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The Devil Wears Prada
Directed by: David Frankel
Starring: Meryl Streep
Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Run Time: 109
min.
Release Date:
June 2006
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Reviewed by
Byron Merritt |
Can you say Oscar nominee?
If you can, then Meryl Streep's performance in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
should be first on your lips and list. Her witty, cool, and wickedly
abrasive character portrayal of Miranda Priestly in this film certain
warrants at least that.
Simply put, The Devil Wears Prada is about corruption. Not
political or business, but personal. The big question this movie asks is
"How much of yourself are you willing to let go of to get what you want?
Or what you think you want?" In this Summer's blockbuster comedy-drama,
this question is not as easily answered as one might think.
Miranda Priestly has given up everything to become the president of
Runway Magazine, the most expensive, most popular fashion periodical
ever to hit the racks. To raise the magazine to such a prestigious
level, Miranda has sacrificed everything — marriages, vacations, family.
Her latest need, however, is fairly simple: a new office assistant.
Enter Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway,
HOODWINKED) a frumpy looking young
lady who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree
in journalism. Andy tries to use her position at Runway Magazine as a
stepping stone to bigger and better jobs, but is soon sucked into the
high-price, high-pressure world of fashion. She rapidly becomes Mrs.
Priestly's direct assistant and has to be on-call 24/7. This wreaks
havoc on her relationship with boyfriend Nate (Adrian Grenier, ACROSS
THE HALL) as she shows up late for dinners and even bypasses his
birthday party.
A dawning awareness of what she's become (or might become) soon hits
Andy and she's forced into making a decision that'll affect the rest of
her life. Should she stay with Mrs. Priestly and become a wealthy design
assistant with an ulcer? Or should she follow her original dream of
becoming a journalist? In a set of excellent circumstances where Mrs.
Priestly really needs her, Andy finally makes her decision.
It's a "stand up and applaud" moment for many viewers and even Meryl
Streep's Miranda character seems pleased with Andy's choice ...right
before she yells, "Go!" to her driver at the end of the film, indicating
she may have approved of Andy's choice, but she's already made her own.
Anne Hathaway pulls in a "beauty" of a part as Andy Sachs. Mrs. Hathaway
is a great looking lady (even when "frumped" up) but I'd be willing to
bet she's never been a size six! She's so tiny!
But Meryl Streep's performance is simply amazing. Her bitchy, bossy,
hardheaded, businesswoman performance was absolutely perfect! When she
first meets Hathaway's character and says, "You don't have any fashion
sense." And Andy says, "Well I do, it's just—" "That wasn't a question,"
Streep interrupts. That exchange sets the stage for this dynamite
relationship between the two.
If Streep doesn't get at least a few award nominations this year for her
performance, I'll be highly disappointed.
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Newsworthy:
The newspaper that hires
Andy is the New York Mirror. The Mirror was a real newspaper that ceased
publication in 1898 and often published first editions of Edgar Allan
Poe.
Movie Quote: "That's
all."
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