Surprising Good - realistic portrayal of the struggle and fun of a good-hearted-smart-beautiful young lady

Rating: 9/10 (8 September 2006)

This is actually surprisingly good. Before watching it, I thought the script is going to be filled up with quite 2 dimensional-stereotypical characters. But to my amusement, it's actually quite realistic and believable.
Hathaway's performance is nice. Streep's character is NOT MEAN ENOUGH. Yes, no kidding, I've come to expect more EVIL from the "DEVIL" than her. She is nothing more than a blunt, hyper-critical, ultra demanding (to the point of extremes) boss, but nonetheless,a highly capable and smart working professional. In real life, young girls right out of college often encounter even worse bosses, the stupid/incompetent kind, but jealousy prone (she might hate that your porcelain skin contrasts her lifeless, dull skin, etc., or that you are potentially smarter and certainly more creative at problem solving than she does, or something alone that line).
After watching it, I felt like "What?? that's the devil? huh?" The curiously John Galiano looked a like, Christian Thomson character and the Nigel character really makes this whole film credible. Andrea's effects on them looked "natural" and it's quite enjoyable to see these "pretty girl-older men" relationship-dynamics unfold itself.
On the whole, it's a good realistic young lady's struggle/adventure story from Lauren, I am going to read her next book, "Everybody worth knowing".