Welcome to Movie Shortens. Follow us today to a 2009 American romantic comedy film called:
Confessions of a Shopaholic. Before we start, be aware there are spoilers!
The film opens with a little girl named Rebecca picking out shoes with her mother. Little Rebecca
receives a sturdy pair of simple brown shoes. The older girls who try on dresses and jewelry
don't need money for these perfect things. They just swipe their magic credit card.
Do you think she achieved it? In the present, the adult Rebecca walks down
the street with twelve credit cards in her purse. She is a writer for a gardening magazine.
Rebecca is a shopaholic with a closet full of clothes and accessories and
a lot of debt. Going along at this rate, one day, she receives a bill for $900.
At first, she thinks her credit card has been stolen, but she realizes that she buys so many
things that she forgets they even exist. The debt is all hers. Moreover, she becomes
the number one target of tenacious collection agent Derek Smeath.
Rebecca has a best friend named Suze, who tries to help her with this shopping obsession.
One day the protagonist learns of a job opening at a famous magazine called Alette.
Rebecca goes to the interview and, in the process, notices a beautiful green scarf.
Even the mannequin comes to life and tries to convince her to buy it.
Rebecca cannot help herself and tries to buy it by splitting the price in cash and
with several cards. But in the end, one card is declined, and she is still $20 short.
She rushes to a hot dog vendor, skips the line for a fake "emergency," and begs the
vendor to return her cash on a check. She even offers to buy all his hot dogs,
claiming she needs the scarf for a sick aunt. The man in the front row gives her twenty dollars
to get her out of the way and allow him to take his hotdog. She is impressed,
and he walks away, telling her there is a difference between cost and value.
Rebecca puts on her scarf and goes to Alette's office.
Once she arrives, the receptionist tells her that someone named Alicia Billington
has filled the position internally. Soon after, Alicia walks by them,
and Rebecca falls in love with her beauty. Rebecca is about to leave, looking upset, but the
receptionist compliments her scarf and tells her that a consumer finance magazine is hiring.
She advises her to give it a shot and talk to the magazine manager.
Rebecca rushes into the manager's office and meets Luke Brandon,
the man who was in line at the hot dog stand.
She tries to hide the scarf because she told Luke it was for her sick aunt.
The interview gets off to a bad start when Rebecca realizes she has forgotten her CV.
This is compounded by the fact that the assistant had found the scarf and returned it to Rebecca.
Luke realizes she lied but allows her to keep going.
She tries to improvise, but it becomes pretty awkward; nevertheless, it seems
that Luke sees something interesting in her. Bex goes to her roommate and friend, Suze.
The girl tears up Rebecca's rent check, knowing that she
has enough financial problems as it is. Then, with the help of a bottle of tequila,
the two go through the bills. Suze does the sums and finds that
the news is terrible. Rebecca owes just over $9000 in debt.
However, the two have the bright idea of writing a sample article for Alette and sending it in.
But at the same time, under the effect of alcohol, Rebecca writes a mean letter to Luke.
The next day Luke phones her and compliments the sample.
She realizes that they put the letters in the wrong envelopes.
So, Rebecca makes a desperate dash to intercept the insulting letter directed at Alette.
Hiding in a coat rack, Rebecca manages to grab the insult-filled letter before it can be read.
Later, Rebecca shows up at her new job. Luke assigns her an initial task, to write an article
on interest rates on loans. Rebecca has no idea what it is but says she will do it.
Suze makes Rebecca watch a video about shopping addiction and tries to get her to help her.
The video says to throw away unnecessary clothes, but Bex simply hides everything in the closet.
Rebecca has a rough start at work because Luke asks her to rewrite the article,
as Rebecca had copied much of the material from the book money for dummies.
Luke asks her to describe her viewpoint, and Rebecca Googles "credit viewpoints."
At that point, she thinks she will be fired, but not today.
Luke takes her to a company meeting and has her ask the presenter
instigating questions. After that, he asks her to go home
and rewrite the article from scratch. Rebecca walks down the street,
and a sample sale distracts her. She can't help herself this time either
and buys many clothes she doesn't need. She also discovers that they are fakes.
While inspecting a newly purchased cashmere coat, she realizes that it is not 100 percent cashmere
and that it has been duped. This gives her the idea for the column,
which she immediately writes. The next day she has Luke
read the article, who is impressed. Rebecca gets the idea to write under the name
"The Girl with the Green Scarf," and it is an immediate success.
The debt collector continues to pursue Rebecca as well at her new job. This puts her in
trouble during a business meeting. Rebecca goes to her parents for help,
but it turns out that they have invested all their savings in an RV.
