Devil Wears Prada
3.5 of 4 Stars
PG-13 (Sexual Discussion and Mild Language)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Tracie Thoms, Adrian Grenier
Directed by: David Frankel
Produced by: Karen Rosenfelt, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr, Wendy Finerman
Mean, manipulative, and absolutely malicious describes Miranda Priestly (Meryl
Streep), editor and chief of Runway Magazine. Miranda is the devil, the anti-Christ
and Cruella DeVille, all rolled up into one. Runway Magazine is the top selling
fashion magazine in the world and Miranda is the world’s most prestigious editor to
boot, and does she know it! Meryl Streep single handedly walks away with this movie,
stealing every scene and blowing the minds of the audience with her incredible
finesse and stamina. The Devil Wears Prada may very well earn her the Academy
next year.
"The Devil Wears Prada" is an adaptation from Lauren Weinberger's best selling
novel about a young and aspiring journalist named Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway of
The Princess Diaries) who comes to an interview to be the assistant to Miranda
Priestly, the most demanding, determined and bitchy woman known to man, and
woman. She gets the job, despite her absolutely huge and rotund body size (a size
6!) and terrible taste in clothes, because Miranda wants to show her other assistant
that she is a moron.
Once Andy begins her job, she realizes that she must pretty much sell her soul to
her job and she does so out of hope of making the introductions into some of the
larger magazines and newspapers she has aspirations to write for one day. Andy
has every good intention and, for the most part, a great heart. She is alienated by
her friends when they realize that she might care more about her job than she does
about them, and eventually jeopardizes her love life because of the demands from
Miranda. Andy is religiously called at 5, 4, or even 3 in the morning to run silly
errands, including everything from picking up laundry to picking her up a steak from
a local restaurant. Eventually Andy is faced with situations which involve
compromises and temptation from every corner and she must make the right
decisions or suffer the eternal consequences.
Meryl Streep absolutely blew me away with her portrayal of Miranda Priestly. She is
why this movie works in every way and the reason why this movie will do very well at
the box office. This is an "actor’s" movie and should be viewed as such. It is kind of a
combination between an episode of "Sex in the City" and "Office Space," except far
more effective.
Anne Hathaway is fine in her role and she does a great job as Miranda’s assistant.
She proves herself able to carry a leading role that deviates from her standard type-
cast "Princess Diaries" and thankfully she had no nude scenes like she did in her
past two movies (Brokeback Mountain and Havoc). The clothes stay on for the
princess this time and the benefits are great. I sincerely hope that the racy films were
only a phase because, when she does innocent roles, she is truly a star. Let's face
it, no one wants to see Jimmy Stewart playing a sadistic murderer and no one wants
to see Anne Hathaway play in dirty movies. It just makes no sense. So ANNE, if you’
re reading, keep it clean for our sake and YOUR CAREER!
Stanley Tucci plays the devoted and kind-hearted genius backbone of Miranda,
Nigel, and he’s just amazing. His role reminds me of the hotel manager in Pretty
Woman/Runaway Bride. He’s a lot of fun to watch and they don’t overplay the
homosexuality aspect. He is just downright great. In my opinion, he too might get the
nomination nod.
The only part that didn’t make sense was they really tried to show that Anne
Hathaway was making some bad decisions and alienating her friends for the sake of
her career, but the friends that she had would have been the type to be patient and
wait on her. She really wasn’t making bad decisions but more choosing to pursue her
lifelong dream. When doing so, you kind of put your life on hold, and her friends and
boyfriend really should have given her a lot of leeway. I also did not like the lack of
support from her boyfriend. He pretty much put down her job the whole time and
made her feel like an idiot throughout the whole movie. He was not understanding of
her situation and when things at work would get in the way, he would just get upset
and angry, yet we were supposed to really like him for being insightful and caring.
This just didn’t make sense. To me, love means being supportive, caring, and
understanding, none of which I really saw from him. She wasn’t with the job for very
long before he and her friends started getting annoyed.
All together, I really liked this movie and just loved the acting. I want to see it again
and would recommend it to anyone over 13 as a pretty good movie all the way
around. However, do see the parental warnings first!
Parental Warning: The movie had some sexual situations, but NO SEX. Andy lives
with her boyfriend and they talk about sleeping with each other throughout the
movie, however the references are quick and not graphic. There is also a little bit of
bad language but not much. The critics are saying that it is like a well written episode
of "Sex and the City" and for all intents and purposes it really is, except without the
sex. This story is about single life in New York City, enduring life, relationships, and
work.
