Chick flick confesses humor, illustrates pitfalls of debt
Posted by The Skyliner on February 18th, 2009Kyra Alexander
Staff Writer
Ever wonder how shopaholics came to be? Well the new movie, that came out Friday Feb. 13, Confessions of a Shopaholic, explains it all and more.
Be ready for lots of laughs. There are some slow parts in this movie but it all ends up like in a fairy tale, a happy ending. This is definitely a chick flick but could also be called a romantic comedy. Most reviews are giving it a C.
It begins with the star of the movie, Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher), a sweet and charming journalist from New York. The first scene is Rebecca as a child wanting to buy what the other girls bought, the shiniest shoes. However, her mother is a sale shopper and does not understand why she wants the expensive shoes instead of sensible ones.
She vows that day to have lots of money and to spend it all on the latest fashions. We find out then that she has an addiction: shopping. You watch as she goes deeper and deeper into debt.
On her way to an interview for her dream job at Alette, a famous fashion magazine, she sees the perfect green scarf. Still in debt, she decides to buy it to complete her interview outfit.
Rebecca finds out that the job at Alette has been filled and ends up as an advisor columnist for a financial magazine that is with the same company. She thinks she can move her way to the top.
She starts her own column, “Girl in the Green Scarf.”
Who knew that this green scarf would take her to new heights? This column is about debt and helping ordinary people understand debt issues while comparing the issues to clothes. From this column she becomes a celebrity overnight. She even gets to be on television to discuss her success.
Even though her column helps a lot of people with their problems, she still cannot find her way out of debt. A debt collector is even threatening her but she always finds a way to avoid him.
Through all this she is threatening her love life with her boss, Luke, her job and her friendship with her best friend. In the end she must decide what is the most important thing in life. Is it her credit cards and clothes or her love and best friend?