Very well executed

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I wanted to like this movie, I really did, but for all the big names, it screams low budget. The underlying concept of addiction is what I fell for. I like the serendipitous elements, like she ends up working for "Successful Savings" by accident and manages to find a niche (and a handsome boss who falls for her), but I couldn't get into it. There are scenes that I can't even watch just because they're boring or pointless, namely the dinner and ball scenes. I think it's more the quality than the story line. Addiction to anything is a serious illness that can bleed into all areas of your life. They covered that well, but the acting comes across as fake and it's not even realistic. Yes, I get that it's a movie, and not meant to be real-life, but still. Even if they wanted to use big name actors, the quality makes it seem fake and corny rather than something people actually struggle with.

I have just seen this movie a few days ago, but I had to turn it off at the half of the film... Howewer I like Isla Fisher, her character was incredibly annoying. Oh and the "unexpectable twists" in the movie... my god... she "accidentaly" found herself in a position, where she has to give financial advises, which is the opponent to her lifestyle and her first article was a big success, however she didn't know a single word according to that topic and when she slapped in the face that Finnish or Swedish (i don't really remember, some nordic national) guy, and "fortunately" it meant something good... Yes these cases were totally realistic, why not, they can happen in real life. So after those parts I turned the film off. Plus the main character was all the time giggling and cackling and overplayed her role such as her best friend. Needless to say, I don't recommend it.

It was obvious from the title this would be a chick flick, I didn't realise it was based on British books, so the Americanisation was obvious as well, I just decided to watch it and see what it would be like because the premise sounded alright to me, from director P.J. Hogan (Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding, Peter Pan). Basically in New York young Rebecca Bloomwood (Definitely, Maybe's Isla Fisher) has an obsession for shopping, especially for the latest bargains and fashionable clothes, outfits, accessories and garments, and due to all this addictive buying she in deep debt with unpaid credit card purchases. When she loses the source of her income she is forced into trying to get a job as a journalist, while she battles to control her shopping habits, and after a seemingly unsuccessful interview with financial magazine Successful Saving editor Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) and writing him a drunken insulting letter she unintentionally lands herself a job as writer for his magazine. Luke wants Rebecca to write an article based on how to save money, she fails on her first attempt to do this because she cheated using another book, but her second article using simple language and metaphors, based on her experiences of shopping, this article becomes successful. Soon enough, with the pseudonym "The Green in the Green Scarf", she becomes a successful journalist for the magazine, and is introduced to the big names of the finance and shopping industries, but she has to try and get away from debt collector Derek Smeath (Robert Stanton), she gets him away from her by saying he is an ex-boyfriend stalking her. As time goes by and they spend more time with each other, in interviews and elsewhere, Rebecca and Luke are falling in love, but she is still obsessively shopping, and not completely paying attention to her "shopaholics anonymous" group sessions, and her best friend Suze Cleath-Stewart (Krysten Ritter) has chosen her to be her bridesmaid for her wedding. Eventually everyone finds out about Rebecca's shopping habits when Smeath is on live television reading all her debts that she hasn't paid, and she lost the bridesmaid dress she needed which angers Suze, and offered a job with her dream company Alette, she declines. Rebecca sells off all her clothes that she had been hiding to pay off her debts, she gets back her bridesmaid dress, Luke starts new company Brandon Communications, she attends Suze's wedding which goes well, and Luke shows up to give Rebecca back her green scarf and they embrace their feelings. Also starring Joan Cusack as Jane Bloomwood, John Goodman as Graham Bloomwood, John Lithgow as Edgar West, Kristin Scott Thomas as Alette Naylor, Leslie Bibb as Alicia Billington, Fred Armisen as Ryan Koenig, Airplane!'s Julie Hagerty as Hayley, Lynn Redgrave as Drunken Lady at Ball, The Cabin in the Woods's Kristen Connolly as Girl in Pink and The Hangover's Ed Helms as Garret E. Barton. Fisher is suitably for the role of the girly girl with an obsession for quality fashion when bargains are on and has no thought for how much she is spending and feels the need to have almost everything in a store, Marsden is alright as her English love interest, I can agree with the two stars out of five the critics give, because the story is a bit predictable, the character personalities are annoying and obvious, the love story is mushy, and overall it just feels dull, a slightly disappointing romantic comedy. Okay!

The main character Rebecca proved to be one of those people most despise. Selfish, self absorbed, annoying, inconsiderate, wasteful and idiotic. She lies and doesn't apply herself to her work...yet is in debt. So yes that is just the lead character lets get into it a bit more...boring, irritating and dull. I honestly could not see the funny side to the movie, i picked up on Rebecca's obviously forced clumsiness though. Okay so yeah this film is meant to be a bit of lighthearted fun but all i saw was a spoilt brat after a wealthy entrepreneur. I think you get the idea, i hate the film...well the half i watched. I think i'll stick to 'A Clockwork Orange' 'Shawshank redemption' and 'The Butterfly Effect'.