Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Meryl Streep | ... | Miranda Priestly | |
Anne Hathaway | ... | Andy Sachs | |
Emily Blunt | ... | Emily | |
Stanley Tucci | ... | Nigel | |
Simon Baker | ... | Christian Thompson | |
Adrian Grenier | ... | Nate | |
Tracie Thoms | ... | Lily | |
Rich Sommer | ... | Doug | |
Daniel Sunjata | ... | James Holt | |
David Marshall Grant | ... | Richard Sachs | |
James Naughton | ... | Stephen | |
Tibor Feldman | ... | Irv Ravitz | |
Rebecca Mader | ... | Jocelyn | |
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Jimena Hoyos | ... | Lucia |
Gisele Bündchen | ... | Serena |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I got a chance to see a sneak preview, and it was better than expected. First, I have to say that I've never read the book. My friend who saw it with me read it, and she said that the movie was pretty faithful to the book.
The movie stars Anne Hathaway, a writer who winds up applying for, and getting the second assistant position to the Editor-in-Chief of THE fashion magazine called "Runway." Her boss is played by the always fantastic Meryl Streep. While she gets less screen time in the movie, her mean looks and bitchy attitude makes her character stick with you. Also, the movie does give you some soft moments to make her a little more sympathetic than she was portrayed in the novel (or so my friend told me). I do wonder whether or not this movie would've worked if Meryl's character was male instead of female.
I won't bore you with the other plot details because it was actually fun to not know how it unravels. Without the novel to go by, it was fun to figure out what bad thing was going to happen to her next. I do have to say that the movie has achieved the balance of being cute but not corny. You also get to understand why she just takes it all instead of just quitting to begin with. It's funny enough to make you laugh out loud, but more importantly, it's a great film to escape to. Hey, at least for the majority of us, we can come out of the theater and say, "At least my boss isn't like that."