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Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber

  • TV Movie
  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
3.1K
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Jennifer Love Hewitt in Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005)
ComedyRomance

A 28-year-old ad sales exec stops at nothing to climb her way to the top of the San Francisco social ladder.A 28-year-old ad sales exec stops at nothing to climb her way to the top of the San Francisco social ladder.A 28-year-old ad sales exec stops at nothing to climb her way to the top of the San Francisco social ladder.

  • Director
    • Dana Lustig
  • Writers
    • Adele Lang
    • Eric C. Charmelo
    • Nicole Snyder
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Colin Ferguson
    • Natassia Malthe
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dana Lustig
    • Writers
      • Adele Lang
      • Eric C. Charmelo
      • Nicole Snyder
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Love Hewitt
      • Colin Ferguson
      • Natassia Malthe
    • 24User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Katya Livingston
    Colin Ferguson
    Colin Ferguson
    • Charles Fitz
    Natassia Malthe
    Natassia Malthe
    • Frangiapani
    Daniel Roebuck
    Daniel Roebuck
    • Alex
    Stefanie von Pfetten
    Stefanie von Pfetten
    • Dove Greenstein
    James Kirk
    James Kirk
    • Sebastian
    Sonja Bennett
    Sonja Bennett
    • Eliza
    Jennifer Clement
    Jennifer Clement
    • Gatekeeper
    Melissa Rivers
    Melissa Rivers
    • Self
    Joey Lawrence
    Joey Lawrence
    • Ferguson
    • (as Joseph Lawrence)
    Peter Abraham
    • Bunny
    Andrew Abud
    • Kiosk Attendant
    • (as Andrew Michael Abud)
    Reese Alexander
    Reese Alexander
    • Stylist
    Preston Cook
    • Teddy
    Brenda Crichlow
    Brenda Crichlow
    • Julie
    Raymond Law
    Raymond Law
    • Photographer
    David James Lewis
    David James Lewis
    • Stan
    • (as David Lewis)
    David Richmond-Peck
    David Richmond-Peck
    • Teddy
    • Director
      • Dana Lustig
    • Writers
      • Adele Lang
      • Eric C. Charmelo
      • Nicole Snyder
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    Gordon-11

    Very clichéd but fun

    This film is about a woman who does everything to climb up the social ladder, and pretends to be someone who she isn't.

    I bought this film for 1 pound, and it was not even second hand. Hence, I did not have much expectations for it.

    It is obvious that this is made for TV. The close ups are too close that the face occupies 95% of the screen. The way the camera moves between Frangiapani and Katja in the Indian restaurant looks more like a soap opera than a film. The film is so full of cliché. The obligatory gay friend who is constantly suicidal is too over the top that is almost derogatory.

    Despite all these shortcomings, I confess that I enjoyed the film. It is fun, brain-off film that makes you forget your troubles. Jennifer Love Hewitt looks stunning in the film. It's a comedy that works!
    7Go_Skins

    A good made-for-t.v. movie!

    Saw this one the other night. I thought it was pretty funny. It stars Jennifer Love-Hewitt as Katya, an ad exec. with a couple close friends. She tries to talk to people throughout this movie trying to be the "in-crowd." She learns in the end that it's not really worth trying to be there after she meets a nice guy that falls for her. She ends up hurting him and regrets making a huge mistake. I like Love-Hewitt movies and the characters that she plays in them. I think this movie could/should be a DVD with some extras thrown in. Definitely a movie that you should watch with your partner after you put the kids to bed! 7/10 on this one!
    7ladies_pinch

    Sexy and Funny T.v Movie!

    Jennifer Love Hewit is hilarious as sexy superficial Katya Livingston, a she's kinda played this role before as her character is very similar to her one in Heartbreakers. But still i think she's very funny. Confessions, has a simple plot, a sexy Young socialite, who believes everything can be done fabulously! During this film Katya tries desperately to get into the biggest party of the season, The royal Ball. One problem, the host-est,Dove, hasn't invited her, as she hates her blah blah blah. Anyways its hilarious watching Katya stop at nothing to get in, even almost ruining things with her true love! The highlight of the film for me was Joseph Lawrence, he is so funny as Furguson, Katya's gay best friend. I think this was a brave role for him, seeing as most of the characters he's played have been, tough macho men. This proves how talented he really is, i would recommend this film to people purely for his performance. Plus i think he pulls of the bald look very well! Bald or with hair, he's still hot!
    3StevePulaski

