Very good in its own way

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2014)

I should really start with commending the fine job that Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep pulled off. The former is a wannabe writer who applies for a job and doesn't even know that she's got the devil in her boss. Andy (Anne) gets to be an assistant to the high flying Miranda (Streep), Editor of the fashion magazine, "Runway", a role that no one could have done more justice to than Streep herself. You would in no instance doubt the power wielded by Ms.Streep in her role as Miranda.
I haven't read the book so I wouldn't know how truly the movie sticks to it, but then I don't think David Frankel could have really done anything different to make the movie finer. The plot of the movie is really simple - How Andy tackles all the challenges that entail her job, and how many challenges she really puts up with before getting frustrated. We have all been in a similar position in our lives, when we just couldn't say "No" to our boss. Miranda gives Andy a bucket load of tasks right through the day and sometimes even late into the night, just when she's hanging out her gang of friends which includes her live-in boyfriend. Andy feels suffocated and out of place with all her lack of interest in the fashion world, it's just a job in her run up to becoming a writer. She just keeps reminding herself that she doesn't wanna tip over and be just another assistant to Miranda who got fired but show her mettle. She gets resistance in the form of Emily Blunt, first assistant to Miranda who does a neat job of showcasing in certain instances how badly she wants Andy to fail.
You do end up feeling sorry for all the characters caught up in the corporate humdrum of meaningless jobs and how much personal disconnect has crept into our lives. The movie does have a lot of funny moments to make you laugh and picks your interest to watch the relationships change on screen. Whether Andy sucks up to Miranda, learns fashion sense and puts her personal relationships on the line or just calls it quits and chooses life over work makes up for the evolution of the story. All in all, an enjoyable watch for a Sunday afternoon!