Watchable, But Not Impressive...

Rating: 6/10 (30 March 2013)

First of all, this movie is tagged as "comedy + drama + romance". The only accurate tag is drama. Honestly, there's no comedy in this film, and also no romance. It's pure drama.
Meryl Streep, of course, handles her role to the usual high standards. She is very convincing, and her acting is always brilliant.
Anne Hathaway's acting is O.K. this time (she is usually not very good; this is one of her better performances), but the trouble with her character is that "Andy" is unlikeable from the start, and only gets more and more so throughout the movie. She is snobbish, over-confident, annoyingly smug and arrogant, which makes her unattractive to the viewer.
Also, they went way over-the-top with her initial I'm-clueless-about-fashion image. Not at all believable and looks thoroughly fake, as does her attitude. I usually enjoy a movie where makeover is involved, but this was just lame.
Emily Blunt is very charismatic and pleasant to look at, but, unfortunately, she turns in a mediocre, annoying performance i.e. she overacts -- constantly.
None of the male characters were properly developed. The gay dude was downright annoying (reminded me of that OBNOXIOUS a***hole from "Sex and the City"). Andrea's boyfriend was unremarkable; he's just kind of there and doesn't fit in with the story. Neither does her second love interest. There zero chemistry between them.
And, well, I just didn't get the message. What was the bottom line? Throughout the whole movie Andy busts her butt to impress the bitchy Miranda. So... she has got a makeover, survived the abuse, and finally receives a approval/validation/a reference from Miranda. And...?