The Sun" by [[Rihanna]] has been replaced by "Calling You" by [[Kat DeLuna]]. Shontelle sings [[Stuck With Each Other]] with [[Akon]] for the soundtrack, |
The [[soundtrack]] of ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'' was released on February 17, 2009 under [[Hollywood Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Shopaholic-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B001N6FPR8 |title=Confessions of a Shopaholic |work=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-12-15}}</ref> However, an alternate tracklisting was posted on Tommy2.net on January 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tommy2.net/content/?p=2246 |title=Tommy2.Net |date=January 25, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-12}}</ref> In the alternate tracklisting, the [[Jonas Brothers]] and [[Adrienne Bailon]] also sing "Big Spender" instead of [[Girlicious]], and the [[Pussycat Dolls]] sing "Bad Girl" instead of [[Rihanna]] feat.[[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]. In addition, [[Rick Ocasek]] is said to sing "Emotion In Motion" instead, and "Music Of The Sun" by [[Rihanna]] has been replaced by "Calling You" by [[Kat DeLuna]]. Shontelle sings [[Stuck With Each Other]] with [[Akon]] for the soundtrack, Lady Gaga's "Fashion" was also in the soundtrack. |
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Revision as of 13:15, 30 July 2010
| Confessions of a Shopaholic | |
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| File:Confessions of a shopaholic.jpg Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | P. J. Hogan |
| Written by | Novels Sophie Kinsella Screenplay Tim Firth Tracey Jackson |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Starring | Isla Fisher Hugh Dancy Krysten Ritter John Goodman Joan Cusack John Lithgow Leslie Bibb Julie Hagerty |
| Cinematography | Jo Willems |
| Edited by | William Goldenberg |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
Release date | February 13, 2009 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $108,332,743 [1] |
Confessions of a Shopaholic is an American 2009 film adaptation of the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. It is directed by P. J. Hogan and stars Isla Fisher as the central character, Rebecca "Becky" Bloomwood, the shopaholic journalist.
Plot
 | This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (February 2010) |
Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher)is a shopping addict who lives with her best friend Suze (Krysten Ritter). Currently, she works as a journalist for a gardening magazine but dreams to join the fashion magazine Alette. One day, she secures an interview with the magazine. On the way to the interview, she sees a green scarf and decides to buy it. Her credit card is declined, so Rebecca races to the nearest hot dog stand, offering to buy all the hot dogs if the seller gives her back change in cash and saying it is a gift for her sick aunt. Finally a man offers her $20. When Rebecca gets to the interview she's told that someone has got the position, but by joining another magazine, she might make it to Alette. The receptionist tells her there is a position in the magazine "Successful Savings".
When she interviews with Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy), the editor of Successful Savings, she realizes he is the manwho loaned her $20. While he talks on the phone, she hides her scarf outside his office. The interview doesn't go well and she tries to distract him without success. Luke's assistant comes into the room and tells Rebecca that she dropped her scarf. Rebecca knows her game is up and leaves.
She and Suze write drunken letters to Alette and Successful Saving, but she sends each to the wrong magazine. Nevertheless, Luke Brandon hires her. Rather than completing a work assignment, she goes to a clothing sale. While examining some cashmere gloves, she realizes that the gloves are not fully cashmere, and gives her inspiration for her column, calling herself "the Girl in the Green Scarf." The column is an instant success worldwide. Meanwhile, Rebecca tells everyone that her debt collector, Derek Smeath, is her stalker. Luke invites her to a conference and a ball. In the conference, she impresses a couple of CEOs who promise to give advertisement contracts to Successful Savings. At a restaurant Alicia (Leslie Bibb), asks Luke to the ball, leaving Rebecca feeling dejected.
Rebecca returns home to confrontations with Derek Smeath, so Suze makes her join Shopaholics Anonymous. The class leader, Miss Korch (Wendie Malick), forces her to donate all the clothes she just bought, including her bridesmaid's dress for Suze's wedding and a dress for a TV interview. She offers to buy back both dresses from the charity store, but can only afford one, and buys the TV interview dress. During her live TV interview, Rebecca is publicly accused of not paying her debts by Smeath, and loses her job. Suze is angry when she finds out that Rebecca sold her bridesmaid dress.
Rebecca is then at her parents house when Alette herself appears to offer her a position at the magazine. While this had been Rebecca's dream, she declines, thinking this would be another mistake. She then sells most of her clothes to pay off her debts. Meanwhile, Luke rejects the offer for his own magazine and opens up a new company, Brandon Communications.
Rebecca's sale is a success, making it possible for her to pay her debts. Rebecca then gives her payment to her credit collector Derek Smeath. Rebecca attends Suze's wedding, after reclaiming her bridesmaid dress from the woman who had gotten it from the store. Suze forgives her. Rebecca and Luke meet again, and Luke returns the green scarf after revealing that he was the person who had bought it as the auction. Rebecca ends up working for Luke's new magazine and being in a relationship with him.
