Just Plain Irritating

Rating: Null/10 (22 November 2006)

I was quite looking forward to seeing this as a 'fluffyish-girl's-night-out' kinda film but within five minutes I found my credulity stretched because I couldn't think of a single reason WHY Andy got hired and the plot made no effort to explain it. (let's face it, if the job was so hot a million girls would apply, and the interest in fashion sooooo vital,then WHY pick one so geeky as she was? On the strength of a college resume? er surely not...or has NY suddenly become a LOT smaller?) Once Andy had started the job, I just wanted to punch Meryl Streep for her sheer ill-mannered behaviour and punch Andy for not standing up to her - I mean, a simple "excuse me but there's no need to throw your coat at me every day...." but no, she continues to be a complete doormat, even running out on her father's dinner date to run errands for the spoilt prima donna bitch boss. Her transformation from ugly duckling to swan was even more irritating since she was hardly the 'lump' they constantly made her out to be and certainly not noticeably fatter than anyone else in the office. By the end of it I really disliked Andy and her 'return to reality' did not renew her in my estimation. I was secretly hoping the cute boyfriend would have dumped her for a nicer girl while she was in Paris with the sleazy slimeball who kept turning up schmoozing her. Basically the whole movie revolved around having one hell of a bitch for a boss and could have been neatly wrapped up if Andy had thrown her coffee in her face, told her to stop being a cow and walked out. THEN she'd have been worthy of some respect. The bit when Meryl Streep coldly demeans Andy for daring to ask what the difference is between two almost identical belts - Andy SHOULD have pointed out that it WAS nothing and then seen the light and headed out to the sort of job she really wanted where she dealt with serious and weightier issues. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. still..... even after almost a week.......