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| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 5.6(15304) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Romance |
| Directed by: | P.J. Hogan |
| Actors: | Hugh Dancy John Goodman John Lithgow Isla Fisher Krysten Ritter Joan Cusack |
| "A new job? Hopefully. A new man? Possibly. A new handbag? Absolutely!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| P.J. Hogan | |
| Actors | |
| Hugh Dancy | as Luke Brandon |
| John Goodman | as Graham Bloomwood |
| John Lithgow | as Edgar West |
| Fred Armisen | as Ryan Koenig |
| Robert Stanton | as Derek Smeath |
| Nick Cornish | as Tarquin |
| Stephen Guarino | as Allon |
| Tuomas Hiltunen | as Jani Virtanen |
| Yoshiro Kono | as Ryuichi |
| John Salley | as D. Freak |
| Michael Panes | as Russell |
| Tommy Davis | as Jani's Colleague |
| Andy Serwer | as Mr. Lewis |
| Ed Crescimanni | as Suze's Dad |
| Matt Servitto | as Head Waiter |
| Steve Greenstein | as Hot Dog Vendor |
| Bill Corsair | as Hot Dog Stand Patron |
| Scott Evans | as Chad, the Mail Clerk |
| Chris P. Bachman | as Mailroom Clerk |
| Peter Kapetan | as Gin and Tonic Guy |
| Jim Holmes | as Comintex CEO |
| Richard G. Batista | as Swap Meet Vendor #3 |
| Ptolemy Slocum | as Borders Assistant #1 |
| Vinci Alonso | as Prada Salesperson |
| Gonzalo Escudero | as Alette's Date |
| Tim Ware | as Fund Manager |
| Jonathan Tisch | as Bank Lender |
| Shonn Wiley | as Good-Looking Guy |
| Brad Aldous | as Alicia's Friend at Party |
| Charles De La Rosa | as Barman |
| Harvey Waldman | as Advertising Execs #1 |
| Howard Samuelsohn | as Advertising Exec #2 |
| Mike Agresta | as Street Vendor |
| Paul Aldane'e | as Business Exec. |
| Joseph Basile | as Tattooed Man |
| Robert Bizik | as Flea Market Customer |
| John Borras | as Waiter |
| Lee Burkett | as Movie Producer |
| Anthony Correa | as Bussiness Man |
| Timothy J. Cox | as Wedding Guest |
| Roger Crandall | as Auction Attendee |
| Kent Davis | as Writer #2 |
| Tom Deakman | as Male Shareholder |
| Eric Ditman | as Business Executive |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | as Wedding Priest |
| Eduardo M. Freyre | as Businessman |
| Warrington Gillette | as Hotel Guest |
| Gerrit Goossen | as Clothes Rack Guy |
| Andy Guze | as Elevator Passenger #1 |
| Johnathan Hallgrey | as Sample Sale Customer |
| Ed Helms | as Garret E. Barton |
| Randy Herman | as Salsa Street Dancer |
| Edgar Jimz | as Miami Street Dancer |
| Ralph A. Wilburn Jr. | as Businessman |
| Stephane Kay | as Elevator Guy |
| Edward M. Kelahan | as Buisness Date |
| John G. Rice Jr. | as Board Member |
| James Schram | as Groomsman |
| Chris Shaw | as Shareholder |
| Ken Sladyk | as Publisher |
| Tom Stratford | as Friend of the Bride |
| Charles Van Dyke | as Tan suit businessman |
| Neville White | as Reception Host |
| Actresses | |
| Isla Fisher | as Rebecca Bloomwood |
| Krysten Ritter | as Suze |
| Joan Cusack | as Jane Bloomwood |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | as Alette Naylor |
| Leslie Bibb | as Alicia Billington |
| Lynn Redgrave | as Drunken Lady at Ball |
| Julie Hagerty | as Hayley |
| Wendie Malick | as Miss Korch |
| Clea Lewis | as Miss Ptaszinski |
| Lennon Parham | as Joyce |
| Christine Ebersole | as TV Show Host |
| Kaitlin Hopkins | as Event Planner |
| Katherine Sigismund | as Claire |
| Alexandra Balahoutis | as Prada Manager |
| Elizabeth Riley | as Prada Store Shopper |
| Madeleine Rockwitz | as 8-Year-Old Rebecca |
| Kelli Barrett | as Girl in Black/Talking Mannequin |
| Kristen Connolly | as Girl in Pink |
| Paloma Guzmán | as Svelte Manhattanite #1 |
| Ilana Levine | as Svelte Manhattanite #2 |
| Lenora May | as Suze's Mom |
| Susan Blommaert | as Charity Store Orla |
| Jenn Harris | as Christy |
| Jennifer Kim | as Denny & George Clerk |
| Ginifer King | as Woman Candidate |
| Heidi Kristoffer | as Alette Girl #1 |
| Kate Simses | as Alette Girl #2 |
| Claire Lautier | as Sample Sale Competitor |
| Brandi Burkhardt | as Sample Sale Worker |
| Denicia Marie Jefferson | as Sample Sale Security #1 |
| Renee Victor | as Bag Lady |
| Asmeret Ghebremichael | as Alette Receptionist |
