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Synopsis. Rebecca "Becky" Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a hardcore shopping addict who lives in New York City with her best friend Suze (Krysten Ritter). She works as a journalist for a gardening magazine but dreams of joining the fashion magazine Alette. On the way to an interview with Alette, she buys a green scarf.
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Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a shopping addict who lives with her best friend Suze (Krysten Ritter). She works as a journalist for a gardening magazine but dreams to join the fashion magazine Alette. On the way to an interview with Alette, she buys a green scarf. Her credit card is declined, so Rebecca goes to a hot dog stand and offers to buy all the hot dogs with a check, if the seller gives her back change in cash, saying the scarf is to be a gift for her sick aunt. The hot dog vendor refuses but a man offers her $20.
When Rebecca arrives at the interview, she's told that the position has been filled by Alicia Billington. However, the receptionist tells her there is an open position with the magazine Successful Saving, explaining how getting a job at Successful Savings could eventually lead to a position at Alette magazine. Rebecca interviews with Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy), the editor of Successful Savings and the man who just gave her the $20. She hides her scarf outside his office, but Luke's assistant comes into the office and gives it back to her. Rebecca knows the game is up and leaves.
That evening, drunk, she and Suze write letters to Alette and Successful Saving, but she mails each to the wrong magazine. Luke likes the letter she meant to send to Alette and hires her. Rather than completing a work assignment for a new column, Rebecca goes to a clothing sale. While inspecting a cashmere coat she has just purchased, she realizes it is not 100% cashmere and she has been duped. This gives her an idea for the column, which she writes under the name "The Girl in the Green Scarf" and is an instant success.
Rebecca later returns home to renewed confrontations with her debt collector, so Suze makes her attend Shopaholics Anonymous. The group leader, Miss Korch (Wendie Malick), forces Rebecca to donate all the clothes she just bought, including a bridesmaid's dress for Suze's wedding and a dress for a TV interview. After the meeting Rebecca can't afford to buy back both and buys back the interview dress. During the interview, Rebecca is accused of not paying her debts and loses her job. Suze is angry when she finds out that Rebecca lost the bridesmaid dress. Alette offers Rebecca a position at the magazine, but Rebecca declines. She sells most of her clothes to pay her debts, including the green scarf. Meanwhile, Luke starts a new company, Brandon Communications.
•Becky is from England in the novel, but in the film she is from America. The first novel is set in London and the second in New York; the film is set predominantly in New York.
•In the books, pounds and pence are used since the book is set in the United Kingdom. In the movie, since it's set in New York City of the United States of America, they use dollars and cents.
•Becky is a brunette in the books and people can relate to her like a best friend. In the film, she is a redhead and starts off very shallow, but grows into a sensible caring person.
•In the novel, Becky's parents do not wipe out their retirement money on an RV. Instead, they tell Becky to shape up and save her money by cutting back on her spending sprees or make more money.
•In the novels, Suze and Tarquin are cousins who gradually proceed to date, and Becky is the only bridesmaid. In the film, Suze and Tarquin are dating seriously, appearing in the same bed together and there are multiple bridesmaids.
•In the novels, Luke proposes to Becky at Suze and Tarquin's wedding.
Nov 14, 2023 · Plot Summary of ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’. In ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’, we meet Rebecca Bloomwood, a young journalist with a serious shopping addiction. Despite her mounting debt, she finds herself unable to resist the allure of designer fashion and extravagant purchases.
Confessions of a Shopaholic: Directed by P.J. Hogan. With Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack. 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.
- P.J. Hogan
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Feb 5, 2009 · Overview. In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping - a little too good, perhaps.
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Confessions of a Shopaholic. This story is about a woman addicted to shopping who learns there is more to life that buying things. Isla Fisher plays the lead character of Rebecca who is addicted to shopping.
Feb 6, 2009 · Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 1 h 44 m. Summary In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping—a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door—until ironically, she snags a job as an advice ...
