Great night out

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2006)

If Meryl Streep had been given a larger part in this movie, I would have given it a 10. Her performance is so pitch perfect and delicious, that you can't wait for her to show up again and again and again. Her Miranda is a juicy, imperious, richly layered character, for whom you actually feel sorry at times.
The shoes and outfits are to die for, and you just can't imagine any other settings for this movie than New York and Paris. Anne Hathaway is merely OK. She is beautiful and can certainly act, but she is not THE star. Meryl steals the show and runs away with it.
I was somewhat disappointed with the lack of gossipy details about the fashion industry. We get glimpses of how the magazine, Runway, is put together, but no real meaty stuff. So much time and energy are spent on the secondary characters, that one of the primary characters, the fashion industry, is given short shrift.
But all in all, this movie was worth every dollar I spent to see it.