| Claudia Rocafort | as Businesswoman |
| Molly Regan | as Smeath's Assistant |
| Rose Rosconi | as Swap Meet Vendor |
| Robin E. Billson | as Swap Meet Vendor #2 |
| Maeve Yore | as Wedding Planner |
| Jenny Powers | as Borders Assistant #2 |
| Jennifer Smith | as Sara |
| Anjali Bhimani | as Girl #1 |
| Annie Chadwick | as Mrs. Edgar West |
| Laurie Cole | as Ryan Koenig's Girlfriend |
| Kara Jackson | as Woman Hit with Fish |
| Yadira Santana | as Fan Vending Lady |
| Jordyn Taylor Wilsea | as Little Girl at Borders |
| Marceline Hugot | as Saleswoman |
| Abby Lee | as Bridesmaid #1 |
| Caitlin McColl | as Bridesmaid #2 |
| Marie-Pierre Beausejour | as Bridesmaid #3 |
| Beatrice Miller | as Shoestore Girl |
| Peyton List | as Shoestore Girl #2 |
| Isabella Palmieri | as Shoestore Girl #3 |
| Alison Sarah Adams | as Teenage Shopaholic |
| Almudena Alcazar | as Conference Attendee |
| Ashley Bates | as Sample Sale Shopper |
| Natascha Bessez | as Wedding Guest |
| Gail Bugeja | as Businesswoman/Demo Attendee |
| Paola Cancellieri | as Miami Street Dancer |
| Elisangela DiAlencar | as Agent Collector |
| Janine Ellis | as Angry Business Woman |
| Mallory Escott | as TV Audience Member |
| Julia Frisoli | as Mother of Spoiled Child |
| Cassidy Gard | as Shopaholic |
| Suzanne Gillies | as Security Guard |
| Danielle Glick | as Shopper |
| Emily Kincaid Hughes | as Girl at Talk Show |
| Laura Elizabeth Hunter | as Shopaholic |
| Tracie Jules | as Upscale Shopper |
| Bobbi Jo Kitchen | as Ballroom Invester |
| Debbie Klaar | as Floor Manager |
| Ashley Klein | as Shopper |
| Michelle Luchese | as Stationary Store Assistant |
| Nana Masuda | as Sample Sale Shopper |
| Tanda Mercer | as Henri Bendel Sales Rep |
| Jennifer Merrill | as Svelte Manhattanite |
| Kristin Popelka | as Shopper |
| Kathy Searle | as California Customer |
| Karen Summerton | as 1980s Credit Card Girl |
| Melanie Tillbrook | as Business woman |
| Haleigh Toner | as Model |
| Danicah Waldo | as Sample Sale Shopper |
| Darly Wanatick | as Sample Sale Shopper |
| Nancy Wetzel | as Pucci Boots Girl |
| Chase Wilmot | as Young Rebecca Bloomwood |
| Lynn Witty | as Jane's Friend |
| Erin Wyatt | as Shopaholic #1 |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Finnish |
| Filming dates: | 4 February 2008 - 12 May 2008 |
| Gross: |
USA - 44,277,350 USD (28 May 2009) UK - 8,051,255 GBP (22 March 2009) Philippines - 30,013,147 PHP (22 March 2009) |
| Plot: | In New York, the journalist and compulsive liar Rebecca Bloomwood is an addicted consumer that can not resist shopping fashionable clothes and outfits in fancy shops and has several unplayable debts with the credit cards. She dreams on working in the fashion magazine Alette owned by the sophisticated Alette Naylor, but she does not succeed in her intent. When Becky loses her job, she drinks a lot of booze with her best friend Suze and sends an offensive letter to the editor Luke Brandon from the financial magazine "Successful Saving" and an article to Alette to show her potential. However, she unintentionally switches the correspondences in the mailbox and Luke hires her to write a column called "The Girl in the Green Scarf" in his magazine using a simple language and metaphors that could be easily understood by common people. Meanwhile the debt collector Derek Smeath is chasing Becky and she is avoiding him everywhere, telling that he is an ex-boyfriend that is stalking her. When her column becomes a success, Becky is invited to participate in a talk show and Luke and she fall in love for each other. However, her lies and debts put her in a difficult situation with her audience, Suze and Luke. