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Hear me out: why Confessions of a Shopaholic isn’t a bad movie

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Admin

The latest in our series of writers defending maligned films is a reconsideration of a critically loathed 2009 comedy

When Confessions of a Shopaholic, directed by PJ Hogan, of Muriel’s Wedding acclaim, was released in 2009 – a year that brought us the high-octane, male-dominated likes of The Hangover, Sherlock Holmes and Inglourious Basterds – it was the tail end of the romcom’s golden age. And, just like its genre-mates released that year – Bride Wars, He’s Just Not That Into You, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – Shopaholic received a wave of scathing reviews, weighing in at just 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Tom Leonard: Politicians are still falling for Sacha Baron Cohen’s ridiculous disguises

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Admin

It seems preposterous that after 20 years there's anyone left on the planet who could be taken in by Sacha Baron Cohen One minute he's a square-jawed Israeli military expert who wants to arm three-year-old children; then he's a pony-tailed ultra-liberal progressive who shares his wife with her dolphin lover; then a blond Right-wing blogger on a mobility scooter who claims he got three diseases from Barack Obama 's health care reforms. The conversations these characters engage in on screen are so preposterous that surely someone will smell a rat, but -astonishingly - they don't.