3.5 of 4 Stars
PG-13 (Sexual Discussion and Mild Language)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Tracie Thoms, Adrian Grenier
Directed by: David Frankel
Produced by: Karen Rosenfelt, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr, Wendy Finerman
Mean, manipulative, and absolutely malicious describes Miranda Priestly (Meryl
Streep), editor and chief of Runway Magazine. Miranda is the devil, the anti-Christ
and Cruella DeVille, all rolled up into one. Runway Magazine is the top selling
fashion magazine in the world and Miranda is the world’s most prestigious editor to
boot, and does she know it! Meryl Streep single handedly walks away with this movie,
stealing every scene and blowing the minds of the audience with her incredible
finesse and stamina. The Devil Wears Prada may very well earn her the Academy
next year.
"The Devil Wears Prada" is an adaptation from Lauren Weinberger's best selling
novel about a young and aspiring journalist named Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway of
The Princess Diaries) who comes to an interview to be the assistant to Miranda
Priestly, the most demanding, determined and bitchy woman known to man, and
woman. She gets the job, despite her absolutely huge and rotund body size (a size
6!) and terrible taste in clothes, because Miranda wants to show her other assistant
that she is a moron.
Once Andy begins her job, she realizes that she must pretty much sell her soul to
her job and she does so out of hope of making the introductions into some of the
larger magazines and newspapers she has aspirations to write for one day. Andy
has every good intention and, for the most part, a great heart. She is alienated by
her friends when they realize that she might care more about her job than she does
about them, and eventually jeopardizes her love life because of the demands from
Miranda. Andy is religiously called at 5, 4, or even 3 in the morning to run silly
errands, including everything from picking up laundry to picking her up a steak from
a local restaurant. Eventually Andy is faced with situations which involve
compromises and temptation from every corner and she must make the right
decisions or suffer the eternal consequences.
Meryl Streep absolutely blew me away with her portrayal of Miranda Priestly. She is
why this movie works in every way and the reason why this movie will do very well at
the box office. This is an "actor’s" movie and should be viewed as such. It is kind of a
combination between an episode of "Sex in the City" and "Office Space," except far
more effective.
Anne Hathaway is fine in her role and she does a great job as Miranda’s assistant.
She proves herself able to carry a leading role that deviates from her standard type-
cast "Princess Diaries" and thankfully she had no nude scenes like she did in her
past two movies (Brokeback Mountain and Havoc). The clothes stay on for the
princess this time and the benefits are great. I sincerely hope that the racy films were
only a phase because, when she does innocent roles, she is truly a star. Let's face
it, no one wants to see Jimmy Stewart playing a sadistic murderer and no one wants
to see Anne Hathaway play in dirty movies. It just makes no sense. So ANNE, if you’
re reading, keep it clean for our sake and YOUR CAREER!
Stanley Tucci plays the devoted and kind-hearted genius backbone of Miranda,
Nigel, and he’s just amazing. His role reminds me of the hotel manager in Pretty
Woman/Runaway Bride. He’s a lot of fun to watch and they don’t overplay the
homosexuality aspect. He is just downright great. In my opinion, he too might get the
nomination nod.
The only part that didn’t make sense was they really tried to show that Anne
Hathaway was making some bad decisions and alienating her friends for the sake of
her career, but the friends that she had would have been the type to be patient and
wait on her. She really wasn’t making bad decisions but more choosing to pursue her
lifelong dream. When doing so, you kind of put your life on hold, and her friends and
boyfriend really should have given her a lot of leeway. I also did not like the lack of
support from her boyfriend. He pretty much put down her job the whole time and
made her feel like an idiot throughout the whole movie. He was not understanding of
her situation and when things at work would get in the way, he would just get upset
and angry, yet we were supposed to really like him for being insightful and caring.
This just didn’t make sense. To me, love means being supportive, caring, and
understanding, none of which I really saw from him. She wasn’t with the job for very
long before he and her friends started getting annoyed.
All together, I really liked this movie and just loved the acting. I want to see it again
and would recommend it to anyone over 13 as a pretty good movie all the way
around. However, do see the parental warnings first!
Parental Warning: The movie had some sexual situations, but NO SEX. Andy lives
with her boyfriend and they talk about sleeping with each other throughout the
movie, however the references are quick and not graphic. There is also a little bit of
bad language but not much. The critics are saying that it is like a well written episode
of "Sex and the City" and for all intents and purposes it really is, except without the
sex. This story is about single life in New York City, enduring life, relationships, and
work.
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