The Devil Wears Prada [Blu-ray]

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I can literally watch this over and over

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Love the storyline. Characters are superb & deserved the awards! Meryl Streep & Ann Hathaway are amazing. This film has everything & I loved it. It’s one to watch over & over. I highly recommend!

There are only three things wrong with the title of this review for the film "The Devil Wears Prada." First, Anne Hathaway is an actress who plays the character of Andy Sachs, but I keep thinking of her as Anne Hathaway as in "Now that Anne Hathaway has done sex scenes to get away from the whole Disney-Princess bit she is heading back in that direction in this film" instead of as her character. Second, it was grade Flavor-Aid and not Kool-Aid that was mixed with cyanide and Valium at the order of Jim Jones in Jonestown (and no one who drank it survived) but since the phrase "drink the Kool-aid" has become part of the vernacular once again historical facts have to take a back seat. Third, haute couture is used loosely to refer to all high-fashion custom-fitted clothing, but in France is now a protected name that can only be used by French fashion firms that meet well-defined standards. This time I will embrace the vernacular and my contradictory position on such things.I used this flawed title for my review because for me it defines the pivotal moment in "The Devil Wears Prada" that establishes both the film's major strength and its ultimate flaw. Andy Sachs wants to be a journalist but ends up as the second assistant for Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), editor in chief of "Runway" magazine (think of something beyond "Vogue") because maybe a smart "fat" girl can work where so many skinny well-dressed girls have not. Andy is fresh from the Midwest and has a level head on her shoulder, so she knows, as do we the audience, that Miranda and everybody else at "Runway" are pretentious, elitist snobs. Nigel (Stanley Tucci) is nice, but everybody else follows the lead of Emily (Emily Blunt) and treats Andy as somebody from another planet where nobody dresses well because they buy off the rack. Taking notes during a meeting that has descended to the question of which belt would be the proper accessory, Andy snickers. Miranda casts a withering stare at Andy and then proceeds to explain why the sweater Andy is wearing is a direct result of a similar decision made by the people in that room a few years earlier.That is the point where Andy does the Kool-aid drinking, and it was the point at which this film version of the novel by Lauren Weisberger starts to get away from being totally predictable. When screenwriter Aline Brosh McKennna ("Laws of Attraction") and director Peter Howitt ("Sliding Doors") take the fashion business more seriously, which is to say when Andy starts to take it more seriously, "The Devil Wears Prada" gains considerably more weight. Everytime we get back to Andy's boy friend Nate (Adrian Grenier), best friend Lily (Tracie Thoms), and fourth wheel Doug (Rich Sommer), things are a lot less interesting than when she is at the office. Her job is clearly demanding and her friends take issue with the fact that it might possibly be considered rewarding. However, I was interested in the idea that Andy would find her niche rather than lose her soul working for Miranda. Unfortunately, in the end we get back to the predictable path the film laid out in the beginning and the mantra that no job is more important than family and/or friends. The problem is I do not accept that premise, thinking of plenty of jobs (e.g., teaching) that require you to put the job first (I think of Leo McCary in Season 1 of "The West Wing" telling his wife that the job he is doing is more important than his family at that point of time; Leo's wife left him, but I have always believed he was right).The net result is that despite another great performance from Streep, Tucci having some fun, and what should be a breakout role for Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada" ends up being nothing more than what it promised to be from the beginning. I might have liked this 2006 film more without my favorite scene, because at that point I was thinking the film was more ambitious than it turned out to be. I know that the film is probably just being faithful to how the novel ends, but I definitely liked the movie I thought they were making more than the one they were actually making. At the very least I would have liked to see them walk the tightrope a bit longer, so that the idea Miranda's world was worth living in could be maintained in the last half of the film. But the whole "Hell on Heels" bit proves too seductive and if Streep sets up another Oscar nomination by refusing to let her character descend into caricature, the same cannot be said by Hathaway's Andy and this anti-princess cautionary tale.

I like the movie but my girlfriend love this movie

Delightful movie with clever script & wonderful humor.

Funny and entertaining

Film Molto Bello.Lo Consiglio.

Having watched this film for the first time whilst recovering from a back problem I simply had to order to add to my dvd collection. I was never a huge fan of Anne Hathaway until I saw her in this film - she is simply superb. Alongside the wonderful Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt she plays a great part. I loved watching the transformation from dowdy, not really bothered about fashion girl to trendy Miss. A great story-line, amusing yet touching - would highly recommend. Be warned, if you're watching this and wearing anything less than designer you'll want to go and change!!

I recently got this from Amazon, and finally got around to watching it at the weekend. I didn't really think i'd like this movie at all. It was been £3 for a while now at Amazon, and it wasn't untill i seen a trailer about it on one of my dvds that i decided to get it.It's about Anne Hathaway, who i admit, i know nothing about!. She goes for a job at a fashion magazine, and the ruler of the roost is Meryl streep ( 101 dalmations fame)Everyone says she isnt right for the job, even she doesnt think she is. She does t ry, but Meryl streep makes her life a misery by ordering coffee, and slapping her coat on the desk. She gets treated like a slave.I'm not into girly girly stuff, and i don't think you need to be to enjoy this film.Anne hathaway has a boyfriend character, and he is very cute. I think he is on some usa tv series now anyway.It's a good movie, and i'd recommend it, and it's only £3, so may as well give it a try :)

Interesting film - seems to be true to life, the way people are treated nowadays - perhaps a little exaggerated.

This funny film tells the story of Andy an assistant to the impossibly demanding New York magazine editor Maranda Priestly. Andy has landed a job that a million girls would die for. Unfortunately, her heaven sent appointment as Miranda's personal whipping girl just might be the death of her!Featuring wonderful performances from Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt and French Fashion Designer Valentino.