ISLA FISHER - FISHER FENDS OFF SHOPAHOLIC CRITICISM

FISHER FENDS OFF SHOPAHOLIC CRITICISM

ISLA FISHER has defended her film CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC after critics branded the movie's release inappropriate during the current financial crisis.
In the film, the actress plays Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who struggles to keep her shopping addiction under control.
But Fisher is adamant the timing of the movie is perfect - because audiences can learn something from her character’s spending habits.
She tells WENN, “The character is learning lessons about consumption and debt like the rest of us right now. It feels fairly topical. Obviously the movie was conceived during a different economic period but she learns her lesson. It is a redemption story.”
And Fisher’s co-star Hugh Dancy, who plays her love interest in the big screen adaptation of Sophie Kinsella's books, argues that the light-hearted movie can provide escape to those hit hard by the economic climate.
He adds: "We were not attempting to make an educational movie or documentary but the message is very simple: There are more important things than shopping and clothes. But this is a comedy first and foremost."