{"id":2394892,"date":"2026-04-29T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2394892"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:07:08","slug":"the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-heavier-solid-sequel-proves-miranda-priestly-is-still-in-vogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-heavier-solid-sequel-proves-miranda-priestly-is-still-in-vogue\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; review: Heavier, solid sequel proves Miranda Priestly is still in vogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F04%2Fnewspress-collage-j88w6ibiu-1777482150301.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261777467825\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s been 20 years and glossy magazines are dropping like flies. But I\u2019ve gotta hand it to the Devil \u2014 she could\u2019ve been a whole lot worse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n\t\t<span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow subsection-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tmovie review\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"inline-module--review__title subsection-heading-semi\">\n\t\t\tTHE DEVIL WEARS PRADA\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rating\">\n<div class=\"rating__stars\">\n<div class=\"rating__star rating__star--filled\"><?php \/**\n * Review star.\n * \n * @package nyp-editor\n *\/\n\n??><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n\t.review-block-star {\n\t\t--review-block-star--empty-color: #585858;\n\t\t--review-block-star--fill-color: #000;\n\t}\n]]><\/style>\n<p><svg class=\"icon-star review-block-star\" stroke=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\" fill=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" height=\"13px\" width=\"13px\">\n\t<defs>\n\t\t<lineargradient id=\"half-gradient\">\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"50%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"0%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\"\/>\n\t\t<\/lineargradient>\n\t<\/defs>\n\t<path d=\"M3.612 15.443c-.386.198-.824-.149-.746-.592l.83-4.73L.173 6.765c-.329-.314-.158-.888.283-.95l4.898-.696L7.538.792c.197-.39.73-.39.927 0l2.184 4.327 4.898.696c.441.062.612.636.283.95l-3.523 3.356.83 4.73c.078.443-.36.79-.746.592L8 13.187l-4.389 2.256z\">\n\t<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rating__star rating__star--filled\"><?php \/**\n * Review star.\n * \n * @package nyp-editor\n *\/\n\n??><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n\t.review-block-star {\n\t\t--review-block-star--empty-color: #585858;\n\t\t--review-block-star--fill-color: #000;\n\t}\n]]><\/style>\n<p><svg class=\"icon-star review-block-star\" stroke=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\" fill=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" height=\"13px\" width=\"13px\">\n\t<defs>\n\t\t<lineargradient id=\"half-gradient\">\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"50%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"0%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\"\/>\n\t\t<\/lineargradient>\n\t<\/defs>\n\t<path d=\"M3.612 15.443c-.386.198-.824-.149-.746-.592l.83-4.73L.173 6.765c-.329-.314-.158-.888.283-.95l4.898-.696L7.538.792c.197-.39.73-.39.927 0l2.184 4.327 4.898.696c.441.062.612.636.283.95l-3.523 3.356.83 4.73c.078.443-.36.79-.746.592L8 13.187l-4.389 2.256z\">\n\t<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rating__star rating__star--filled\"><?php \/**\n * Review star.\n * \n * @package nyp-editor\n *\/\n\n??><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n\t.review-block-star {\n\t\t--review-block-star--empty-color: #585858;\n\t\t--review-block-star--fill-color: #000;\n\t}\n]]><\/style>\n<p><svg class=\"icon-star review-block-star\" stroke=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\" fill=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" height=\"13px\" width=\"13px\">\n\t<defs>\n\t\t<lineargradient id=\"half-gradient\">\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"50%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"0%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\"\/>\n\t\t<\/lineargradient>\n\t<\/defs>\n\t<path d=\"M3.612 15.443c-.386.198-.824-.149-.746-.592l.83-4.73L.173 6.765c-.329-.314-.158-.888.283-.95l4.898-.696L7.538.792c.197-.39.73-.39.927 0l2.184 4.327 4.898.696c.441.062.612.636.283.95l-3.523 3.356.83 4.73c.078.443-.36.79-.746.592L8 13.187l-4.389 2.256z\">\n\t<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rating__star rating__star--empty\"><?php \/**\n * Review star.\n * \n * @package nyp-editor\n *\/\n\n??><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n\t.review-block-star {\n\t\t--review-block-star--empty-color: #585858;\n\t\t--review-block-star--fill-color: #000;\n\t}\n]]><\/style>\n<p><svg class=\"icon-star review-block-star\" stroke=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\" fill=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" height=\"13px\" width=\"13px\">\n\t<defs>\n\t\t<lineargradient id=\"half-gradient\">\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"50%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--fill-color)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<stop stop-opacity=\"1\" offset=\"0%\" stop-color=\"var(--review-block-star--empty-color)\"\/>\n\t\t<\/lineargradient>\n\t<\/defs>\n\t<path d=\"M3.612 15.443c-.386.198-.824-.149-.746-.592l.83-4.73L.173 6.765c-.329-.314-.158-.888.283-.95l4.898-.696L7.538.792c.197-.39.73-.39.927 0l2.184 4.327 4.898.696c.441.062.612.636.283.95l-3.523 3.356.83 4.73c.078.443-.36.79-.746.592L8 13.187l-4.389 2.256z\">\n\t<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG-13 (strong language and some suggestive references). In theaters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2,\u201d the sequel to the 2006 comedy that\u2019s not at all about Anna Wintour, is a good time, even if the high-pressure world of Vogue, er, Runway is no longer the epitome of New York luxury and glamour it was back in the aughts.