Nothing original, nothing new

Rating: 6/10 (17 September 2007)

A young girl, a job to pay the rent, the change, the friends who detest the change and the realisation what is the right thing for her life. Not very original story by any means. There was this, seen this before feeling I had through out the whole movie, when I watched it. Don't take wrong though, it's a nice little film. Direction is good enough, the script is good and the actors do their work as they should.
There has been a lot of praise towards Meryl Streep in this film, and you can't deny, if she weren't a talented actress. But the thing is, like it is for all "villains" in the films, the story isn't about her. It's about this young, naive girl played by Anne Hathaway, and her friends and life, which is actually left as a background noise. In the end, her life outside the jobs pressure is just a flat piece of paper, with people with make up personalities.
But for what it's worth, this movie flows with ease, even though you can guess the plot in the exact moment the film starts. It delivers no surprises nor twist, but then again, it's not the worst example of stories of its genre.
In short, it's reasonably good waste of time.