Meryl Streep is this movie.

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2006)

The only reason I gave it an 8 instead of a 10, is because the plot is no stunner. but Meryl Streep is the 'it girl' of this movie. the character she portrays does not become a caricature even when she allows herself brief moments of human frailty. She is delightfully 'New York' in the way that most of us dread running afoul of, but secretly delight in watching. As long as it is someone else who is being taken down a peg or two.
The Anne Hathaway character is more of a caricature, but since the only other movie I can recall seeing her in was Brokeback Mountain, I wasn't reminded of her roles in the Princess Diaries movies like some professional critics stated they were.
The fashions, attitudes, and world displayed, reminded me of why i am glad i no longer live there: addictive to acquire, beautiful to have, exhausting to maintain.