HOME
MOVIES
TV Shows
In Theatres
SEARCH
FRESH
QUEUE
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
MOVIE IS
romantic
cinematic
american
original
Close Video
watch now
Reviews
similar movies
cast & crew
tags
41 %
25 %
Rotten
$ 108 Million
See Where to Watch
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Positive Reviews
31
Negative reviews
31
Average Rating
2.6
/5
romantic
cinematic
american
original
All
Positive
Negative
2.8
But at 112 minutes, the film overstays its welcome, and its attempts to eke pathos out of this superficial silliness are more laughable than any of it ..
Av Club
4.5
If theres one dance that should have caught on in the swinging 1960s, its Radioactive Flesh from Simon of the Desert.
Austin Chronicle
2.5
Escapism has never been bound by the strictures of good taste, and a chastening comedy about the catastrophic results of unbridled spending could be j ..
Austin Chronicle
2.5
This is a fabulous alternative reality: editors of fashion magazines drop everything to take rookies shopping and even the debt collector has a sense ..
Time Out
2.0
Confessions Of A Shopaholic, a bright, shiny bauble that serves as Isla Fishers debut as a leading lady, attempts to mitigate that conflict largely th ..
Screen Daily
3.1
Whether it does or not, I leave it to your experience of cinematic plotting to determine.
Rogerebert
1.5
A better, smarter movie could have let us forget modern troubles and lose ourselves in this candy colored world, but Shopaholic has too many comedic d ..
Cinema Blend
2.5
I didnt much like Shopaholic, but, boy, did Fisher make me laugh.
Philly
2.5
As the American Psychiatric Association debates whether compulsive shopping is a legitimate disorder worthy of inclusion in the upcoming DSM V, Disney ..
Village Voice
1.5
Not only was this chick flick not funny, but it was pointless, phony and a drudge to watch at the overlong 100 minutes for such slight sitcom material ..
Sover
1.3
This brainless chick flick reinforces the worst female stereotypes.
Usa Today
1.2
Isla Fisher, who has given winning performances in films like Wedding Crashers, is genuinely talented and deserves better than this.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
His immediate boss, Ryan Koenig (FRED ARMISEN), isnt crazy about him, but Luke has a faithful administrative assistant in Hayley (JULIE HAGERTY), and ..
Screen It
2.5
Confessions is no more than a painless time waster. But the beguiling Fisher is well worth the investment.
Rolling Stone
1.0
The latest installment in Soul Jazz Records Boombox series, tracing the evolution of recorded rap in the late 70s and early 80s, provides us with the ..
Pop Matters
2.0
The View London Review Confessions Of A Shopaholic London Premiere out ofstarsRunning time:minsConfessions of a Shopaholic is based on the popular ser ..
View London
2.2
Isla Fisher is such a bundle of comic energy that watching her spin her wheels in the aggressively unfunny Confessions of a Shopaholic counts as cruel ..
Cs Monitor
4.0
Shopping makes Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) feel warm and fuzzy, like the world is a better place.But then it isnt a better place.
Film Journal
3.1
It is its own contradiction: a film about confessions in which nothing much is confessed.
Boston
4.0
The film may dutifully make its way through every romantic comedy trope there is, but it never loses its sense of identity thanks to Hogans handling o ..
Mountain X
2.5
A whimsical film about the fables and foibles of a spirited girl whos obsessive about shopping may be the wrong film at the wrong time.
Emanuellevy
1.0
Though the heroine attends meetings of Shopaholics Anonymous (a real organisation), this is a film that wants to have its cake and eat it, or mock its ..
Guardian
2.0
Its by the numbers stuff, but all so silly and goofy you cant take offence.
Guardian
2.5
Multiple varieties of cuttlefish dominate the latest IMAX movie from the makers of Deep Sea 3D and Into the Deep 3D.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
A mans man would certainly emit quite a few low, heartfelt growls were he forced to sit through the entirety of Confessions Of A Shopaholic, a shrill, ..
Daily Mail
4.2
Breathless and petite yet powerfully in your face, Fisher combines dizzy femininity and no nonsense verve in the manner of a classic screwball heroine ..
Ew
3.5
If you have an older Salon account, please enter your username and password below: No problem!
Salon
2.0
Advertisement Fishers wide eyed charm and faintly Lucille Ball esque gift for slapstick elevate the movie, barely, into watchable territory.
Slate
3.0
Its hardly suspenseful stuff, but the sassy New York shopper angle should keep Sex And The City fans happy without patronising them quite so cynically ..
Empire
1.2
The real issue any half brained person should have with this movie is thats its dull and unfunny.
Movies
1.3
It has moments of fizz and fun as it teeters to the inevitable happy ending.
Sf Gate
1.3
Even if it was a streamlined gem of rom com scripting rather than a deformed, malnourished snoozer propped up by the adorable (but not, it turns out, ..
Slant Magazine
2.0
Confessions Of A Shopaholic does nothing to change that and even adorable blithe spirit Isla Fisher cant overcome the idiocies of this script.
