Based on Sophie Kinsella's bestselling novels, Confessions of a s Shopaholic is about a journalist,
Rebecca Bloomwood, who is addicted to shopping, Considering today's economy, this is either the best time for a movie about someone who buys too many clothes, or the worst. Certainly, when people are losing their jobs, it is more difficult to sympathize with a character whose big problem is that she can't resist buying shoes. However, Isla Fisher's interpretation of Rebecca is charming enough to overcome this problem. As with The Devil Wears Prada, the anti-consumerist moral is this film is subverted by images of Rebecca in various designer clothe. But it is good fun, with some genuinely hilarious moments, and that is all it intends to be