Cast
- Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood
- Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon
- Krysten Ritter as Suze Cleath-Stuart
- John Goodman as Graham Bloomwood
- Joan Cusack as Jane Bloomwood
- John Lithgow as Edgar West
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Alette Naylor
- Leslie Bibb as Alicia Billington
- Robert Stanton as Derek Smeathe
- Lynn Redgrave as a Drunken Lady at Party
- Julie Hagerty as Haley
- Nick Cornish as Tarquin Cleath-Stuart
- Fred Armisen as Ryan Koenig
- Wendie Malick as Miss Korch
- John Salley as a D. Freak
- Tuomas Hiltunen as Janne Virtanen (Finnish man)
- Ed Helms as Garret E. Barton (uncredited)
- Stephanie March as department store manager (uncredited, deleted scenes)
Production
The film adapts the two books The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Abroad which in the United States were known as Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan respectively.[2] The film uses the novel's American title Confessions of a Shopaholic reinterpreting Rebecca as an American rather than English.
Filming took place in New York, Connecticut, and Florida from February to May 2008.[3][4] To change the ending to be more sympathetic to audiences during a time of recession, re-shoots took place in New York City on December 4 and 8, 2008.[5]
Production on the film also included creating a group of faux upscale brand stores at the base of the Hearst Tower. Present were brands such as Valentino, Anna Sui, Catherine Malandrino and Alberta Ferretti. Several of the costumes were from the collection of French couture designer Gilles Montezin.[6]
Reception
On its opening weekend without Presidents' Day, the film opened #4 behind Taken, He's Just Not That Into You, and Friday the 13th grossing $15,054,000 in 2,507 theaters with a $6,005 average.[7] As of May 22, 2009 the film grossed $44,277,350 at the domestic box office, while its worldwide box office is $106,904,619.[8]
Confessions of a Shopaholic has received generally negative reviews. As of March 6, 2009 the film holds an average score of 38, based on 30 reviews on the Web Site Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics.[9] On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a rating of 23%, based on 113 reviews with a consensus "This middling romantic comedy underutilizes a talented cast and delivers muddled messages on materialism and conspicuous consumption."[10]
Isla Fisher's performance generated good reviews and she was nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy at the Teen Choice Awards 2009, but she lost to Anne Hathaway for Bride Wars. The film itself was also nominated for Choice Movie: Romance but lost to Twilight.
Home media release
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 23, 2009 in North America [11] and in Australia on August 5, 2009.
Soundtrack
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The soundtrack of Confessions of a Shopaholic was released on February 17, 2009 under Hollywood Records.[13] However, an alternate tracklisting was posted on Tommy2.net on January 25, 2009.[14] In the alternate tracklisting, the Jonas Brothers and Adrienne Bailon also sing "Big Spender" instead of Girlicious, and the Pussycat Dolls sing "Bad Girl" instead of Rihanna feat.Chris Brown. In addition, Rick Ocasek is said to sing "Emotion In Motion" instead, and "Music Of The Sun" by Rihanna has been replaced by "Calling You" by Kat DeLuna. Shontelle sings Stuck With Each Other with Akon for the soundtrack, Lady Gaga's "Fashion" was also in the soundtrack.
| No. | Title | Performer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Accessory" | Jordyn Taylor | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Blue Jeans" | Jessie James and the Odd Balls | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Uncontrollable" | Adrienne Bailon and the Jonas Brothers | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Calling You" | Kat DeLuna | 3:20 |
| 6. | "Stuck With Each Other" | Akon, Shontelle | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Unstoppable" | Kat DeLuna | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Big Spender" | Bailon | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Bad Girl" | The Pussycat Dolls | 2:27 |
| 10. | "Again" | Natasha Bedingfield | 3:57 |
| 11. | "Takes Time To Love" | Trey Songz | 2:45 |
| 12. | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Greg Laswell | 2:37 |
| 13. | "Don't Forget Me" | Macy Gray | 2:37 |
| 14. | "Shopaholic Suite" | James Newton Howard | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 46:44 | ||
References
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=confessionsofashopaholic.htm
- ^ "Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) - Full Cast & Crew". Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ Borys Kit (March 12, 2008). "Five more for Shopaholic". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) - Box office / business". Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Luxury Shame". Newsweek. December 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Fashion Week - I met Gilles Montezin!". The Clothes Coach. February 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
{{cite news}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "Weekend Box Office for February 13-15, 2009". Box Office Mojo. February 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)". The Numbers. 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ "Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)". IGN. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Shopaholic-Isla-Fisher/dp/B001Y8DJVE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252410090&sr=1-1
- ^ "Okay Player review". Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Confessions of a Shopaholic". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ "Tommy2.Net". January 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12.