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It's clear that without director
Hogan, Confessions of a Shopaholic would be intolerable. The man behind
Muriel's Wedding and Peter Pan takes what should be a shrill, overly
saccharine combination of Legally Blonde and Sex and the City and turns
it into a likable, if ultimately lightweight romp. Fisher is like that
lonely little puppy in the pet store window. She whimpers and whelps,
wags her cute little tail and puts on the "adopt me" face better than a
barnyard full of Marleys. By the movie's end, you can't help but
identify with her anguish and relish in her joy. The script also does a
wonderful job of explaining the character's compulsion to buy. During a
scene with a support group, her speech is so inspiring she sends her
fellow sale obsessives into complete relapse.
It's a shame then that so much of Confessions falls flat. Fisher may be
a gifted physical comedian, but the slapstick here is stiff and
unimaginative. Even worse, her wide-eyed, whimsical look at everything
around her grows grating at times. Apparently, Rebecca is one of the
few people in the world that can reduce even the most complex problem
down to a shoe analogy. wow
Supporting this sporadic
entertainment are lost-in-the- trenches talents
like Thomas, Dancy, John Lithgow (as a far-thinking publisher), plus
John Goodman and Joan Cusack (as Rebecca's regressive parents). They
attempt to add sparkle to a movie already drenched in far too many
unrealistic narrative rhinestones.
Yet
just like that cute-as-a-button mutt you can't pass up, Confessions of a Shopaholic
eventually steals your heart, though you feel incredibly guilty for
buying into the pap, and recognize almost immediately when the
narrative starts spilling over into full blown manipulation......Reviews
