Shopaholic - the bargain hunter
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| German title | Shopaholic - the bargain hunter |
| Original title | Confessions of a Shopaholic |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
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| Director | PJ Hogan |
| script |
Tim Firth Tracey Jackson |
| production | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| music | James Newton Howard |
| camera | Jo Willems |
| cut | William Goldenberg |
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Shopaholic - The bargain hunter (Original title: Confessions of a Shopaholic ) is a romantic comedy film by the director PJ Hogan from 2009. The film is based on two novels, The bargain hunter and Almost free , by Sophie Kinsella . Isla Fisher , Hugh Dancy and Krysten Ritter play the leading roles . Other roles include: a. See John Goodman , Lynn Redgrave and Joan Cusack .
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Rebecca Bloomwood started out working as a journalist for a gardening magazine; it essentially copies the information from press releases. She doesn't feel comfortable in her job and finds distraction from long shopping trips. She is downright obsessed with buying things, and the greater the shock when she receives a warning that she has overdrawn all of her credit cards by several thousand dollars. Rebecca quickly suppresses this and ignores her debts on further shopping trips. It only becomes really problematic when Rebecca learns that the magazine she works for has been closed and that her job has been terminated without notice. She then took the chance to apply to the fashion magazine Allette . On the way to the interview, she buys a green scarf from the fictional Denny & George brand . She only experiences the nasty surprise when she realizes in the building in Dantay-West , where the offices of Alette are among others, that the position she wanted has already been internally assigned to Alicia Billington.
Out of sympathy, the doorman advises Rebecca to apply to the business magazine Successful Saving - also a magazine of the Dantay West Group - in order to use it as a springboard so that in the end she can get the long-awaited job at Alette. She is promptly in an interview with Luke Brandon, the editor of the magazine. This conversation, however, is doomed to failure mainly by Rebecca's ignorance of the financial world and hair-raising attempts at explanations.
Disappointed with the failure, Rebecca and her best friend Suze Cleath-Stuart write two letters. In one, the protagonist Alette Naylor wants to convince her of her talent as a journalist with an article about shoes, in the hope of getting a job at the fashion magazine after all. The second letter is to Luke Brandon, in which Rebecca lets out her anger at the editor. Due to the alcohol level caused by the tequila that Suze and Rebecca drank while adding up Rebecca's debts, a devastating misunderstanding ensues. The letter originally addressed to Alette is in the envelope addressed to Luke Brandon, and vice versa. This exchange is only noticed when the enthusiastic editor calls Rebecca to offer her the job at Succesfull Saving .
At the second attempt, Rebecca Bloomwood finally manages to make a name for herself with a striking article as "The Woman in the Green Scarf". She gets a permanent column in which she gives advice on a topic that causes problems for herself: dealing with money. Since she does not balance her credit cards, but continues to shop, she continues to receive reminders. The employee of the bank is also trying persistently to contact them by phone and get them to settle the claims. However, she keeps getting rid of him and invents - sometimes hair-raising - excuses. Her roommate and best friend Suze is worried and sends her to the self-help group "The anonymous Shopaholics", but without success. Once again, Rebecca suppresses her financial problems and is very excited about the escape route her boss offers her: He takes her to Miami to introduce her to some important people. There she gets to know him from a new side. After a shopping tour together and a cheerful evening, they meet Alicia, who greets Luke with a kiss. Rebecca is offended, but tries not to let it show. She pulls out with an excuse. Later, however, Luke confesses to her that he thinks she is special and that he likes her very much, after all he kisses her.
Indulging in happiness, Rebecca runs into Derek Smeath the next morning. She told everyone that it was her ex-boyfriend who was constantly harassing her to explain why she didn't answer his constant calls to the office. In truth, however, he is a sales representative for a debt collection agency who persistently tries to contact her to collect her debts. The meeting is currently without any obvious consequences - except that he now knows what she looks like.