Express
2.5
This oddball step into flights of horrific fancy notwithstanding, the film is a lightweight, cotton candy confection with too much sugar and not enoug ..
The Movie Boy
3.0
Much like its cinematic stepsister, The Devil Wears Prada, Confessions of a Shopaholic also succeeds thanks to a clever script, which isnt consistentl ..
Bullz-Eye
2.8
Goodman is a blue collar dad with heart but Cusack cannot resist a tendency to mug.
Reeling Reviews
2.0
Instead it offers only hollow redemption for its main character, and leaves the audience with the disquieting feeling that maybe shopping really is th ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
So it really is based on gameplay skill, rather than choosing the best most powerful in game character.
Total Film
3.0
Clearly this is more fantasy now than ever and thats probably all good.
Hollywood
3.5
The journey is not excruciating, not if audiences go in knowing its a chick flick with little originality and predictable laughs.
Seattle Pi
3.5
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach.
Tony Medley
2.2
Confusions of a Shopaholic would be a more accurate title for this garish romantic comedy that wants to have its thematic cake and eat it to when it c ..
Coles Mithey
1.9
Hollywood likes nothing more than having its cake and eating it too, which explains the confusions of P.J. Hogans Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Groucho Reviews
2.5
The movie recovers for an effective climax based around a stirring speech that Bud delivers before a worldwide audience, and while the conclusion that ..
Reel Film
3.0
an exceedingly safe movie, which can serve as entertainment for the first date crowd or the couple who has been happily married for years
7M Pictures
2.5
Its hard to believe this script was the end result of the labour of a trio of screenwriters and came from the same Aussie director who charmed us with ..
The Star
2.0
This fabricates a veil of make believe and the stakes are never high enough.
Urban Cine File
4.0
THE VERDICT This rival to the other chick flick of the moment, Hes Just Not That Into You, is a fabulously frothy and fun fashion film.Its the ideal r ..
Mirror
1.0
Totally bereft of laughs, drama and chemistry between the leads, the movie is so nausea inducing that it belongs in a sub genre of its own the vomcom.
Digital Spy
1.3
UNTIL this week I was an Isla Fisher aholic, but Im getting better thanks to Confessions of a Shopaholic, a Devil Wears Prada for Chicos customers.Lig ..
New York Post
2.0
Now Fisher is a good physical comedian, but gee, could anyone be this dumb
Abc
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
1.0
The problem is not the timing of its release; its the movies comic timing and its complete lack thereof thats the killer.Print This Post
Hollywood And Fine
2.0
SOAP BUBBLE Corries Angie dark past will be explored reveals Victoria Ekanoye shes alive Emmerdale shock as Rebecca is alive as shes bound and gagged ..
The Sun
1.8
A razor sharp actress with clear gifts for comedy of all shapes and sizes, Fisher is the lone sparkly spot of the picture, whirling through the film a ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.3
Both children and adults will be dazzled by the eye popping visuals, especially in 3 D.
Nyc Movie Guru
1.3
Unfortunately, Fisher doesnt have the same great material as Lucille Ball.
Waffle Movies
3.1
This enjoyable, if sometimes uneven, denouncement of consumerism run amok is clearly Fishers show.
Js Online
2.0
Financially carefree New Yorker Rebecca Bloom (Fisher) doesnt just shop.
Sky
3.0
A cheapncheerless Legally Blonde meets The Devil Wears Prada knock off, this raises the odd girlie giggle but mainly made me want to claw my own face ..
Metro
5.0
When talk turns to the Bibles twin sin cities, top billing always goes to Sodom.
Wsj
2.0
Despite a script that lacks humour at some point, Fisher is a very watchable presence and keeps the film going during its slow points.
Fan The Fire Magazine
3.8
This screwball romantic comedy is very funny.The screenplay has witty observations, clever sight gags (motion capture store window mannequins) and mad ..
Entertainment Spectrum
2.0
Even by genre standards it botches everything.But put the perfect star in it and its fine.
Can Mag
3.0
Confessions manages to be a cute timer killer and a timely wish fulfillment fantasy.
Orlando Sentinel
1.0
Tell you what, theres never been an era in which this movie wouldnt suck.From the endless shopping montages to the lame, bad bridesmaid dress humor to ..
Richard Roeper
5.0
The article requested cannot be found!.Please refresh your browser or go back.
Ny Press
3.5
There is nothing particularly original or surprising about the way this film develops, but its light hearted anti consumerist message is sincere and i ..
Cinema Autopsy
3.5
But put aside what its about, forget trying to interpret the message, and just take Confessions of a Shopaholic for what it is a goofy, likeable enoug ..
Showbiz Junkies
3.0
Confessions of a Shopaholic is about as fresh as that shop worn metaphor.
Knight At The Movies
3.5
But you are a more forgiving soul than I if you are still laughing at it the third or fourth time around.
Tnr
3.0
Confession #4: I have a bit of a soft spot for a well made romantic comedy.Hollywood churns out more awful romantic comedies than any other genre, and ..
Quick Flix
See Where to Watch
Confessions of a Shopaholic