Review of Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) by Sowmya J — 19 Oct 2010

If I were Amy Adams I would hire a hitman to take out Isla Fisher. They look exactly alike and Fisher is ruining her career.

While Adams struggles with Oscar-worthy material in movies like "Doubt" and "Junebug", Fisher just churns out junk like this and then we blame it on Amy Adams anyway. I remember watching that goofball movie "Hot Rod", which I liked, but I wondered what in the hell Amy Adams was doing in it, playing the tits and ass. I figured this woman must say yes to every script. She was churning out like five flicks a year, the quality of the movies all over the map. I didn't know there were two Amy Adams. I haven't been this confused since the late 70s when Susan Sarandon and Lesley Ann Warren were both working. (Wisely, Sarandon hired a hitman. Well, that's just MY theory, but when was the last time you seen Lesley Ann Warren? Sarandon had her whacked, I'm pretty sure.).

Anyway, "Confessions of a Shopaholic" is bad. The com is very strained, the rom pathetic. Amy Adams is really working hard to stay cute, flop sweat beading on her forehead, and it feels totally out of place in this economic environment. Shopaholics just aren't as funny these days, you know, when your house is being repossessed. You kind of suspect the Amy Adams character is the type of person that got us into this mess. It's hard to laugh at her credit-default highjinks when you really just want to slap her. This was clearly a pre-economic meltdown script. I didn't laugh once and Amy Adams should be ashamed of herself for putting out crap like this. Err.. I'm sorry... Amy FISHER. Not Amy Adams - Amy Fisher. Err..wait, no...Isla. Ahh.... whatever. Two stars.