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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: STREEP,MERYL EAN: 0024543409236 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled Label: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment MPN: 024543409236 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 12, 2006 Running Time: 109 minutes Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 2006 Editorial Review: Product Description: No Description Available. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: PG13 Release Date: 12-DEC-2006 Media Type: Blu-Ray Amazon.com: This clever, funny big-screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's best-seller takes some of the snarky bite out of the chick lit book, but smoothes out the characters' boxy edges to make a more satisfying movie. There's no doubt The Devil Wears Prada belongs to Meryl Streep, who turns in an Oscar-worthy (seriously!) strut as the monster editor-in-chief of Runway, an elite fashion magazine full of size-0, impossibly well-dressed plebes. This makes new second-assistant Andrea (Anne Hathaway), who's smart but an unacceptable size 6, stick out like a sore thumb. Streep has a ball sending her new slave on any whimsical errand, whether it's finding the seventh (unpublished) Harry Potter book or knowing what type she means when she wants "skirts." Though Andrea thumbs her nose at the shallow world of fashion (she's only doing the job to open doors to a position at The New Yorker someday), she finds herself dually disgusted yet seduced by the perks of the fast life. The film sends a basic message: Make work your priority, and you'll be rich and powerful... and lonely. Any other actress would have turned Miranda into a scenery-chewing Cruella, but Streep's underplayed, brilliant comic timing make her a fascinating, unapologetic character. Adding frills to the movie's fun are Stanley Tucci as Streep's second-in-command, Emily Blunt (My Summer of Love) as the overworked first assistant, Simon Baker as a sexy writer, and breathtaking couture designs any reader of Vogue would salivate over. -- Ellen A. Kim Beyond The Devil Wears Prada
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![]() Rating: - Less than expectedFrom the widespread raves, you'd think this fairly thin coming of age tale was Shakespeare. It's not. It's an adaptation of a book I never read, but the title was slapped onto the movie to help sell it without any true reference to it in the film. Meryl Streep is the one to watch here. Her performance is outstanding. But the rest is rather cliched slapstick. I expected something more sophisticated. Silly me. Rating: - It's fluff, but it's good fluffAs has been said in other reviews, it is truly the stellar cast and acting of this film that make it wonderful. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the fluffy plot would bomb. But the actors are fresh, funny, and very much into making the movie work. Most of the joy of watching this is indeed the actors and their corresponding characters. But do not be mistaken by the fluffy plot comment. While I'm sure that this is the type of movie that would drive many nuts, those that can appreciate simple ... Read More Rating: - Obnoxious, vapid, nihilistic train wreck.I agreed to watch this movie under the erroneous assumption that the director was going for something here, but that was likely due to my enduring and foolish optimism. I expected it to at least try to say something about crass consumerism and the ostentatious waste which fuels, along with gossip pages, our trend-obsessed culture. However tired the anticipated moral might be, and however saccharine we may expect its delivery to be based on the dozens of movies which have tackled the same subject, I ... Read More Rating: - When you work for the devil, anything goesWe all know the boss. The man/woman who knows it all and tramples on everyone. I've worked for her; you probably have too. "The Devil Wears Prada" is the "simple" story of a young college graduate, Andy (Anne Hathaway), trying to find a job. She looks at a fashion magazine, Runway, whose editor-in-chief, Miranda (Meryl Streep), is so harsh that girls who last one year as her assistant are granted "any job they set their heart on". The problem? Andy is so not into fashion, it's not funny. And ... Read More Rating: - The Movie is Much Better than the BookThe film adaptation for the novel, made this a much more interesting story line, and much more believable than the novel. For those that have read the book, you'll probably like the move better as it's a better story. The casting for this moving was pretty right on, however the casting for the character Christian seemed way off. While charming, he was much older and much less attractive than expected - I and found it a little unvbelievable that he would turn Andie's head in any way. I had ... Read More |