Confessions of a shopaholic

*why i watched the movie*:

A girl sometimes feels the need to watch what we generally term as "chick flicks". Why? Probably because it's an unexplainable girl thing. Some girls prefer to only watch chick flicks all the time, whereas some like watching a wide range of cinema and sometimes lean toward the "wanting to watch a chick flick" feeling at some point of time. I think, rather, i do believe that i fall in the latter category!

So, some day on some busy week, when my friend and I felt like going through a chick flick, we decided to check out the newest one of the time "Confessions of a shopaholic".

*what i felt about the movie*:

I went into the movie hall hoping to be shown a movie that is a complete pink frilled comedy cum uplifting chick movie. Was it? To some little extent, perhaps.

As the name suggests (this movie was based on a book by the same name by the way!), anyway, as the name suggests, the movie is about a young female journalist (it's a wonder that most of us would assume that the lead "shopaholic" is a woman, it "could" have been a man, i'm sure there do exist some men shoppers who could go overboard!) who shops not just for pleasure but for needless need.

The only good show point of the movie i think was the lead actress "Isla Fisher". She was cute and played the role of a "young working girl" cum "fashionista in debt" well.

However, the story as such was'nt exactly a rewarding experience. Most chick flicks are just fun and random themes, however Confessions was more of a let down as a chick flick. It had it's funny moments here and there but on the whole, it was, just was.

The story goes: young female journalist shops alot, loves stores, can't not buy nice, new, good, expensive clothes and accessories, splurges almost all the time, sometimes even *lusts* for new clothes, gets into debt, looses job, by chance gets offered another job in a magazine called "Successful Saving" which is part of a publication group that also owns a high profile fashion magazine, so young female shopaholic accepts job at Succesful Savings so that she can maybe anyway move to the fashion magazine as a writer; while in Succesful Savings, falls for boss whilst trying to evade the Debt collector who keeps cropping up every now and again. I'm sure by now you'd have guessed the ending. A big misunderstanding, pleadings for forgiveness and anyway landing up with the boss was how it ended.

The story is predictable and pink. I'm not entirely saying that it was a waste of a movie. It was OK for the moment's fun.

It's surely not a "must-watch" though.

Fashion followers could probably love the movie for the clothes, although i don't think all the clothes showcased were coolly amazing either.

But the movie did get me thinking. It got me thinking to what extent i myself may be a shopper who craves for fine taste myself, to be honest, i don't shop alot, but when i do walk by a store, i can't help looking at the window displays wondering if i should buy / not buy. Most women are like that i reckon! The one part of the movie that any girl would probably relate well too is the part where Isla Fisher craves to shop and can't stop. It's hard to curb what you like doing best after all, ain't it? But, we all ain't shopaholics...that's why they made a story on her and not us!

The general feeling after the movie ended wasn't the usual "how cute" after a chick flick is over, it was more of the, "oh ok, well, yeah ok".

The audience here probably wouldn't take to the story 100% for other reasons. India is a country of savings. For sure, we do buy alot, individually and as families. However, a young working "fashionista for fun" based out of New York would probably know to a larger level and feel more from this movie what it tries to tell.

Entertainment wise, the moment of watching was reasonably OK. I wouldn't think of this movie a second time and let's just end this by saying that if i saw it playing on home TV again, i'd give it a pass unless i was very deep in one of them "chick flick" moods. Very deep. Otherwise, pass...

I think i'll stay off the chick flick mode for a while. A while that's longer than short...