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In the dizzying world of New York fashion where size zero is the new 2 six is the new 8 and a bad hair day can end a career Runway Magazine is the Holy Grail. Overseen with a finely manicured fist by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) the most powerful woman in fashion Runway is a fearsome gauntlet for anyone who wants to make it in the industry. To make Runway the fashion bible of New York and therefore the world Miranda has let nothing stand in her way including a long line of assistants that didn t make the cut. It s a job no self-respecting person can survive yet it s an opportunity a million young women in New York would kill for.A stint as Miranda s assistant could blast-open the doors for recent college graduate Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway). More college drab than haute couture she stands alone among the small army of Clackers on staff at Runway superslim fashion divas clacking their stilettos down the halls of the magazine s Manhattan headquarters. But when Andy comes in for the job it dawns on her that making it in this industry will take more than drive and determination.And her ultimate test stands before her in head-to-toe Prada.Miranda can spin the fashion world like a basketball but has a devil of a time finding and keeping a good assistant. Andy is completely wrong for the job. But she has something the rest of them don t: she refuses to fail.To become the perfect assistant Andy will need to make herself over in Miranda s image. Soon much to her boyfriend s (Adrian Grenier) dismay she can talk the talk walk the walk (in flawless Manolo s) and never again confuse Dolce with Gabbana. But the more of life she sees through Miranda s eyes the more she begins to grasp that Miranda s world is a fabulous but lonely one and that sometimes great success depends on great sacrifice but at what cost?System Requirements:Run Time: 110 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543374404 Manufacturer No: 2237440

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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

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Rating : - Less than expected
From 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.