Customer Reviews

Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

People are bashing this movie like it was made to win an Oscar. It's a fun light comedy. It's one of those feel good movies not to be taken seriously. It was cute! Jennifer Love Hewitt was soooo pretty in this movie and her clothes were cute too. Joey Lawrence was also funny. This movie also had a really good soundtrack. It's aimed towards 20-30 something year olds. I recorded it to DVD when it was on Oxygen and loved it so much decided to buy it. Best Buy has it for $8.99. Overall, this is a fun movie.

Jennifer is AWESOME in this flick!! Don't listen to the fuddy duddys below. Not only is she extremely beautiful but the movie is a howl! It's fun to watch and great for eye candy!

Light, entertaining comedy of errors. Definitely doesn't take itself too seriously. Amusing reflection on modern values.

Colin Ferguson was good as the down-to-earth counter balance to Jennifer Love Hewitt nutcase.

To begin with, if you really like Jennifer Love Hewitt, you should own this. It is somewhat different than a lot of her roles, as she plays sort of a manipulative sort, primarily interested in her own gain, even if at the expense of everyone else. Most of this is done in comedic style. There is a more serious underlying plot, which comes out later, and you see a more human side of her character, Katya (AKA Katie). There are a lot of funny bits in this, some of them perhaps a bit silly, but if you like comedy, this is a good one.

This move was a fave of mine because I totally relate!! Anyone else that I know that loves this movie is also someone that can relate to the lifestyle.

A person that would do anything to be at the top of the ladder, in the know with "the top people", wearing THE best everything etc.

I love this movie!!

fun, silly, watchable film. You know an actor has talent when
a character they portray has few redeemable traits, but yet, you still root for them.
Katya is a social climber and will do most anything to get to an invitation only ball.
The best part of this film for me was JLH character's narration. She has to keep track of all her
expenses for her tax man. While doing so she pretty much ends up with
a daily diary of her life. Naughty, silly, charming fun. I rented it and plan to buy it for a pick me
up sometime when I am blue.

I enjoyed the film, laughed a bit, and rooted for the love story, even if I could not relate to the excessive materialism of the main character. If you prefer flair and wit to substance, you might enjoy this film. But I would advise most to watch it on TV. It isn't quite worth the purchase price, and is best suited as a late night distraction.

I suppose that's why I enjoyed it. The type of personalities most likely to appreciate the off-step and somewhat dry humor of this movie are the types who would also enjoy Amelie, Jimmy Hollywood, Home for the Holidays (the one co-starring Robert Downey Jr.) and perhaps an older film you might not remember: From the Hip.

What you don't get is Caddyshack or Vacation's classic humor or the goofy over-the-top Rocket Man and Happy Gilmore deep belly laughs. Pretty much all this offers is a great way to spend about two hours when you have nothing better to do and something a little weird fits the bill.

Jennifer Love Hewitt delivers an unrealistic yet convincing portrayal of a high class advertising wanna-be while frequently prancing around as eye candy. Her friends are almost in the same boat but have a slightly better idea of where they fit into society - as a bunch of misfits who desperately cling to each other in secluded little eccentric yuppie bars, somewhat like upper class geeks with a Liberaci complex.

Jennifer's character, Katya, manages to dodge responsiblity, evade her co-workers, charge company funds to selfish pleasures, and attempt to fool herself into believing she is a generous humanitarian for supporting an impoverished child in Africa (while poisoning his young little mind with capitalist ideas ;-P) as she plots a deceptive path to commercial stardom. Well...everything eventually catches up to her and when the walls of her imaginary palace come crashing down she discovers that her scemes have miraculously paid off, though not quite the way she had envisioned.

So...if you don't like watered-down, almost tacky stories of dreamers who succeed, as in 1980's Xanadu, then I don't recommend Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber to you. As with many of the films, books and CD's I have critiqued on Amazon (Memoirs of a Geisha, Radio Days, Xanadu, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Spring Moon, etc.) this is definitely a love it or leave it production. There is no middle ground.

By the way...I didn't rate it 5 stars because despite being thoroughly enjoyable, it is a little slow paced with an arguably weak plot.

This TV Movie stars Jennifer Love Hewitt but the true star is her remarkable cleavage, which is on display at least 40% of the screen time. It runs regularly on cable TV so why anyone would want a copy of it is beyond me. Rating:

5 Stars with sound off and Love's endowments on display.

3 Stars with sound off and Love's endowments not on display.

1 Star if sound is on, regardless of whether or not Love's endowments are on display.

Since I only watch it with the sound off and only pay attention when Love's endowments are on display, I gave it 5 stars.

this movie is very funny and nicely made. jennifer love hewitt is one of my favorite actresses and she preformed very well in this movie. although the plot may seem stupid (she will do anything to get into a ball),it's still very interesting. i think this movie is one of those "chick flicks" that are fun to watch a few times and just relax and have fun with the movie.
so i deff. recommend this movie.