The new column, "The Girl with the Green Scarf," becomes famous among fashion magazines.
At a party, the publicity manager nervously follows Rebecca
and sees her talking to the company's CEO. She gives him some new ideas for the company,
and he is amazed. Rebecca manages to impress the bankers
and even the Finns at Nokia, even though she cannot speak a single word in Finnish.
Bill collection agent Smeath keeps calling her, and she tells Luke that he
is an ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Later, she and Luke share a shopping trip.
He reveals to her that his mother is a wealthy socialite,
but he doesn't want to depend on her help. That evening they stop in Miami to have fun and
enjoy a drink. They share a dance together, after which they return to the hotel.
The two bond, but she discovers that he has dinner plans with Alicia.
The next day she returns home and notices that Derek is waiting for her outside. She
sneaks into her room, where she meets Suze. Suze then discovers that Rebecca didn't actually
throw out the old clothes but hid them. Suze convinces Rebecca to join a support
group for shopaholics. While the other members talk
sadly about their obsession, Rebecca does nothing but describe her love of shopping.
That same evening, Rebecca goes to a dinner party with some influential guests.
Among them the editor of Alette magazine. Rebecca has dreamed since childhood of working
for that company and this evening she wants to go and talk to the editor about a job position.
One the way, Alicia stops her and points out that her dress is untied.
Rebecca goes toward the bathroom but accidentally ruins the clothing,
and the beads fall on the floor. This causes her to fall on an older lady.
At this point, Rebecca's dress is similar to that of a maid.
In fact, she is mistaken for a maid and has to serve a dish of fish to the guests.
Rebecca makes a mess, but Luke gets up and helps her serve. The evening then takes a better turn
when he goes out to the balcony with her and confesses his love to her.
The next day on her way to work, she meets Derek Smeath. He entered the elevator, and Rebecca
called him to confirm that it was him. When he called back, Rebecca's phone rang.
She escaped to Luke's office, saying her ex was following her. Finally, security stopped Derek.
Rebecca's work is so appreciated that she gets a TV spot with Luke,
and Alette takes her shopping. While Rebecca tries on clothes, Alicia
holds her purse and answers a call from Smeath, thus discovering Rebecca's debt problems.
Even though it costs a month's salary, the protagonist buys the dress and heads
off to her bridesmaid dress fitting since Suze is getting married.
Suze notices Rebecca's shopping bag and sends her back to the support group.
Rebecca meets a new woman who comes to the support group and asks her
to store her shopping in the trunk. The woman agrees, but it turns out that she
is the new leader of the group, Ms. Korch. The new leader takes the group to a thrift store
and has Rebecca deliver the purchases. Later, Rebecca returns to repurchase them, but
she only has enough money for one, so she chooses the dress to go on television.
The show is going well, and the audience is allowed to ask questions. Derek stands up
and exposes Rebecca's debt problems and the lie about being an ex-boyfriend.
He reveals more of Rebecca's lies, and this dramatically disappoints Luke.
Rebecca returns to the apartment and meets Suze.
As they talk, a homeless woman walks by wearing Bex's bridesmaid dress.
Suze is furious and leaves. Rebecca's parents drive up and offer to
sell the RV, but she will not let them. Alette goes to Rebecca's family and
offers her to work at Alette's. But this involves writing about things that
are not true, and Rebecca refuses. She returns to her support group,
asks for help, and organizes a sample sale and auction of her entire wardrobe.
She sends a notice to Alette's original receptionist,
who forwards it to all the assistants, including Hayley, Luke's assistant.
Everything is sold, and the last item for sale is the original green scarf.
Two women have a small bidding war, and eventually, Rebecca gives it up to the winner,
telling her not to wear it with yellow. In the audience, Hayley sits next to Rebecca's
mother, who reveals that she rejected Alette's bid.
Meanwhile, Luke is in danger of losing his job for leaving Rebecca in the company.
But the CEO surprises him by offering to start a new magazine.
She earns $16,000 through the auction, returning to Rebecca, allowing her to pay off her debt.
Thus, she brings $9,000 to Smeath's office in exchange.
Rebecca shows up at Suze's wedding wearing her bridesmaid's dress,
which she bartered for other clothes from the homeless woman.
Suze forgives her, and as the bride and groom walk away, Rebecca wanders the street.
The dummies call her again, but she resists temptation, and they begin to applaud her.
She continues walking and finds Luke in front of her.
He gives her the green scarf, revealing that he paid the two girls to fight for the scarf.
Finally, the two kiss on the street.
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