Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber

2005 television film by Dana Lustig

Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (also known as The Social Climber) is a 2005 American romantic comedy television film directed by Dana Lustig, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Adèle Lang. It premiered on Oxygen on March 12, 2005, and stars Jennifer Love Hewitt as 28 year old Katya, an advertising executive more concerned with being a well known socialite than being a good person. It co stars Colin Ferguson, James Kirk, Dan Roebuck, Sonja Bennett, and Joey Lawrence.

Katya Livingston is an ad exec living in San Francisco. Her accountant goes to prison and advises her to keep a journal of all of her expenses as she is sure to be audited. Katya is vain and selfish, trying to keep up with society by wearing designer knock offs and trying to get into all of the hottest clubs. She is best friends with Eliza: a well meaning do gooder, Ferguson: a gay male escort with self esteem issues and a long list of ex boyfriends, and Frangiapani: a woman that has been married several times. Katya finds out about the Royal Ball, a benefit for Youth Aid International and the biggest social event of the season. It will be thrown by socialite sisters Dove and Fawn Greenstein. She finds out that she has not been invited because of an indiscretion she mistakenly had with Dove Greenstein's husband on their wedding day and then later revealed Dove's real age to a local tabloid. She is desperate to go, especially when she finds out all of her friends are going.

CineMagazine rated the film 2 stars.