The Devil Wears Prada 2006

     This film is based on a best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger.  Andrea Sachs has just graduated from college in New York.  She is hired to work as the second assistant for the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly.  What Andrea doesn’t know is that Miranda is ruthless and merciless as the executive of the Runway fashion magazine.  Andrea would like to be a journalist and she sees this job as temporary and a professional challenge.  Andrea gets the lay of the land from first assistant Emily.  She tells Andrea that Miranda is cruel and always looking to find fault!!  Andrea changes her attitude and behavior plus she dresses more to suit her current environment.  These changes begin to affect her private life and her relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends.

     I thought many scenes in this film were funny.  Andrea doesn’t have any idea how to please Miranda.  Possibly, Miranda can never be pleased??  She’s supposed to perform in this job as if she had been doing it all her life?  Unfortunately, what happened in this film often happens in real life!!  At least Miranda has dignity and intelligence so she’s not just a Boss From Hell!!  3 ½* (I liked this movie

109 min, Comedy directed by David Frankel with Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep Adrian Grenier, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Daniel Sunjata, David Marshall Grant, James Naughton, Tibor Feldman,Rebecca Mader.

Note:  Imdb 6.9 out of 10, Roger Ebert 2*, 75% critic 76% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Empire Online 4* out of 5*, The Guardian 2* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, Amazon 4.6* out of 5* with 1478 reviews, the book has 3.5* out of 5* with 1052 reviews.  Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns is a sequel book with 3.2* out of 5* and 1202 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Paris, France; Manhattan, Queens, New York City, New York.  Many current fashion designers allowed their clothes and accessories to be used in this film.  As a result, this film became the most expensively costumed film in history.  Supposedly, Anna Wintour as the formidable editor of Vogue was the inspiration for Miranda?  Emily Blunt’s husband John Krasinski claims to have seen this film 75 times??  Just two days of the production took place in Paris.  The scenes with Meryl Streep were shot in New York because it was too expensive to fly her to Paris.  Anne Hathaway prepared for her role by volunteering for a week as an assistant at an auction house.