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The Devil Wears Prada
2006
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The Devil Wears Prada
Positive Reviews
80
Negative reviews
24
Average Rating
3.2
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1.5
Like many moralizing Hollywood films, The Devil Wears Prada wants to have its cake and denounce it too.
Rob's Movie Vault
2.5
But its hard to care about whats going on whenever shes offscreen.
Av Club
2.5
When I was young there was a series of books about boys and girls dreaming of the careers theyd have as grown ups.I cant remember what the titles were ..
Rogerebert
1.5
Some people have complained that Park is all style and very little substance (apparently theyve missed a goodly chunk of Takashi Miikes back catalog), ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Its far from perfect a romantic subplot featuring a smoothie writer and the contrived third act jeopardy at Paris Fashion Week are both duff but its o ..
Time Out
3.1
Here is the stroke of an artist cutting through the narcissistic confusion around her, both shaming and enlivening this smooth but wafer thin film.
2.5
Gretchen Carlsons reign as the pageants chair has been marred by questions about her leadership: Directors of 22 state pageants called for her resigna ..
2.0
When the film is in the presence of Streep and Blunt it bubbles like a glass of champagne, barely alcoholic but intoxicating nonetheless.
3.0
Streep is a far better reason to see The Devil Wears Prada than the movie itself.
E Film Critic
3.8
The storyline sets itself up for plenty of phony pay offs, but thankfully doesnt deliver on them. It actually knows better.
E Film Critic
3.8
Yet theres nothing special about the relationship, and, anyway, theyre both really young.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
There are plot elements and the odd line that seem forced or formulaic, but the overall impression is fresh and stylish an autumn/winter show thats wo ..
3.5
While the film has a lot of great one liners and a knockout performance by Streep, it leaves a little something to be desired as a whole.
Cinema Blend
3.8
This is a breezy and enjoyable piece of pop entertainment a welcome reminder of what Hollywood used to be good at.
The Globe And Mail
4.0
The Devil Wears Prada is a smashing success both as a portrait of the fashion world in New York and as a touching and alluring story of a young womans ..
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
Aside from Streep, there really isnt much to The Devil Wears Prada...With her,though, it becomes an acting master class in how to make a lot out of ve ..
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Though the characters are all familiar stereotypes, the dialogue is nothing to write home about, the moral arc of the story has little credibility and ..
Sover
3.8
Its trite message be true to yourself and your friends rings false, and the cloying ending feels like it was written for another film then tacked onto ..
ReelViews
3.1
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4) Tweet Fashion Play By Jeffrey M. Anderson Based on Lauren Weisbergers book and directed by David F ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
The Devil Wears Prada is an entertaining boss from hell flick that manages to skewer the fashion industry with something like affection.B
4.4
The movie, which is never boring, at least, boasts an opening half hour that seems to contain a fair degree of promise, as the movies eclectic yet und ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
It turns out to be a lot less funny and a lot more predictable, cliched and melodramatic than I thought it was going to be at first, despite some very ..
Lariat
3.0
Enjoy it for what it is, though: fresh and breezy, and comforting when you realize your boss isnt as bad as Miranda.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Initially, Andy seems way out of her depth as she knows nothing about fashion and has trouble meeting all of Mirandas impossible demands. However, And ..
View London
3.0
What makes the film more than fairly good fluff is Streeps performance.
Cs Monitor
1.5
An insipid script by Laws of Attraction co writer Aline Brosh McKenna packs a few droll one liners, but mostly the film only aspires to its chick lit ..
Film Journal International ..
3.8
But make no mistake about it, this comedy is very much a Meryl Streep movie.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.8
Youll leave thoroughly entertained, and that is all the movie really cares about.
Internet Reviews
3.8
While the picture isnt brilliant, it is, at its most entertaining, a kicky, surprisingly astute throwback to bygone Hollywood social comedies.
Boston
4.0
Instead of such, The Devil Wears Prada offers the viewer something a little more dare I say it adult.
Mountain X
4.5
Not for the least which reason that its rare to see this kind of dynamic workplace mentor and mentee when its women in the roles.Movies about professi ..
4.4
You have to keep living your life: Survivors of the Yonge St. van attack send comfort to the Danforth Three months later, the people of Willowdale are ..
Toronto Star
3.0
The best compliment I can pay this sporadically witty but always enjoyable comedy is that George Cukor and Vincente Minnelli, MGMs top directors of th ..
Emanuellevy
4.0
Both Streep and Hathaway have great singing talent, and the fashion sequences would sparkle with dancers in those colorful costumes.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
Against its own will, the story undermines its own happy conclusion.
Q Network
1.5
The story and its many themes were just endless cliches presented with an importance that was just laughable.
Cinema Crazed
2.5
Theres a moment in The Devil Wears Prada (Fox) when Anne Hathaway, as the put upon editorial assistant Andy Sachs, defends her monstrous boss, fashion ..
Slate
3.0
Whilst donning the designs Hathaway again proves her competence and is sweet enough to keep things bouncing along to the distinctly chick flick pop tu ..
