Frumpy girls are smart and thin, fashion plates are stupid

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 2006)

This could have been a terrific movie if the script had not been so predictable in it's content. Meryl Streep is sensational, and without her there would have been no movie at all to speak of. She's as brilliant as ever, and perhaps more so because this isn't a typical role for her. Emily Blunt also steals every scene she's in and I really look forward to more of her work. Anne Hathaway is just playing herself as always, pandering to the teenage crowd who come to this film only to see Ms. Hathaway become Streep's Galatea, turning from frumpy to Gucci-toting hot mama. The most disappointing message I got, however,was the typical American message to most poor girls out there - if you dress down or unbecomingly, it must mean that you're brighter than the rest. Get a clue writers of this film - today we can all be as fashionable as we like AND have PHD's.