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Emotions In Motion" Written and Performed by Ric Ocasek Courtesy of Geffen Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Uncontrollable" Written by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins), Dernst Emile and Lazonte Franklyn Produced by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) and Dernst Emile Performed by Adrienne Bailon "Blue Jeans" Written by Jesse James, Juilian Bunetta Performed by Jesse James Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Calling You" Written by RedOne, Frankie Storm, Kat DeLuna Performed by Kat DeLuna featuring Frankie Storm Courtesy of Universal Motown Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Accessory" Written by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins), Mike Mani, Jordan Omley Performed by Jordyn Taylor Courtesy of Myspace/Interscope Records "Bad Girl" Written by Esther Dean, Darnell Dalton, Lamar Taylor, Christopher Maurice Brown, Jason Perry , Jamal F. Jones, Eric "Frorida Boi" Florence Produced by Polow Da Don Performed by The Pussycat Dolls (as Pussycat Dolls) Courtesy of Interscope Records "Available Tonight" Written by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins), Osinache Nwaneri and Lazontate Franklyn Performed by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) and Osinache Nwaneri "Coconut" Written by Harry Nilsson "Rich Girl" Written by Mark Batson (as Mark Christopher Batson), Jerry Bock, Kara DioGuardi, Mike Elizondo (as Michael Elizondo), Sheldon Harnick, Eve (as Eve Jeffers), , Chantal Kreviazuk, Gwen Stefani, Dr. Dre (as Andre Young) Performed by Gwen Stefani featuring Eve Courtesy of Interscope Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises Eve appears courtesy of Aftermath/Interscope Records "Big Spender" Written by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) and Kaleena Harper Produced by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) Performed by Adrienne Bailon "Fashion" (by Lady GaGa) Written by Lady Gaga (as Stefani Germanotta), RedOne Performed by Lady Gaga Courtesy of Interscope Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Again" Written by Bruno Mars, Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins), Phillip Lawrence, Ray Romulus Produced by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) Performed by Natasha Bedingfield Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK "Colonel Bogey March" Written by Kenneth Alford "Mangos" Written by Gil Fuller Performed by Machito Courtesy of GNP Crescendo Records By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group "Tumbao Cubano (Riff A La Cubana)" Written by Marion Sunshine, Pedro Justiz Y Rodriguez Performed by Cuban All-Stars Big Band Courtesy of Palladium Records (Blue Moon S.L.) "Stuck With Each Other" Written by Diane Warren Produced by Rodney Jerkins (as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) Performed by Shontelle featuring Akon Shontelle and Akon appear courtesy of Universal Motown Records "Descarga Total" Written by Maraca (as Orlando Valle) Performed by Maraca Courtesy of Ahi-Nama Music "Takes Time To Love" Written by Esther Dean, Darnell Dalton, Lamar Taylor, Christopher Maurice Brown, Jamal F. Jones Produced by Polow Da Don Performed by Trey Songz Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation "El Baile Del Abanico" Written by Christopher Westlake (as Chris Westlake) Performed by Christopher Westlake (as Chris Westlake) and The Rene Camacho Band (The Fan Dance) "Rehab (Hot Chip Remix)" Written and Performed by Amy Winehouse Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Rehab" Written by Amy Winehouse Performed by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra Courtesy of Ub*Quity Recordings, Inc. "Batman Theme" Written and Performed by Neal Hefti Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation "Prime-Time" Written by Anton Krueger Courtesy of APM Music "You're Breakin' My Heart" Written by Harry Nilsson "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Written by Robert Hazard Performed by Greg Laswell Courtesy of Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "Elizabethan Serenade" Written and Performed by Ronald Binge Courtesy of Firstcom Music "Don't Forget Me" Written by Harry Nilsson Produced by Trevor Horn Performed by Macy Gray "Unstoppable" Written by RedOne, Kinnda "Kee" Hamid Performed by Kat DeLuna Courtesy of Universal Motown Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises |
Goofs
