430 reviews
Sales Rank: 1634

Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 109
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7

MPN: 2237440
UPC: 024543374404
EAN: 0024543374404
ASIN: B000J103PC

Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 2006
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

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 Streep has a ball sending her new slave on any whimsical errand, whether it's finding the seventh (unpublished) Harry Potter book or knowing what type she means when she wants "skirts."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

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Product Description
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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1 out of 5 stars

Obnoxious, vapid, nihilistic train wreck. August 10, 2008
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 was going to give the movie a chance. But, as they say, no good deed goes unpunished. I learned from this movie that it is better to conform to each cynical expectation which is placed upon you and to do it with such devotion and skill that you sacrifice everything else and, in the end, earn a grudging nod from someone with every cluster B personality disorder in the DSM. The movie made it a point to miss every opportunity to introduce some fallout or some consequence for becoming a self-absorbed toadie, and seems to do so deliberately. The worst we see in the movie is an extremely amiable break-up, once which seems to be the completion in any case of the plot of the all-too-common female fantasy of the innocuous castrated male best-friend/boyfriend roulade. And always, at all times, everything is done with the kinds of effusive displays of emotionalism that lead me to think that everyone in this movie is histrionic enough that they really do get some kind of life-affirming revelation from their gelato. As the movie dragged on, I realized that I was watching a slideshow of carefully packaged cliches, all calculated to sell to the kinds of shallow, deluded, self-absorbed Cosmo readers who raid the stacks at the local bookstores for books with pithy titles rendered in flowing script above a trendy picture of a skinny girl with boots, sunglasses, and a purse with a tiny little designer dog shoved inside. The movie wasn't meant to lambaste or parody anything. It wasn't meant to have a moral. It was calculated to win with focus groups and demographics. It was a script written in adspeak for women who are all too ready to parody themselves and think it "empowering". I'd watch this movie only if you desire to have your opinion of your fellow naked apes diminished even further.

4 out of 5 stars

When you work for the devil, anything goes July 26, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

We 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 Miranda is, well..."difficult".
I was unsure if I would actually enjoy the film. I had heard mixed reviews. But after finally seeing it for myself, I realized that on the whole, I enjoyed it. Anne Hathaway has the "My Fair Lady" role down-pat. Emily Blunt is very appealing as Emily, the desperate assistant. Even the actor who plays Nigel is charming. But Meryl Streep as Miranda is the star of the show. She steals the screen every time she appears, with enormous presence, a cool gaze, and her quiet, demanding voice.
The other characters are weak. We as the audience are supposed to be rooting for Andy to spend more time with them, but when her boyfriend, Nate, acts like a baby when she has to work on his birthday, you can't help but dislike them. When Nate says it would be better for her to be a pole stripper with integrity (what the...?!) than what she is, you want to kick him where the sun don't shine.
The plot is not complicated, well done, but the big "turning points" can be seen a mile away (such as Andy's conversion to fashion, her being chosen to go to Paris, and her eventual quitting). The clothes are beautiful (well, some of them are odd, but that's coming from a Wal-Mart girl :) ), the pacing perfect, and the scenery (particularly Paris) beautiful. There is some foul language, a scene where a woman gets hit by a car, some allusions to eatin disorders, and some sexual situations, but nothing particularly glaring.
Overall, I liked the film. It is a great story of a young woman trying to justify her job with her morals. While I did not like how her friends (particularly her boyfriend) did not understand that sometimes you have to do things you don't like (aka your job) to pay the rent (and get the expensive purses that your friend gets from work) and that fun things will have to come later, it is a really good movie that showcases Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway's talents.

3 out of 5 stars

The Movie is Much Better than the Book July 21, 2008
The 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 actually hoped this character would have a bigger role in the movie based on what I read in the book. This character could have been removed from the movie and wouldn't have made a different. Because of the casting, he should have been.

Meryl Streep is fabulous and nails this character perfectly as does Ann Hathaway. The clothes in the movie are great and it's a great story - just not one of the best movies ever. I would give it 3.5 stars out of 5.

5 out of 5 stars

My wifes second favorite movie. July 15, 2008
Behind Pretty Woman this is my wifes favorite movie. I even liked it, but don't tell anyone.

2 out of 5 stars

Unintentionally depressing July 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is the heart-chilling story of an intelligent young woman with a lot of potential--if a somewhat tenuous grasp on her own identity--who, through the course of the movie, has everything that was interesting or endearing stripped from her by an unfortunate expedition into a superfluous industry.

This, in and of itself, would not be so bad except for the fact that the viewer is supposed to feel good for her by the end. This movie would have made a great tragedy. It could have been a fantastic commentary about how many young college graduates, thrust into the real world without an adequate transition period, become the prey of a business world that eschews substance in favor of form, and are forced to take on scripted roles that crush the individual potential they once had. Instead, this movie celebrates this process, and for that it is saddening.

The script, on top of its depressing advocacy of modern materialism, was banal. From watching to the ten minute mark, just about anyone will be able to predict the denouement. It is utterly uncompelling as a story, and offers no memorable insights. The one mark in its favor is that the acting is good. The two leads do an impressive job with the sub-par material from which they had to work.

Overall, however, the cringe-worthy message and the hackneyed storyline make this a downright bad movie. It was painful to watch, because I liked Hathaway's character at the beginning of the movie, and I was insulted that I was supposed to applaud the descent into shallowness and frivolity and exposed the weakness of her character.