The chick flick that got straight men to follow...

Rating: 9/10 (5 March 2007)

About 45 minutes into this film, I noticed the lead characters finally took a moment to breath. It was quite refreshing, though, since I don't recall seeing another verbal film where the actors (or actresses in this case) can't seem to shut up, yet there isn't a dull moment to spare. Wherever you turn to in the Prada universe, something happens. The fantastic Merryl Streep shines as Miranda Priestly, the magazine editor from hell, and Anne Hathaway marks her way cautiously into becoming the next Julia Roberts (or the next "it" girl at the very least), after a starring in a string of kiddie hits (The Princess Diaries 1-2) and a quick breast flash (Brokeback Mountain). The story is your basic "small town girl hitting big city life" cliché, but it's carved with so much glamor and style and fashion and wit  you'll soon to be caught in the act as well. And yes, I know it's basically supposed to be a "chick flick" but I believe Prada has it's honorable share of male followers as well  mostly straight, by the way (surprise surprise).