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Movie Overview
Cast
Meryl Streep
Anne Hathaway
Stanley Tucci
Director
David Frankel
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for some sensuality.
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
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OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh
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"If ... the heroine is going to be as immune to temptation as Andy is ... then the spiritual dimension better be staggering ... because the narrative will have no suspense."
Blogcritics.org
Alan Dale
3/5
"There are some witty lines and pretty outfits, but when it comes to diabolical satire,
The Devil Wears Prada
merely strikes a pose."
Eye for Film
Anton Bitel
"Although inhabiting her character as seriously as humanly possible, Meryl Streep ends up being extremely amusing as haughty Miranda Priestly."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
B+
"...a film for adults that seems refreshing with its lack of superheroes, special effects, and a bloated runtime."
FromTheBalcony
Bill Clark
C-
"The filmmakers have defanged the entire idea, choosing to turn Andrea's trip to hell and back into a series of pre-digested
I heart New York
sequences aimed at the average Perez Hilton reader."
FilmJerk.com
Brian Orndorf
3/5
"mediocre at best, namely because it just doesn't live up to the promise of its title. Priestly may be evil, but she's not the devil"
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
"That Andy, so beautiful in her new wardrobe, comes to see this power as superficial and sad rather than desirable is plot-pointy and predictable."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
2.5/4
"Here is the stroke of an artist cutting through the narcissistic confusion around her, both shaming and enlivening this smooth but wafer-thin film."
Slant Magazine
Dan Callahan
3.5/4
"...there's simply no denying the effectiveness of virtually every aspect of the production..."
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
B-
"Pretty to look at but not much food for the brain."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
3.5/4
"The year's shrewdest comedy thus far."
DustinPutman.com
Dustin Putman
2/5
"Una comedia previsible, inofensiva y finalmente olvidable sobre el mundo del trabajo, la moda y la frivolidad. Meryl Streep es su principal atractivo."
Uruguay Total
Enrique Buchichio
B
"It still isn't very substantive and probably would have been even less so without Meryl Streep in the lead. Enjoy it for what it is, though: fresh and breezy, and comforting when you realize your boss isn't as bad as Miranda."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
B
"If
The Devil Wears Prada
weren't so infectiously entertaining, it may have been regrettable."
Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
"The story itself falls too frequently into the standard cliches of the awkward-girl-turns-into-a-swan-thanks-to-an-unexpected-fairy-godmother formula."
DVD Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
"Nimbly assembled and tartly performed"
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
B
"Aside from Streep, there really isn't much to
The Devil Wears Prada
...With her,though, it becomes an acting master class in how to make a lot out of very little."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
4/5
"A smashing success as a glimpse of the fashion world and as a depiction of a young woman's introduction to the ethical choices that form character on the job."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
B+
"If fashion is indeed a special brand of terrorism, then Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), editrix of the fictional magazine Runway, is the Osama bin Laden of Fifth Avenue."
Modern Fabulousity
Gabriel Shanks
3/4
"
The Devil Wears Prada
is two films in one: a caustic, energetic satire of the fashion world and a cautionary melodrama."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
2.5/5
"Against its own will, the story undermines its own happy conclusion."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
3/4
"... a glossy good-time movie ..."
CBS 5 (SF Bay Area)
James Rocchi
7/10
"Click here to read review"
Kinoblog.com
Jaroslav Vishtaljuk
8/10
"The intersection of career and personal life is explored in
The Devil Wears Prada
, a slick yet refreshingly mature take on the boss-from-hell premise."
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
7/10
"...the real reason to see this film has got to be Streep..."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
3/4
"It's to the film's credit that I still found it an enjoyable satire, as glossy and superficial as the industry it purports to skewer."
Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
"Meryl Streep is the reason, if reason there be, to see The Devil Wears Prada...Streep, and of course, the clothes. "
In the Dark
Jonathan F. Richards
3/4
"Funciona por el talento de sus actrices, por lo inteligente de su guión y por no pretender ser nada fuera de lo común. Fue una de las sorpresas del año pasado y con justa razón."
Moviola
Jorge Avila Andrade
3/5
"The lack of camp is either what is best about the film or what is desperately wrong...It's worth seeing for Streep alone, or making fun of the clothes, but don't spend too much money on it."
Cinerina
Karina Montgomery
3.5/5
"If some sixtysomething nerd who read books about galactic empires and hasn't even touched a fashion magazine can love this movie, anyone can."
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
B
"...the great Meryl Streep...has an estimable field day playing the wolf in designer clothing."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
4/5
"Moralista, sí. Predecible, un poco. Pero divertida, ingeniosa, ácida y exquisitamente disfrutable... especialmente por el extraordinario trabajo de una verdadera deidad de la actuación: la Sra. Merryl Streep."
Cinenganos
Luis Martinez
3/4
"There's a surprisingly sharp little sting hidden in this sleek throwback to old-fashioned Hollywood melodramas about sweet young things thrown into the lairs of hard-edged harpies who value their careers above all things womanly."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
B-
"Streep plays Miranda subtly, not needing theatrics for the razorblade spitting she does to nick all of the unquestionably incompetent people around the character."
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Mark Pfeiffer
"[D]eliciously mean and yet not totally heartless... for all its inevitability, [it's]beautifully played and more than a tad touching."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
3/4
"[Streep's] icy hauteur and acidic condescension makes for a most irresistible injection of venom into what would be a typically sugary
Princess Diaries
installment."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
3/4
"A clever, funny look at the way we sometimes risk selling our souls in the name of success."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
B+
"Streep creates panic with gestures measured in millimeters -- a lifted eyebrow, a pursed lip, just removing her sunglasses or tilting her head with the white meringue of a hairstyle that wouldn't dare get mussed. She is terrifying, mesmerizing, hilarious,"
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Nell Minow
C
"Makes one pine for any comparable '50s working-girl comedy (or, for that matter, 1988's
Working Girl
)."
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
3.5/5
"...relies on dialogue and decent acting rather than such lofty comedy concepts as farting, fat guys in tights, or a dog humping a stuffed animal..."
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
3/5
"Streep is a far better reason to see
The Devil Wears Prada
than the movie itself."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
C+
"Works well as a comedy, then sinks when it turns serious."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
B
"...
The Devil Wears Prada
is aimed at the youthful fashion-conscious femme audience and it hits its target squarely."
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
2/4
"(The cast) take their characters as far as possible in the film's opening act but are required to hit the same notes over and over in the limited, repetitive screenplay."
Charlotte Weekly
Sean O'Connell
10/10
"Sophisticated comedies are rarely Oscar contenders but this may be the funniest chick-flick you're likely to see all summer."
Modamag.com
Susan Granger
1.5/4
""Sex and the City" fashion porn married to
The Princess Diaries
'tween ugly-duckling uplift."
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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