The dishy new comedy "The Devil Wears Prada" is dressed to kill. Killer cast, killer clothes, killer laughs. And best of all, you don't have to know the difference between Donna Karan and Donna Summer to delight in the film's wicked workplace politics. Based on Lauren Weisberger's best-selling roman à clef about her adventures in the perfect-skin trade as a lowly assistant to Vogue magazine's Anna Wintour, David Frankel's ("Entourage," "Sex and the City" ) movie is as crisp as a starched white shirt, as clever as the perfect pair of Jimmy Choos, and as self-confident as a supermodel. Read the full review
Fresh from college, a naive young woman scores a coveted job working as the assistant to the editor one of New York City's biggest fashion magazines — and also one of the Big Apple's most notorious bosses, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly. It's a job no self-respecting person can survive.
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Tracie Thoms, Adrian Grenier
Run time: 106 minutes
Release date: June 30, 2006
Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A-
"Streep is almost guaranteed to have bagged yet another Oscar nomination."
Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"Streep is stunningly scary..."
The Palm Beach Post: C
"If there were an Oscar category for mixed messages, The Devil Wears Prada would be a shoo-in for a nomination."
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