Eye For Film
3.0
Its a cold slap in the face to people who dismiss clothes as something less than art.
Movies
3.5
...relies on dialogue and decent acting rather than such lofty comedy concepts as farting, fat guys in tights, or a dog humping a stuffed animal...
Flim Threet
4.0
Its a shame that Frankel ties pretty bows around the story in the end and it could have had more bite.
Bbc
3.8
icy hauteur and acidic condescension makes for a most irresistible injection of venom into what would be a typically sugary Princess Diaries installme ..
Mr Brown Movies
4.4
For all of its savagery and cynicism, the greatest attribute of The Devil Wears Prada is its surprising humanity.
The Movie Boy
3.5
A sharp, surprisingly funny excursion into the catty realm of womens magazines.
Calendar Live
3.1
Streep is having a nice little resurgence this year with two spectacular performances.
Hollywood
3.0
But, as credible and fine tuned as it is, Streeps less intimidating characterization doesnt quite have the teeth it needs; and Hathaway, who enters th ..
Seattle Pi
5.0
Streep and Tucci are wonderful (but) best of all is Emily Blunt, who plays the bitchy, ambition obsessed Emily with a deft touch.
Tony Medley
4.4
The Devil may indeed wear Prada, but in the case of this movie the only thing this melodious masterwork needs to be covered in is box office gold.
Movie Freak
4.0
The Bottom Line: Thanks to a sharp script and four perfectly cast actors, The Devil Wears Prada is fun and entertaining even if youre not a fan or sla ..
3.5
Everyones gotta take a job to pay the bills once in a while in todays movie game. Even a decorated practitioner of the acting crafts like Oscar winnin ..
Herald Sun
3.5
If you would have asked me in May how this film would have done, I would have guessed only so so.
7M Pictures
1.9
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
2.0
chows down on this meaty role with relish and smartly dimensionalizes her demonic diva (some sympathy for the Devil), so shes both satisfyingly ruthle ..
E Online
3.5
We get taken into romance complications and a smattering of the politics that prevail in any high rolling industry but, mostly, this is a character st ..
Varia Gate
3.1
What might put people off about this movie is that a light knowledge of the fashion industry is required to fully enjoy it, and yet most of the jokes ..
Three Movie Buffs
4.0
With its strong ensemble cast, witty script and eye candy apparel, The Devil Wears Prada is the hottest trend of the season.
Nz Herald
3.8
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Kansas City
3.1
Think your boss is bad.Try having a silver maned dragon lady waltz in every morning, plunk her fur and Fendi bag du jour down on your desk, and bark o ..
Christianity Today
4.4
So if youre high on fashion hi life or simply shopping at Good Will, I think youll have a fun time with this film.Streep of course is solid and Tucci ..
Ross Anthony
3.8
Meryl Streep pulls off another in her long list of acting feats making Miranda both despicable and empathetic.The script gives her just barely enough ..
Big Picture Big Sound
3.8
If looks can truly kill, Meryl Streeps Miranda may very well be the fashion industrys most notorious serial killer.
5.0
However, to call the movie a simple chick flick or modern day escapist fantasy is a ridiculous notion.
Waffle Movies
4.5
Andy doesnt really get along with anyone at first, not even senior assistant Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt).
Solzy At The Movies
4.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.1
This devil needs a sharp pitchfork fast.Many of the movies fashion moments are right on, though.
Chron
3.0
Like Scorseses The Departed, the plotting of the movie wouldnt have been possible without mobile phones; among its many cliches is the throwing away o ..
Film Guardian
2.0
It wants to hitch a free ride on all the high speed excitement of the wicked fashion biz before finally growing up and deciding its way too superficia ..
Film Guardian
4.4
The Devil Wears Prada is to the cutthroat world of chic glossies what Swimming With Sharks is to the movie business: a satirical indictment of its ind ..
Or Lando Weekly
3.0
There are some must have luxuries here, first of which is Meryl Streeps fascinating performance as the fearsome Miranda Priestly.
Film 4
3.0
Brosnan and Kinnear are up to the challenge, both delivering very solid performances. Brosnan seems to be having a lot of fun playing off his James Bo ..
Bowling Green Daily News
1.5
Crafted like a high end TV show, its a sort of video Vogue lite, brite and trite.
Wsj
3.0
Malice sparkles in The Devil Wears Prada. The fashion world comedy achieves this plum by resuscitating the almost dead virtue of dynamic dialogue.
Guide Live
3.5
13 time Oscar nominee Streep may rack up yet another nomination for her tour de force performance as a fashionista on steroids.
Jam! Movies
3.0
Its a film for adults that seems refreshing with its lack of superheroes, special effects, and a bloated runtime.
From The Balcony
2.0
If The Devil Wears Prada werent so infectiously entertaining, it may have been regrettable.
Film Blather
3.5
Although The Devil Wears Prada is definitely a chick flick, anyone who wants to see Streep in a sensational performance or loves the laughs Stanley Tu ..
