The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil wears Prada is based on a novel by Lauren Weisbergen of the same name. The book was written after Lauren Weisbergen stint as an assistant to Anna Wintour the all-powerful editor of Vogue. The book had be given bad reviews on it's prose and lack of character interface heroine Andie Sachs and why she wants a job on New Yorker.

The movie however, needs not to focus on the plot or why Andie Sachs (played by Anne Hathway) wants to be a journalist working for the New Yorker or Vanity Fair. The film just needs to focus on the drama of it all which it does brilliantly. Where it displays the clutching control of the boss Miranda Priestly the editor of Runaway (played by Meryl Strueep). obviously a figurisation of the vogue editor and the nagging and manipulative 1st assistant Emily( played by Emily Blunt).

Meryl Streep's performance as Miranda Priestly is breathtaking and is what carries the film on to the end. Her bossy tones and walks or control are staggering to watch.

Anne Hathway is suprisingly good as Andi Sachs though her role is similar to watch she played in The Princess Dairy movies. Both of them showed women being thrown or put into a new world they never seen before. However she is not doing anything silly. Her performance of Andie Sachs reminds me of Audrey Hepburn “Funny Face” as the Library assistant. In fact her friendship with the designer Nigel (played by Stanley Tucci) resonates with Audrey Hepburn's character's friendliness with the the designer. Anne Hathway is admirable to watch as you seen her transform from fashion disgrace to fashion expert and back again during the movie.

Emily Blunts does wonderful as the manipulating fashion wannabe Emily 1st assistant of Mirand Priestly who bosses Andie around puts pressure on her to get her act together. Stanley Tucci as the Nigel the art director is great as Andy's mentor who criticises her whining and helps her adjust to her choatic new job. Andie's boyfriend Nate played by Andrian Grenier is forgettable as there is not much character exploration. His only relevant part is showing Andy and the audience who she is ignoring and rejecting for a part in Miranda life and fashionable clothes.

The movie is situated in the Fashion chic of New York City and the site location helps the movie alot. The showing of a lush New York street and taxis with glamorous woman walking Manoloos and Jimmy Choos contrasted with Anne Hathway' fashioned challenged cloths is superb in showing how out of league Andy is in the fashion world she is entering. The photography is excellent especially the opening scenes showing glamorous models getting dressed contrasting with Andie Sachs getting dressed set the tone and drama that will come during the film.

The plot of Devil wears Prada is Cinderella like. Andie Sachs a North Western journalist major who has expectations of working at the New Yorker accepts an interview of an assistant job for celeberity star editor of a fashion clone of Vogue, Miranda Priestly. Upon accepting the job she now learns she has a long way to go on succeeding in the fashion world especially as Miranda's assistant. “A million girls will kill for this job” is a popular line that is repeated to Andie and to assist her in this gruelling job, manipulating fashion snob Emily and delightful friendly but harsh Nigel who spins his magic wand to cloth “the new Emily” to be the clique of the fashion world. Unfortunately but not surprisingly Andie loses focus on her career objective and focus directly on her new relationship which involves getting what ever Miranda wants. Her boyfirend Nate loses touch with her and well as some of her friends

The Devil wears Prada is an entertaing film and most critics who have seen the film and the book say that the film is much better than the book. So watch if not for the glamorous clothes and photography but for inside scoop of the fashion industry and the brilliant perfomance of Merly Streep and entertaining acting of Anne Hathway.