A bad adaptation of a Fabulous book

Rating: 5/10 (28 January 2007)

The main redeeming feature of this film is Meryl Streep. She plays the boss from hell, to absolute perfection. I was disappointed with this film because I had read the book about a year before the film came out. When I found out the film was coming out i was very interested, as the book was fantastic.
If you haven't read the book then the film as it is, is a good film. The characters are strong and the plot line works well. Streep excels as Miranda, and Hathaway moves further away from characters like Princess Mia with each film she makes. However, if you've read the book before seeing the film then the film is a big disappointment. Large sections of the book were chopped, the only things that seemed to remain were the character names, the magazine name and trip to Paris. Even the supporting characters were changed, such as Nate, Andy's boyfriend. In the book he's a teacher, in the film he's a cook. Minor plot lines didn't survive the chop either, such as when Andy collected Miranda's pet, which is a huge dog in the film, a cat in the book. This was obviously done for effect, so the dog can be seen dragging Andy along in her heels. The same can be said for when Emily gets hit by the car. This was obviously done to be more dramatic, dragging it further from the source material. I could go on but I don't want to put people off completely. I make one suggestion - if you've read the book, don't watch the film, you'll be horribly disappointed, like I was.