Review Express
4.4
The film captures New York in all of its media lashed uproar, Paris in the spring has rarely looked so heart swellingly gorgeous. But the most impress ..
M Tv
3.8
Streeps comic timing is so on the mark that she even manages to get a sizable laugh with the simplest line imaginable: Go.
James Sanford on Film
3.8
A clever, funny look at the way we sometimes risk selling our souls in the name of success.
Aisle Seat
3.5
Not as scathing as the book but Meryl does turn in a performance worthy of making interns and assistants everywhere shudder. Plus, she gets to be mean ..
TheMovieChicks.com
2.0
The Devil Wears Prada may name check trendy Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo, but its tale of publishing industry bitchery and one naifs dawning realizat ..
Nicks Chager
2.5
A more singular, sharp and smarter tone wouldve made it a far more memorable piece of work
Dark Horizons
1.5
I was there... It was the mid 90s, and I was but a lowly assistant at fashion conglom Bergdorf Goodman, corner of 5th and Haute Couture.
IGN Movies
3.0
Youll laugh quite a lot at the beginning but will probably have run out of steam by the end.
Spectator
2.0
Slight but entertaining, The Devil Wears Prada is an ugly duckling Cinderella tale set in the fashion industry, in which the wicked stepmother is far ..
Detroit News
2.5
A not so biting parody of the fashion industry which, to most people, is probably self parody.
Compuserve
2.5
Another summer, another time to play critical archvillain to a blockbuster superhero.
Cine Passion
3.8
A well written and finely performed film, The Devil Wears Prada is a welcome island in this summers sea of action films.
Crazed Fan Boy
2.0
The filmmakers have defanged the entire idea, choosing to turn Andreas trip to hell and back into a series of pre digested I heart New York sequences ..
Film Jerk
3.0
I think its the worst outfit in the movie, but you cant say its predictable, and as a result, you spend the rest of the movie critiquing each ensemble ..
Nicks Flick Picks
2.5
Thats not to say The Devil Wears Prada doesnt have its enjoyable moments its spirit is largely blithe.
Metro Weekly
2.5
The only thing super about this commonplace, boss from hell comedy is its couture and fluffiness, but at least it flies at a quicker clip than the Kry ..
Premiere Magazine
3.1
The movies veiled endorsement of superficiality should give you reason to shout at the devil.
Chicago Tribune
3.5
I only wish I could wear Prada.It would be worth being the satanic majesty in satin.
The Tyee
3.0
Streep plays Miranda subtly, not needing theatrics for the razorblade spitting she does to nick all of the unquestionably incompetent people around th ..
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
3.5
The Devil Wears Prada isnt a brilliant film, but it certainly is an entertaining one.
Brandon Fibbs
1.9
No one knows his name.No one knows the name of the people he came from.
Suburban Chicago News
3.8
The films peeks into the fashion world are amusing, and the script makes some salient points about the lengths to which a person will allow themselves ..
3.1
Underneath the canned dialogue and a predictable career isnt everything social message, The Devil Wears Prada beats with an earnest heart.
Arizona Daily Star
2.5
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Nyc Film Critic
4.4
The actor who nearly steals the film away... is Stanley Tucci... Early handicappers for next years Oscar race take note.
3.8
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The Cinema Phile Blog
1.9
A flat comedy that pretends to cluck its tongue at gloss and glitz and the surface tension of lives attuned only to appearances, then spends most of i ..
Sign On Sandiego
1.5
A very formulaic tale about a naive young woman who nearly loses her soul after being caught up in the woman eats woman world of fashion, the book mus ..
4.5
Streep owns every minute shes on screen in The Devil Wears Prada.
Democratand Chronicle
1.5
Walk into the theater wearing jean shorts, a popped collar or anything taken off the rack from T J Maxx, and Meryl Streep is likely to jump off the sc ..
Rich Mond
3.8
Theres a surprisingly sharp little sting hidden in this sleek throwback to old fashioned Hollywood melodramas about sweet young things thrown into the ..
Online Tv Guide
2.0
The real reason to see Devil is Streeps extraordinary performance. Without her, this Devil would have wound up a little threadbare.
Contra Costa Times
1.5
An ironic measure of the films research into the fashion mag scene is the fact that theres almost no journalism in it.
City Pages
3.8
Come February, it might be very fashionable to present Streep with another Oscar
Lj World
3.0
If you have ever held an office job, you probably have encountered the boss from hell and Streep manages to make the character both amusing, scary and ..
Murphys Movie Reviews
4.5
The reason the Streep, Tucci, and Blunt characters work so well is that they all have clear character focuses. But Hathaways movie heroine, Andy Sachs ..
1.5
The story itself falls too frequently into the standard cliches of the awkward girl turns into a swan thanks to an unexpected fairy godmother formula.
DVD Review
1.5
If ... the heroine is going to be as immune to temptation as Andy is ... then the spiritual dimension better be staggering ... because the narrative w ..
Blogcritics.org
3.0
If fashion is indeed a special brand of terrorism, then Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), editrix of the fictional magazine Runway, is the Osama bin La ..
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