In this adaptation of Sophie Kinsella's London-set novel of the same name (and a later one, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Bloomwood's addiction to shopping is like Bridget Jones' weight and self-doubt: part of the pupa she must shed to become a glittering butterfly.
The director, P.J. Hogan, and the screenwriters, Tracey Jackson, Tim Firth and Kayla Alpert, Americanize the material and make it as cartoonish as possible. In another movie, hearing our heroine declare, "My name is Rebecca Bloomwood, and I'm a shopaholic" and seeing her join Shopaholics Anonymous might have been hilarious. But here, it's one more in a bunch of people who seem to shout out their name and function as soon as they appear on screen.
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