For her TV appearance on a talk show as "The Woman with the Green Scarf" Rebecca buys a new dress again. But at her next meeting of the self-help group, she is forced to donate it, together with the bridesmaid dress for Suze's upcoming wedding, to a thrift store. She manages to negotiate a dress and decides against the bridesmaid dress. In the show itself, Smeath sits in the audience and explains in front of the camera that Rebecca is deeply in debt. Luke, who then takes sides for Rebecca and - due to Rebecca's earlier false claims - portrays Smeath as her stalking ex-boyfriend Derek, after another verbal exchange with Smeath realizes that she lied. In public humiliation, Rebecca now has to listen to a lecture from Luke, who has lost confidence in her. All of her lies that she has spun over the months are now exposed, and when Suze sees a woman walking around in the street wearing a bridesmaid dress, she reacts completely dissolved and leaves her 'Bex' outside. Now she has no one anymore. While Suze flees to her parents, Rebecca also moves to her parents. Her father is ready to sell his beloved motorhome to pay off her debts. Luke has resigned and learns from Alicia that the editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Bloomswood wants to recruit as an editor. Although Rebecca is happy at first, she declines this offer with thanks. Instead, she rushes to her support group and organizes a sale with them of the clothes and shoes she had been hoarding over the years. She has now realized that there is more to her life than just clothing. Even her green scarf, which served as her trademark, is being auctioned. With the proceeds she can pay her debts, which she does with small change stowed in various jars. At Suzes wedding she shows up with her bridesmaid dress, which she was able to swap from the woman. The two friends make up again.
On her way home after the wedding, Rebecca walks past a fashion store, and although the mannequins tempt her to buy something, she eventually resists the temptation. As she walks proud of herself and happily along the shop window, Luke suddenly appears in front of her. He gives her the green scarf back and confesses that he sent someone to buy the scarf for him. In the credits, Rebecca says that she works in Luke's new magazine and has given up shopping. She is now with him and enjoys the free time she now has for other things without her shopping trips.
Reviews
"It is extremely good for the film and its capricious heroine that they are not ashamed of their superficiality for a second, but instead excessively celebrate the beautiful appearance."
"Kindred spirits can be found in this funny world of consumer viruses and romantic antidotes, in which many women recognize each other emotionally and in Isla Fisher (' The Wedding Crashers ') they can discover a sympathetic figure with humor and heart."
“One part of the film deals surprisingly seriously with the phenomenon of shopping addiction . The other part, Rebecca's flirtation with her boss, is a fairy tale tailored for young women. However, when trying to combine the two in a more fluid story, director PJ Hogan ( ' My Best Friend 's Wedding ') doesn't succeed . [...] After all, the actors are personable. "
"Entertaining romantic comedy, largely carried by the talented leading actress, which of course relies too much on simple slapstick humor instead of exhausting the satirical potential of the material."
Others
The trailer begins with the song Disturbia by Rihanna . Rihanna also uses the song Music of the sun .
There are two German synchronizations in total. The first synchronization was still used in the trailer, which was no longer available on the DVD. In addition, some sentences were completely changed or completely omitted during the second synchronization.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film has been available since March 13th. It includes 14 titles by different artists. Among other act The Pussycat Dolls (Bad Girl) and Natasha Bedingfield (Again) and Lady Gaga (Fashion) with a well-known and successful artists.
- title
- "Accessory" ( Jordyn Taylor )
- "Fashion" ( Lady Gaga )
- "Blue Jeans" ( Jessie James and the Odd Balls)
- "Uncontrollable" ( Adrienne Bailon )
- "Calling You" ( Kat DeLuna )
- "Stuck With Each Other" ( Akon and Shontelle )
- "Unstoppable" ( Kat DeLuna )
- "Big Spender" ( Adrienne Bailon )
- "Bad Girl" ( The Pussycat Dolls )
- "Again" ( Natasha Bedingfield )
- "Takes Time To Love" ( Trey Songz )
- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" ( Greg Laswell )
- "Don't Forget Me" ( Macy Gray )
- "Shopaholic Suite (Score)" ( James Newton Howard )
Web links
- Shopaholic - Confessions of a Shopaholic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Shopaholic - The bargain hunter at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for shopaholic - The bargain hunter . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 004 K).
- ↑ Age rating for shopaholic - The bargain hunter . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Focus: Film
- ↑ Cinema.de
- ^ Shopaholic - The bargain hunter in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 14, 2012