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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   12,087 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tracey Jackson (screenplay) and
Tim Firth (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
13 February 2009 (USA) more
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All she ever wanted was a little credit... more
Plot:
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Reviews:
It's 104 minutes long, but it felt like it was three times longer than Lawrence of Arabia. more (84 total)

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Also Known As:
Loca por las compras (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Шопоголик (Russia) [ru]
Bájecný svet shopaholiku (Czech Republic) [cs]
Bir alisveriskoligin itiraflari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Confesiones de una compradora compulsiva (Spain) [es]
Confessions d'une accro au shopping (France) [fr]
Confessions d'une accro du shopping (France) [fr]
Egy boltkóros naplója (Hungary) [hu]
En shopaholics bekännelser (Sweden) [sv]
En shopoholikers bekjennelser (Norway) [no]
Himoshoppaajan salaiset unelmat (Finland) [fi]
I Love Shopping (Italy) [it]
Louca por Compras (Portugal) [pt]
Ma dau in vant dupa cumparaturi (Romania) [ro]
Os Delírios de Consumo de Becky Bloom (Brazil) [pt]
Ostuhullu pihtimused (Estonia) [et]
Psonizo ara yparho (Greece) [el]
Shopaholic - Die Schnäppchenjägerin (Germany) [de]
Spoved' nákupnej maniacky (Slovakia) [sk]
Tajni snovi jedne sopingholicarke (Croatia) [hr]
Wyznania zakupoholiczki (Poland) [pl]
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Rated PG for some mild language and thematic elements.
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104 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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When Rebecca returns from Miami to New York and takes a cab through time square many of the billboards contain ads for other Jerry Bruckheimer productions, including "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), G-Force (2009) and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Suze and Rebecca are going over credit card statements, Suze asks Rebecca how she's going to pay off "16 thousand, TWELVE hundred, 62 dollars, and 72 cents" without a job. more
Quotes:
Rebecca Bloomwood: A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn't fit, you can't exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags... oh yes... oh yes. more
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References "Batman" (1966) more
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Unstoppable more

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13 out of 22 people found the following review useful.
It's 104 minutes long, but it felt like it was three times longer than Lawrence of Arabia., 13 July 2009
2/10
Author: Jimmy Hamilton from United States

Yeah, it really did feel like it was that long. I kept squirming in my seat and nodding off. I kept checking the time on my DVD player and kept sighing in disbelief.

For starters, this film is just plain boring. Everything about it bored me: the recycled plot devices, the uninteresting characters, the unimaginative dialogue, the clichéd scenarios, everything. It was just extremely un-enjoyable (I know that's not a word but it's the best way I can describe this movie).

I kept it from receiving a one star rating because you can tell the actors/actresses are trying really hard to make the film at least watchable. Sadly, we are let down and it's not their fault.

It's really just got a dumb plot as well: a working class girl keep spending and can't stop and end up being in debt. There's really more to that than just that sentence, but I don't want to bore you.

What's really embarrassing (and yet subtly intriguing) is that Entertainment Weekly's film critic Owen Gleiberman gave this film an A- rating. That puzzles me because I really couldn't see how he could give this movie that much praise and give so many others such crap (I won't name the titles for the sake of argument).

Oh, and by the way, I wasn't dissing on "Lawrence of Arabia" in my summary. That's actually one of my favorite movies. I was just comparing lengths. I could watch "Lawrence of Arabia" over and over again whereas it would take me hours just to watch "Confessions of a Shopaholic" because I would have to keep pausing and getting up to do something else for a little while then reluctantly returning to my seat to finish watching. No one should feel like that.

Bottom line: movies about clothes suck (The Devil Wears Prada, Confessions of a Shopaholic, etc.).

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Becky should thank the debt collector reiyi
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That Green Scarf should be Wrapped Around Becky's Neck sandyconnolly247
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