Synopsis

Rebecca Bloomwood is a New York journalist whose compulsive shopping has left her buried in debt. Hoping to reach her dream job at a fashion magazine, she instead lands at a financial publication, where she must hide her mounting problems from her editor. As creditors close in and her deceptions unravel, Rebecca is forced to confront her spending, ambitions, and relationships.

Factoids & Trivia

• The film combines material from Sophie Kinsella's first two Shopaholic novels, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Abroad. In the United States, those books were published as Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan.

• The novels are set in London, but the film relocates Rebecca's story to New York City. The change was intended to connect the adaptation with American audiences and to emphasize the city's fashion and shopping culture.

• Production used locations in New York City and Connecticut. The filmmakers also created a collection of fictional upscale stores at the base of the Hearst Tower.

• To prepare for the role, Isla Fisher visited support groups for people dealing with compulsive shopping and overspending.

• John Lithgow initially turned down the role of Edgar West twice before accepting it. After his eventual casting, a separate part was written for Fred Armisen.

• The film opened in the United States on February 13, 2009. It earned more than $108 million worldwide despite receiving generally unfavorable reviews from critics.