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Meryl Streep stars as Miranda Priestly in what I think
is the best role she has been in in years. She is viscous,
callous and a step away from evil as the editor of "Runway
Magazine." She plays the character in such a way that her
coworkers fear her and grovel for one word of appreciation
or gratitude. Whenever she is tired of something or someone,
she will simply say "That is all" and expect her loyal subjects
to simply fade away. In the middle of the high class, high
stress job enters Andy (Anne Hathaway), the fashionably
challenged Northwestern graduate looking to start her career
in the journalism industry. Instead, much to hers and everyone
elses surprise she lands the job as Miranda's second assistant.
At first it is awkward and she fits in like a fish out of
water. As the show progresses Andy eventually finds her
groove and begins to mold into one of Miranda's fashion
junkies. ****
Stanley Tucci is Miranda's right hand man and helps
transform Andy into a fashion icon. He shines in the scenes
that he was in and was the only one who could hold a candle
to Meryl Streep. Emily (Emily Blunt) co-stars as Miranda's
assistant who at first dislikes Andy because she was just
biding her time at the magazine that Emily's world revolves
around. Later though Andy earns her respect and she acknowledges
what tough shoes her replacement has to fill once Andy moves
on. There are scenes so ridiculous in this movie that Anne
Hathaway wearing a size six, is called fat since all the
sample sizes are two and four. This just goes to accent
the madness that is the fashion industry. ****
The comic timing in this movie is priceless. The only
flaw in the movie for me is when they tried to humanize
Streep. It wasn't prevelant to the movie and it wasn't enough
of any emotion to change my opionion of her character. Adrian
Greer did fine as Andy's boyfriend but he wasn't good enough
to shine above the other standouts. The movie is whitty
and endearing and you have a clear cut good guy to root
for and a bad guy to hate. Don't feel sorry for Andy though,
she's tougher then she looks.
Image and Sound:
Obviously this is not a special effects extravaganza
so nothing really to talk about here. I thought the picture
could have been sharper and with more definition but it
wasn't so bad that it bothered me. The sound was clear and
I was able to hear the mutterings under thier breaths as
well as the outspoken voices. The soundtrack was worth checking
out though, the artists ranged from U2 to Alanis Morisette.
There was nothing spectacular about either but I enjoyed
the film a lot so they must have done something right.
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