More like Wall Street's Gordon Gekko wears Prada!

Rating: 8/10 (16 July 2006)

Here's the apparent recipe for an Oscar nominating role stew: Take one driven mover-and-shaker, who unwillingly takes a chance on and hires a possible up-and-comer. Throw in one cute and likable underdog of a new employee, who is ill prepared for job at hand, but always seems to chameleon into a version of the boss. Insert some loved ones, who amazingly always notice the proverbial "significant change in demeanor and radical departure" from the main character's normal life. Spice up the entire story with some wholesome new love interest that teeters on ending the disparaging old relationship. Bake this "new conviction" concoction until the predictable reality sets in and the inevitable executive betrayal reaches a steamy boil. Then serve it with a sudden dose of ethical culpability and wash it down with an inevitable soul-searching resurgence back to normality. All the while knowing that someone, somewhere, somehow gets his or her dreams thoroughly trampled.
Yes, Miranda Priestly, Gordon Gekko's fraternal twin, manipulates her way through the fashion magazine industry with the same cold brutality of a corporate raider dismantling a beloved company, and frankly, I loved every minute of it.
And yes Ms. Streep, you better make room for yet another Oscar on your mantle!