Good.

Rating: 8/10 (10 September 2008)

This movie has an odd composition.
We get several great performances, with quirky humor mixed with both the negative and positive aspects of fashion. It is fairly shallow, but a major reason for this is because fashion is so shallow. I will absolutely declare that Anne Hathaway's performance as always was the cute innocent boring person who wants to be fabulous, which has gotten beyond painful. She is the main fault of the movie, in my opinion. However, the first viewing of the film she didn't destroy it by any means. Emily Blunt gives a wonderfully smarmy performance of the sassy eponymous character, Emily. Stanley Tucci is also wonderful, sarcastic sharp, without fading. Alas, Meryl Streep performs with such flair, that you can see the wickedness pour out of her. Adrian Grener also gives a fine performance as the ice boyfriend. Sadly, Tracie Thoms and Rich Sommer play boring friends who really couldn't impress you even if they tried. Daniel Sunjata plays the very charming designer James Holt, and the charmer Simon Barker plays fairly well.
The Story, essentially, is fairly well presented from the novel, and although rushed and benign, while it should be more violently set (in terms of feminist approach).
Overall, it had enough for me to watch repeatedly and to like immensely.