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Continuity: At Rebecca's first meeting at Successful Savings, she pulls out a small notebook and lays a pencil to the left of it. In the next shot, as she pulls out a small pencil sharpener, the pencil is on the opposite side of the notebook. Continuity: While Rebecca is in the interview at Successful Savings, the desk behind her is alternately occupied and empty between shots. In one shot, Hayley talking on the phone, with the green scarf on her lap. In the next shot, she is gone. In the next shot, she is at the door, giving Rebecca her scarf. Continuity: During the fan dance, the fan changes positions between wide and tight shots. Continuity: When Rebecca's friend is trying on the wedding dress, a pair of sunglasses appears out of nowhere. Rebecca plays with them in her hands. They go from her hands to her head, back to her hands, and disappear. Continuity: At the Successful Savings office, Luke says he wants Rebecca to go to the "APA conference." Rebecca asks Hayley what the APA conference is. The camera moves to Luke. when it moves back to Rebecca, Hayley is gone. Continuity: The bridesmaid dress had sleeves at the beginning of the movie, but is sleeveless by the end. Crew: SPOILER: When Rebecca first throws the block of ice to free her credit card, the block falls from the stove to the floor. As the camera follows it, a crew member is kneeling down, in black jeans and tennis shoes. Continuity: In the last scene, when Bex is walking past the mannequins and talking to Luke, every shot of Luke shows a woman in the background, starting in the same spot behind him, walking toward the camera. CHAR: After Rebecca talks to the Nokia man, Janne Virtanen of Finland, he claims "We Scandinavians like her." Scandinavia consists of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Finns don't consider themselves Scandinavians. Revealing mistakes: When Rebecca is riding in a cab, you can see a close-up of the window. Two billboards are reflected in the window, but the images are not reversed. FAIR: SPOILER: Derek Smeath violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act at least 4 times: calling Rebecca at work, refusing to leave her job when asked by the receptionist, telling his colleague to threaten her with public humiliation, and his entire diatribe during the television show. However, many *real* debt collectors ignore FDCPA, since it's not enforceable if no one complains, and many debt collectors assume that most debtors don't know about it. CHAR: When the receptionist of Dantay-West headquarters checks his email, one of email box columns is misspelled "Recieved". FAIR: When Suze and Rebecca are going over credit card statements, Suze asks Rebecca how she will pay off "16 thousand, TWELVE hundred, 62 dollars, and 72 cents" without a job. Both women are very drunk by this point, so she probably is too drunk to read the number correctly. FAIR: When Rebecca goes to Alette to retrieve the envelope that she mailed, she is rapidly presses the elevator button, and it appears she is trying to go to the 20th floor. However, the floor numbers are listed their respective buttons. She is pressing the 17th floor button, but her hand is covering the number. Continuity: At the end of the movie, when Rebecca and Luke are standing together, a couple walks by. When the shot changes from Luke back to the two of them, the same couple walks by again. Continuity: When Rebecca and Luke are standing together in front of Acery, the mannequin in the window wears a black dress with white spots. In the next shot, it's wearing a different dress. Continuity: When Rebecca and Luke are kissing, the man in the shop places a pair of shoes facing the window. In the next scene, the shoes are pointing in different directions. Continuity: At the end of the movie when Rebecca and Luke are kissing, the man in the shop places a pair of shoes facing towards the window, in the next scene the shoes are placed in different directions. |
Quotes
