If she gets a job there, he says, she may work herself up the ladder to her dream job. She gets there too late for one job with Alette, but the male receptionist tells her about a job opening at another of the company’s magazines, Successful Savings, a business publication. Rebecca is dying to write for Alette, who runs Rebecca’s favorite fashion magazine. Content:ĬONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC is a sometimes hilarious, warm and charming comedy about a young woman addicted to credit cards who just can’t say no to a sale.īased on the novels by Sophie Kinsela, the movie stars Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood, a young journalist in Manhattan who is running up credit card bills because she can’t stop buying things. And, it is implied that Rebecca’s roommate is sleeping with her fiancé. The movie also has plenty of mostly light foul language. There is only one visual reference to God, however. The good news is that the truth does come out, and Rebecca changes her ways, with the help of a recovery group. You want her to succeed, despite her shopping addiction and lying to cover it up. Rebecca’s problem is further complicated by the fact that she and Luke are falling in love.ĬONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC has several hilarious scenes. A series of compulsive lies gets her out of trouble, but it’s only a matter of time before Luke finds out. One creditor is trying to track Rebecca down. She writes the column under a pseudonym, because she’s afraid she’ll get fired if Luke finds out she can’t manage her own finances.

Rebecca accidentally gets a job writing an informal business column for a business magazine and its young editor, Luke. CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC stars Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood, a young journalist in Manhattan who can’t stop shopping and using her credit cards.

Confessions of a shopaholic series