The Devil Wears Prada (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Fun, interesting, good story
Disadvantages: Not massively funny, can get you wound up if you are like me!

...I didn't see it at the cinema, although I had been mildly tempted out of curiosity, it is not the sort of thing I normally go for. Nevertheless, I didn't mind watching it on telly when I had little else to be doing! I'd seen plenty of trailers, so had some vague ideas about the film, so my expectations were not too high. Story After a dreadful interview with the completely disinterested Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) ... Read review

Advantages: Watchable, Some brilliant performances
Disadvantages: Somewhat predictable

The Devil Wears Prada is the film adaptation of a book with the same name. I must confess to not having read the book, but I have seen the film so this is a film only review. Our heroine is Andi (Anne Hathaway) who has recently earned a good degree and moved to New York to pursue her dreams of becoming a journalist. Unfortunately journalism proves very difficult to break into, so as well as sending her details to lots of magazines, she signs up ... Read review

Advantages: Meryl Streep, fun film, good soundtrack
Disadvantages: A lot of changes from the book which is annoying if you've read the book!

I actually read the book which was the basis for this film last spring, before I knew that they were turning it into a Hollywood blockbuster. I really enjoyed the book, and found it laugh-out-loud funny, so I had really high expectations for the film, especially when I read that both Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were going to be starring in it. So here goes my review of The Devil Wears Prada. As previously mentioned, the film is based on the ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, Slick, Great performances
Disadvantages: None

...not time and then theres the disagreeing on what to watch. So when my other half went away for a couple of nights I took advantage and watched The Devil Wears Prada knowing it would definately not be his cup of tea. Before I start I would like to point out that as this is a dvd rental it is a review of the film only. The film was produced in 2006 and directed by David Frankel (previously involved with Sex and The City the TV Show). The screenplay ... Read review

Advantages: Great cast and soundtrack
Disadvantages: The ending is very different to the book, and quite disappointing

I first saw The Devil Wears Prada while I was in America during the summer. It wasn't something I would have picked myself, due to thinking that it was all going to be about fashion and shoes and bags and all that kinda thing that really doesn't interest me. But I did see it, and I did enjoy it. I was given the book as a gift for Christmas, so I thought it was time to revisit the movie to see how well it had made the changeover. *** Plot *** Andrea ... Read review

Advantages: Great moral story to tell about the way people put career first.
Disadvantages: Weakness in some characters, though not the leading ones.

...becoming a journalist. This is the situation that Andrea, (Anne Hathaway), finds herself in, although the job she had in mind is very different to the opportunity which presents itself as Assistant to the Editor in Chief of Runway magazine. At the beginning of the film, we see her going for her interview, and the interview being interrupted by the entrance of the boss, Miranda Priestley (played by Meryl Street), which should have given poor Andrea ... Read review

Advantages: Witty commentary on today's society
Disadvantages: The portrait is truer than it should be

I fought of the urge to see this film for a long time as like Andy, I felt no connection with the world of fashion and trend and felt sure I would be bored senseless by an endless parade of ultra-thin models and mean stylists. It wasn't until flipping through the movie channels while home in Canada that I stumbled across this and faced with little alternative decided to give it a chance. Director: David Frankel Actors: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, ... Read review

Advantages: Great bitchy moments, good acting from Meryl Streep
Disadvantages: Reminded me so much of Two Weeks Notice

...to write my review on the film "The Devil Wears Prada", I really wanted to go to the cinema to see this when it first came out but never actually found the time, you know what its like something always happens to come up when you finally decide you want to do something, well this happened, three times I thought yep…I'm gonna grab the girls and go to the cinema…well no your not Mell and when I managed to get time to go and see it…guess what it wasn't ... Read review

Advantages: Acting, Fashion
Disadvantages: Not Many

The devil wears Prada is a 2006 comedy drama film directed by David Frankel and starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep. It revolves around the vicious and back stabbing world of fashion, and the people in it. Andy Sachs (Hathaway) has just graduated from Northwest university and moves to New York, hoping to be a journalist at the New Yorker. However, the reality’s a little different. While looking for jobs, she finds out that if she becomes the junior ... Read review

Advantages: Good storyline, great acting
Disadvantages: Doesn't stick to the book

I had actually read the book of The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger before seeing this film for the first time and therefore think I may have a slightly different opinion to someone who has not read the book. The plot of the film is that a young girl called Andrea who has just graduated from college is out to find her first job. She really wants to become a journalist but knows she must find any way into the industry she can. She ends up ... Read review

Advantages: Great viewing with some funny moments
Disadvantages: none

...long time now so making the most of my last few days until my husband gets back and starts hogging the TV again I decided to buy and watch the film. THE FILM The film is about Andy Sachs, played by Anne Hathaway, who gets a job working in for a fashion magazine. Her job is the second assistant to Miranda, played by Meryl Streep. Andy has taken the job as she thinks it will get her meeting people and will result in her getting a good job in journalism ... Read review

Advantages: Probably one of the 'must-see' films of the autumn
Disadvantages: A bit predictable

I reckon that the value of this film is NOT dependant on the way it ends, and so I have reviewed the whole film, including the last 5 minutes. Sadly that has annoyed some readers, so I have now inserted this warning to you.! **** If you prefer to read reviews of films that are truncated by witholding of important aspects of the film's purpose and message, and in particular, the way in which the script writer has constructed the closing 5 minutes, ... Read review