Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005) (TV)

Director:

Dana Lustig

Writers (WGA):

Adele Lang (novel)
Eric C. Charmelo (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

12 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When you're at the top, the only way is down.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Advertising Agency | Hairy Back | Personal Assistant | Fantasy Sequence | Socialite

Cast

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Katya Livingston
Colin Ferguson	...	Charles Fitz
Natassia Malthe	...	Frangiapani
Daniel Roebuck	...	Alex
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Dove Greenstein
James Kirk	...	Sebastian
Sonja Bennett	...	Eliza
Jennifer Clement	...	Gatekeeper
Melissa Rivers	...	Herself
Joseph Lawrence	...	Ferguson
Peter Abraham	...	Bunny
Andrew Abud	...	Kiosk Attendant (as Andrew Michael Abud)
Reese Alexander	...	Stylist
Preston Cook	...	Teddy
Brenda Crichlow	...	Julie

Also Known As:

The Social Climber (UK) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual content.

Runtime:

96 min | Germany:81 min | Canada:85 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:AL | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Confessions Productions (II)

Trivia:

When Gatekeeper asks Katya if she received her message last night, Katya responds that after she watched "Last Call" she stayed up all night to work on the advertisement. This is a reference to "Last Call with Carson Daily" a talk show starring the ex-MTV veejay who also happens to be Jennifer Love Hewitt's ex-boyfriend.

Goofs:

Factual errors: 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:

Eliza: Discussing your six-figure salary will only make him feel discontented with his lot.
Katya Livingston: He lives in a shack with no air conditioning, TiVo, or DSL. I don't think I could make him feel any more discontented than he already is.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Soundtrack:

Feel So Good

A Too Vicious Romantic Comedy

In a daring move, Jennifer Love Hewitt finds herself as a very nasty, not very well liked, and a much off-putting character in this rather overly vicious, narcissistic romantic comedy. Unfortunately, even the personable Hewitt can't quite Teflon coat off the negative vibes of her character making this film hard to enjoy with such an unlikeable character. But Hewitt manages to put on a decent performance and go with the script making the overall movie a tolerable, sometimes funny, sometimes despicable experience. The build up is too long in coming, yet the unusual premise of sociopath who gets her due as a romantic comedy is savaged by preserverance and Hewitt. Six out of Ten Stars.