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Graham Bloomwood: Your mother and I think that if the American economy can be billions in debt and still survive, so can you. Denny & George Clerk: Declined. Rebecca Bloomwood: Can you try again? Denny & George Clerk: Really Declined. Suze: Don't you think it's ironic that Rebecca Bloomwood is advising people on how to handle money. Suze: Fluent in Finnish? Rebecca Bloomwood: Everyone has fudged their resume a little. Rebecca Bloomwood: When I was 7 most of my friends stopped believing in magic. That's when I first started. Tehy were beautiful, they were happy. They didn't even need any money, they had magic cards. Rebecca Bloomwood: You know that thing when you see someone cute and he smiles and your heart kind of goes like warm butter sliding down hot toast? Well that's what it's like when I see a store. Only it's better. Rebecca Bloomwood: You speak Prada? Rebecca Bloomwood: Men like you are the reason I left Finland. Rebecca Bloomwood: Yes, I Googled. Rebecca Bloomwood: I know I've made some mistakes, but I"m turning my life around. Luke Brandon: She's not my girlfriend. She's not you. Rebecca Bloomwood: When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. Luke Brandon: Any financial stories that have caught your eye recently? Rebecca Bloomwood: Yes. And I am glad you brought that up. [Acts mad] Because I am furious. No, I really am. [Looks down at a newspaper folded in half with article title cut off] No, I mean, what is the story with the recent fish crisis? Luke Brandon: [Looks at her confused] Fish crisis? Rebecca Bloomwood: [Realizes she made a mistake] Fiscal... crisis. Luke Brandon: Fiscal crisis. Rebecca Bloomwood: Terrifying, Fiscally, I mean. Luke Brandon: How so? Rebecca Bloomwood: For the... fiscal family. Hayley: [Interrupts their conversation] I'm sorry Luke Brandon: Not a moment too soon. Rebecca Bloomwood: They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail. Tarquin: Why do so many of your excuses involve Finland? Rebecca Bloomwood: Because nobody checks up on Finland,Tarkie. Rebecca Bloomwood: A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn't fit, you can't exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags... oh yes... oh yes. Rebecca Bloomwood: Don't talk about Fluke. Suze: Why? What happened? Rebecca Bloomwood: Alicia Bitch Longlegs is what happened. Suze: I hate her. Who is she? Rebecca Bloomwood: And all I would say, is that you never hear anyone say, "There goes a zebra with a small ass." Rebecca Bloomwood: You are like my soul sister! D. Freak: My name is D. Freak. Uh, I'm a shopaholic. [everybody greets him] I'm also a former NBA player. [brushing against the woman next to him] We'll get back to that. [Miss Kortch goes through everyone's duties] Miss Korch: Millinery? D. Freak: What you call me? Miss Korch: Hats. D. Freak: Oh. Rebecca Bloomwood: [to her potential employer] I can do affordable fashion. I mean, I know where all the sales are. Jane Bloomwood: Yes, she does. Oh, in fact she got that from me. Rebecca Bloomwood: [laughing hysterically] No, I didn't. I didn't. I didn't, I didn't, I didn't. Graham Bloomwood: [talk to Rebecca] Life is like a swap meet. You never know when great riches... are going to turn up unexpectedly. Suze: [Rebecca pushes away bills] I'll do this. It can't be that bad. It's just like a band-aid. It's gonna be fine. [both gasp loudly] Bex! Two hundred dollars on Marc Jacobs underwear? Rebecca Bloomwood: [pours the tequila] Oh, underwear is a basic, human, right. Suze: Seventy eight dollars on lavender honey? Rebecca Bloomwood: I felt sorry for the shop assistant. She had a lazy eye. I didn't know which way she was looking! I didn't know if she was looking at me, it was so sad. Suze: I can't even talk about this one. Suze: Bex, I just found the perfect book for you. Garret E. Barton: Control Your Urge to Shop, with Garrett E. Barton. That's me. Do you find yourself constantly drawn toward stores? Suze: Yes. Rebecca Bloomwood: Nope. Garret E. Barton: Does your heart quicken when you see new merchandise in neatly stacked piles? Suze: Yes! Rebecca Bloomwood: no. Suze: this guy's good! Garret E. Barton: Did you answer "no" to these questions and are consequently in denial? Suze: yes. Rebecca Bloomwood: NO. Garret E. Barton: Did you just say "no" again? Rebecca Bloomwood: no... Rebecca Bloomwood: yes... |
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