"A million girls would kill for this job."

Rating: 6/10 (16 January 2009)

Or so they kept telling us throughout the entire movie. This movie was very predictable in two ways.
First, Meryl Streep delivers a performance extraordinaire. But what else would you expect. She is an amazing actress and delivers a very understated but intense performance as Miranda Priestly. Her low speaking voice and restrained movements were a surprising way to give a tyrant boss a different facade than the typical yelling and screaming.
Second, it was predictable in that the plot had absolutely no surprises in it. Everything seemed so completely uncreative. It's all been said or done before. Girl moves to the big city, gets a big break in her first job for an industry she could care less about. She dresses frumpy and doesn't fit in. But then she begins to care and starts to become like the people she made fun of in the beginning. She alienates friends and family, all in the name of getting ahead. The only surprise in the whole thing is I'm surprised Meryl agreed to star in such a weakly written film.
Yes, Meryl does elevate the picture and it is worth seeing just to see her interpretation of the character. But beyond that, there's not much else to see here.