Surely touching on something big

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2006)

Maybe it's because I saw the movie in what would probably be it's ideal setting...(an audience of fashionistas and gay men at a late night showing in Chelsea - I am in neither category, by the way)....anyhow, it seemed that they really touched on something with a solid lampooning of the high fashion world. The crowd was guffawing for even the oldest sight gags, which I won't spoil here. As naturally lovely as Anne Hathaway is (even when dowdy), I really resent the casting of Adrian Grenier in his role as her love interest. He is just way too much the embodiement of the female idea of the metrosexual male ideal. It was grating, and took away from the believability - as did the size of their apartment. Stanley Tucci should be commended -- His first few lines have you thinking he'll be nothing but a walking stereotype (as was much of the aforementioned crowd I was sitting amongst)...but Tucci's character was well-written and well-executed. Meryl Streep was perfect, but I can't agree with the critic's suggestion to just have made a film about her character - you need the context of the Andy character. I noticed that the audience particularly loved the Emily character...she might ring the truest to life of all of the characters.