    Kayta Later

    Jennifer Love Hewitt has always been the beautiful face I looked when watching an episode of the Drama Ghost Whisperer and the lady I always thought was never the greatest actress, but an actress with large potential in some projects. This is not one of them. Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber not only makes up it's own words, but pretty much uses every character/plot point we've seen in a Romantic Comedy, a straight forward Comedy, or a plain Drama. Her character is not only impossible to like, but also a bore and a plain drag to see on screen. Being a TV movie with the minimum length requirement of 85 minutes I thought to myself not to approach this movie in a hard way, but I have too. Its horrible and a dread to watch.

    While trying to be funny, it fails, and while trying to be smart, it's dumb. It can never be what it wants. Every character in this movie is a one dimensional mess who was taken straight out of another movie. Jennifer Love Hewitt's character makes you feel you're losing brain cells every time she comes on screen and her over the top, Prima Donna attitude gets incredibly annoying and almost makes it hard to concentrate. While the story is majorly cliché, so is, well, everything else in this jumbled up mess of a movie. Airing on Oxygen, this movie is clear not to have a big budget, but even lower budget films can do better than this. Confessions prove even TV films are less tolerable than bad mainstream ones.

    Katya Livingston (Hewitt) is an unlikable Prima Donna who has everything anybody could want, but she still wants more. After hearing about a party that "anybody who's anybody will be at" she can't resist but to somehow bumble her way and show some cleavage to get an invite. She pesters everyone and sucks up to anybody who can get her one step closer to the golden key invite to the party. In the meantime, she slacks on her job as an advertising executive promoting different shampoo products and currently promoting on "The San Francisco Treat" Rice-a-Roni. She loses touch on that to become more focused on her "current dream" of getting the invite.

    The "spoiled bitch" attitude gets old and tiresome. When making the protagonist unlikable the whole film and even when giving an apology to people she's hurt, still makes her the most hated person on the screen, its a wonder why we should focus or even give the slightest damn why she's in her position. Why do we care about some "I'm so pretty, you can't get me!" girl when one of the other characters could have had a better movie. Jennifer Love Hewitt's role is lackluster beyond belief making it a wonder why someone of her talent was chosen to play such a low grade, zero part.

    There isn't a ton to say about Confessions other than it's a lame, Oxygen TV film. Just because this one has no attract factor doesn't mean other TV films are the same. Lifetime originals like Lost Holiday: The Jim & Suzanne Shemwell Story and Girl, Positive are some of my favorites as far as Television films go and those are so well written they should have been in theaters. Confessions is a bitter movie with low grade acting and a story line to wake the dead. A stuck up girl who for once in a life can't have something she wants? We haven't seen that before, oh no! Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Colin Ferguson, Natassia Malthe, Joseph Lawrence, and James Kirk. Directed by: Dana Lustig.
    sannerox

    i really enjoyed this film!

    i really enjoyed watching this film, i think that the acting was fantastic and both actors and actresses were very good. The plot of the story was based on a very good book that i also enjoyed reading by the fabulous author Adele Lang. The film was inspiring and was a great laugh and would be enjoyed by many people. I specially enjoyed Katya Livingston's gay best friend who really amused me and really made the film worthwhile. The film is very different from the book confessions of a sociopathic social climber as maybe is not as good as the ending is very different in the book and oxygen film companies changed that and made it worse as in the book there is no happy ending and things turn out a lot different. but overall i think that the film was a worthwhile watch and would very much like to see it again!

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Love Hewitt and Joseph Lawrence knew each other prior to filming. They dated when they were teenagers.
    • Goofs
      When Katya and her two friends are in an Indian Cafe, her friend is seen with a hookah (shisha) pipe in the mouth. However, when the shisha is shown by the camera, the terra cota cup is open. To smoke a shisha, that cup should be filled with tobacco, then covered by an aluminum foil, and topped with burning coals.
    • Quotes

      Katya Livingston: Darling, don't you know that looking good is everything - no matter how much it costs?

      [pause]

      Katya Livingston: Never mind.

    • Connections
      References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    • Soundtracks
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      Composed by William Pearson

      Performed by William Pearson

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    • Release date
      • March 12, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Social Climber
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Confessions Productions (II)
      • Evolution Pictures
      • Nomadic Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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