Streep (somewhat) classes up a banal movie.

Rating: 6/10 (2 February 2007)

I'm going against the grain of what seems like the majority of critics on this one, I guess. Meryl was pretty good, but I didn't think it was the best outing of her career. The costumes were eye-popping, as befits a fashion movie, but I thought the plot was pretty lame. Character clichés abound (I don't know if absolutely EVERYBODY in the fashion industry is as totally ice-cold and self centered as they are portrayed in TDWP; I hope not) and in my opinion Andy's "friends" didn't cut her much slack. (I certainly wouldn't have taken the boyfriend back.) It's hard to say if this movie's really a 6, but they don't have a 5.5 rating, and it is better than a 5.