"Prada" Dresses to Impress

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2006)

Starbucks coffee on her desk before her (unscheduled) arrival. The latest fashions tailored to her liking. Such is the life of Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), fashion magazine editor. The Devil Wears Prada tells the darkly funny tale of her naive assistant, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), who is drawn into the unforgiving world of modeling. Meryl Streep doesn't steal this movie, she IS this movie. Giving the first Oscar-worthy turn of 06, Streep, giving a riotous performance that stays in your head long after the rest of the movie evaporates from your memory. Hathaway gives a good, believable performance as the lead. Emily Blunt is hilarious and Adrian Grunier his scruffy self in supporting roles. I only wish the ending weren't wrapped in cookie-cutter clichés. Overall, an enjoyable break from the rush of the summer movie season. As Meryl Streep says, in her quietest, snarkiest, Priestliest voice; "That is all."