The Devil Wears Prada 2006 by AverageMansReviews

The Devil Wears Prada 2006 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/burning/vehicle hit/medical references to suicide.

Runway: briefly; this fashion magazine is being ran by the chief and editor Miranda Priestly [Meryl Streep:] she is a very high maintenance individual that has made her whole life this magazine and to the world of fashion, so this is why she needs 2 assistants; assistant Number 1: Emily Charlton [Emily Blunt:] she does all the general assistance things, including but not limited to answering the telephone and such things, but also she does the standing by Priestly and very much front of house that kind of thing, but also she gets to teach/treat assistant Number 2 as her assistant when Priestly isn't around. So we come to assistant Number 2 Andrea "Andy"/"Emily" Sachs [Anne Hathaway:] she goes on for this job that she really doesn't want, because she wants to be a writer/columnist or something to that effect, but slowly but surely she gets sucked into this world of fashion.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, character developments, framework and pacing; the storyline/script is at best wafer thin and everything is based around an origin plot and developments [which I will discuss some of the more later on,] consequently the framework and pacing for this 109 minutes film is fundamentally sound and is of a good place, but then it hits you; we aren't actually going anywhere fast so it comes off like watching paint dry, so we were checking in consistently to see am under the film we had left to watch.

Comedy and action; I just have one question and that would be where is the comedy? No seriously where is it? Because I didn't laugh once and the person I watch some others content with; was also puzzled when I informed this individual this was meant to be a romantic comedy and for the action we have a character getting hit by a vehicle.

Character developments and performances; I don't think in my 15 years of content creating I have ever seen such a slow and on reflection agonising usage of basically the character developments known as coming-of-age, off the top of my head the coming-of-age thing happens with him the final section of this movie; it uses the outlay of something like a sudden realisation, which as the person I watch some of this content with referenced at the end; it is a laborious film and I can't disagree with this assessment, don't get me wrong the biggest asset and positive to this film by miles and miles and miles is predominantly the female performances, just for the record the men put in positive performances also, but as this is a female driven project; the females performances are the only thing to mainly write home about and if they weren't as pronounced as they were, they would have gotten swallowed up by essentially a nothing of a script and yes I am fully aware that this film and indeed its sequel comes from a series of books by the novelist; Lauren Weisberger.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; I mean by and large it is very generic, yes absolutely there are some quality performances but that is it really and I am now starting to wonder if this is just another case of too long between the first and it's sequel; The Devil Wears Prada 2 2026 release date 01/05/2026. But as the person I watch some others content said also the sequel couldn't be much worse than this film. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 21 Winners which include but are not limited to London Critics Circle Film Awards 2007 ALFS Award Actress of the Year Meryl Streep and British Supporting Actress of the Year Emily Blunt and Leggio d'oro 2007 Maria Pia Di Meo For the dubbing of Meryl Streep. 53 Nominees which are also including but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2007 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Meryl Streep and Best Achievement in Costume Design Patricia Field and finally Jupiter Award 2007 Jupiter Award Best International Actress Anne Hathaway