Movie
description
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-Meryl
Streep
-Anne
Hathaway
A
drastic
improvement
on
Lauren
Weisberger‘s
bestselling
novel,
THE
DEVIL
WEARS
PRADA
showcases
Meryl
Streep's
knack
for
combining
humor
and
sadness.
While
likely
inspired
by
notorious
VOGUE
editor
Anna
Wintour,
Streep's
Miranda
Priestly
(head
of
Runway
magazine)
is
entirely
her
own
creation.
Sporting
silvery
hair,
a
vast
collection
of
fur
coats,
an
encyclopedic
knowledge
of
all
things
fashionable,
and
a
killer
smile,
Miranda
is
full
of
wicked
charm.
With
her
mature
beauty
and
commanding
presence,
Miranda
is
as
fascinating
to
watch
as
she
is
intimidating
to
the
constant
rotation
of
assistants
thrown
her
way.
When
bookish
Northwestern
grad
Andy
Sachs
(Anne
Hathaway)
interviews
to
become
Miranda's
newest
lackey,
Miranda
hires
her
not
for
her
lackluster
wardrobe
but
for
her
intellect.
Inside
the
pristine
Runway
offices,
Andy
suffers
through
a
never-ending
list
of
impossible
tasks,
and
is
the
subject
of
constant
harassment
by
Miranda's
jealous
first
assistant
(Emily
Blunt).
But
to
the
dismay
of
her
boyfriend
(Adrian
Grenier)
and
close
friends,
Andy
slowly
finds
herself
seduced
by
the
glamorous
world
of
fashion,
and
by
Miranda
herself.
While
Andy's
transformation
comes
largely
in
the
form
of
new
designer
clothing,
the
makeover
is
mental
as
well.
What
starts
out
as a
firm
belief
in
fashion's
vapidity
and
in
Miranda's
heartlessness
gradually
fades
into
the
suspicion
that
the
boss
from
hell
might
just
be
hiding
a
soul.
While
the
book
villainized
its
title
character,
the
film
gives
new
depths
to
her
wrath.
As
Andy
trades
her
undergrad
wardrobe
for
one
packed
with
Prada
and
Chanel
(with
help
from
Stanley
Tucci
in a
brilliant
role),
viewers
are
able
to
savor
the
work
of
costume
designer
Patricia
Field.
Together
with
director
David
Frankel
(who
also
worked
on
SEX
AND
THE
CITY),
Field
creates
a
world
of
fashion
so
wonderfully
extreme
it
would
be
hard
for
anyone
to
resist.
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