Published on NewYorkCool.com
The Devil Wears Prada
by Christina M. Hinke
New York Cool
June 30, 2006
Directed by David Frankel.
Opens June 30, 2006.
Starring: Meryl Streep; Anne Hathaway; Emily Blunt; Stanley Tucci.The devil must have decided to go down to Georgia because there wasn’t an opening for the post of editor-in-chief at the fictional New York fashion magazine Runway. In the movie version of the best-selling book by Lauren Weisberger, Meryl Streep brilliantly plays the cold-to-the-core editor Miranda Priestly. But in true Streep fashion, she also manages to show the warmer side of the ice queen. It would have been a lot easier to hate Miranda had Streep played Miranda as a Sub-Zero refrigerator, but instead she shows Miranda as a warm-blooded person with feelings (although they are demanding feelings), so you hate to hate her.
Dowdy Andy Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway), is fresh out of Northwestern University and she has a passion for journalism. Somehow Andy touches a nerve with Miranda and soon the grandma skirt-wearing Andy is fetching Starbucks (hot, very hot), answering phone calls, attempting to schedule impossible flights during torrential thunderstorms and scouring New York to get her hands on a copy of the latest unpublished manuscript of Harry Potter for her impeccably dressed, unnerving boss.
Anne Hathaway is darling as Andy and manages to hold her own against Streep, Stanley Tucci and the delicious Emily Blunt (who plays Sachs nemesis, actually named Emily). Hathaway manages to look comfortable both in her sweats and straggly hair and in her post transformation head-to-toe Chanel. Surprise! Surprise!
Impeccable performances, a tight script and an effortless one hundred and ten minute run time make The Devil Wears Prada into a devilishly-good New York time.
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