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FILM REVIEW - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
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🖊️ score: 5/10

i had heard good things about this movie and i came into it, not with high expectations, but at least the expectation that it would be fun but still be meaningful. unfortunately i think this movie leaves a lot to be desired. i think there's a good movie in here, but it's not the one we got

the original movie is incredible - the cast is fantastic, the story is lean and focused on andy's foray into the fashion world and more high-end culture and how that impacts her personal life and her ambitions, etc. i'll give the writers props for avoiding retreading this story, rehashing all of the plot points and making this sequel a pointless remake. they clearly tried to make this its own thing.

the problem is that i think the writing is too messy - they want it to be fun and have callbacks and references and bring all the cast back together at runway, but then they also want to have it be a commentary on the death and enshittification of journalism and art and culture and fashion. in my opinion, you can't do both, and that's why this felt like a mess. andy starts off being fired and we want to see justice for her and her journalist colleagues that we never see in the end. we see the weaponisation of ai against miranda which never leads to anything. we see the sensationalisation of the internet which is only commented on once or twice. the movie itself looks worse than its predecessor. it barely touches on the future of the fashion industry.

the relationship in the first movie is also an important part of the plot and of andy's arc - as she adopts more of the culture of the rich, she pushes away her boyfriend (who also unfairly judges her and isnt the good guy either) and she also has that relationship with that other richer guy that doesn't end well. its important because its part of how she grows into her own person with her own convictions that takes her away from fashion and into journalism. in this movie, the romance is entirely unnecessary, shoehorned in, completely unrelevant to the plot, and should have been cut. it serves literally no purpose within the plot

and honestly the most unfulfilling part of this movie is the ending. andy, miranda, and nigel end the movie learning nothing, in the same position they were in before, doing nothing differently, with no character growth, and the solution to all of their problems was to simply find a rich person who doesn't devalue art. its a cheap and easy route to take, and really encapsulates how badly this script needed several revisions

despite this, i still had fun! its a fun, feel good movie. i just cant help but be disappointed in the several directions they went in because they didn't commit to anything, nothing happens, no-one learns anything, and they end up saying nothing. basically a nothingburger of a movie.

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A ★★½ review of The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

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Review: The Devil Wears Prada – A Staple of 2000s Hollywood. (Spoilers)

Last week, I watched The Devil Wears Prada for the first time and all I could think as I watched it was – did we really need a sequel to this? It’s good, but it can stand on its own.

The Devil Wears Prada follows Andrea (Andy) Sax, a bright-eyed college graduate who’s desperately looking for a job. She interviews with “Runway”, a high-end fashion magazine out of desperation, and is hired by Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief. She becomes one of Miranda’s assistants and quickly grows to be a part of the company, embracing its fashion culture. However, trouble strikes as her position as Miranda’s assistant and her new connections in the fashion and media world put a heavy strain on her relationships, until she finally has to ask herself if it’s worth it anymore.

Being a movie centering heavily around the fashion industry, The Devil Wears Prada makes a lot of jokes about people’s weight. Being set in the early 2000s when the beauty standard was heroin chic, glorifying unhealthily skinny bodies that were slightly better than today’s Ozempic-using actresses, jokes are made about Andy being fat because she’s a size six. One of the funniest and saddest scenes in the movie is when Andy has to tell her friend, Emily, that she’s going to Paris, and Emily yells that Andy doesn’t deserve to go to Paris since she eats carbs. The culture of extreme dieting to stay skinny is fully embraced and ridiculed in this movie.

Moreover, the movie didn’t shy away from addressing the issues that come from being a corporate woman. Miranda, though an unlikeable character, is sympathetic. As the editor-in-chief, she spent her life climbing the corporate ladder to the detriment of two marriages and her daughters’ childhoods. She feels bad for not being there for her husband and children thanks to her extreme dedication to “Runway.” On top of that, she has to make hard decisions to maintain her place at the company to the detriment of her relationships with her staff.

Similarly, Andy is pushed by Miranda to climb the corporate ladder by throwing people under the bus for her benefit. While Andy doesn’t realize it at first, towards the end of the movie she does. Already seeing what such a lifestyle has done to Miranda and what it’s already doing to her life, she leaves “Runway” and grows confident in her own skin, reuniting with her boyfriend and getting a job with a local newspaper.

Because of this, I really doubt that the new Devil Wears Prada movie is going to be good. The first movie was clearly meant to be a standalone film. It starts with Andy being desperate for a job and ends with her being confident enough to move on to do her own thing. It doesn’t shy away from criticizing corporate culture and makes jabs at an industry that’s particularly known for its toxicity, something it could do back in the 2000s. It’s a good movie that doesn’t need a sequel.

Until next time,

M.J.

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