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when in the original movie, fearsome editrix Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) killed a photo shoot because she didn\u2019t like the jackets, costing her publisher Irv Ravitz an eye-watering $300,000?<\/p>\n<p>Well, the times they are a change-in\u2019. When Miranda jets to Milan for Fashion Week in the followup, she\u2019s forced to sit in \u2014 gird your loins! \u2014 coach.<\/p>\n<p>Hardly a rehash, \u201cPrada 2\u201d is not about a dowdy assistant trying to stay alive on a cutthroat battlefield of couture while sparring with and learning from a demanding boss. It\u2019s about the survival of an entire imperiled industry.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Johnny Oleksinski<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s heavy stuff. And director David Frankel\u2019s \u201c2,\u201d while still shiny as a Tiffany ring, is definitely not the fizzy Bellini the first film was. It\u2019s too long because there is a surprising amount of plot, and there\u2019s as much talk of budget cuts, corporate restructuring and metrics as there is of Tom Ford and Versace.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, in picking a real-world issue and respecting the returning characters, No. 2 is likable and thankfully not the garish embarrassment that it could have so easily become. See: \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d Or, rather, don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Two decades after being mercilessly tortured by Anna Wint\u2026 Miranda, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is exactly where we\u2019d expect her to be: working as an investigative reporter for a little newspaper called the New York Vanguard.<\/p>\n<p>For a minute, anyway. At a press awards ceremony, her entire table is laid off via text, and Andy takes to the podium to give a barnburner of a speech about the importance of journalism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci return in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miranda, meanwhile, is forcing a smile at the Met Gala \u2014 the theme is spring florals! Groundbreaking. \u2014 as she deals with the fallout from damaging revelations that a fashion brand Runway lauded uses sweatshop labor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to calm the situation with prestige, Irv Ravitz sees a video of Andy\u2019s blowup and hires her to be Runway\u2019s new features editor, which are two words I never thought I\u2019d hear uttered in a movie.<\/p>\n<p>Andy arrives at work beaming, expecting a heartwarming reunion with her old mentor.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she gets a frosty, \u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s a new era, but the devil\u2019s not sanding down her horns just yet.<\/p>\n<p>So, Andy\u2019s got to start from the ground up. She\u2019s crammed into an office that\u2019s practically a broom closet and tries to publish hard-hitting stories while getting hounded by Miranda to juice more web clicks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Andy comes back to Runway to be the features editor. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also continues to deal with her old coworker Emily (Emily Blunt), only in a different capacity. The mean Brit is now a bigwig at Dior and is dating a billionaire named Benji Barnes (Justin Theroux), a Jeff Bezos type. He\u2019s an awkward tech nerd and she\u2019s worked tirelessly to clean him up to look good next to her. <\/p>\n<p>Does that make Emily Lauren Sanchez, who just so happens to be a co-chair of this year\u2019s Met Gala? Who am I to say?<\/p>\n<p>Miranda, a role that earned Streep an Oscar nomination, is admittedly not the same fascinating enigma she once was. Adjusting to the future has been a challenge, and her uncertainty leaves the character a bit off-balance. HR has been on her case, and the evolving media landscape appears to be leaving her behind. <\/p>\n<p>Streep is nonetheless as bitingly funny as ever. At one point she says a group of models look like \u201cgoats at a methadone clinic in New Jersey.\u201d However, there\u2019s no material here on the witty level of the \u201ccerulean\u201d speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Emily is now a bigwig at Dior. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the actress retains an easy chemistry with Hathaway and Blunt, who step back into their parts gracefully like no time has passed. Sometimes when actors who went on to become uber-famous return to an early role, it\u2019s challenging to accept or even believe them. Not so of these two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just because Runway\u2019s fallen on hard times doesn\u2019t mean the women are shopping at Target. They don a dizzying array of fabulous and extremely expensive clothes in the film, sometimes wearing multiple elaborate creations in a single scene.<\/p>\n<p>The men? Meh. Stanley Tucci is here again as gay Runway vet Nigel, only not as delightfully snippy or snappy. He talks slow and meditatively like he\u2019s teaching you how to make risotto. And BJ Novak plays Jay Ravitz, a sports-obsessed number-cruncher who inherits his dad\u2019s publishing company and wants to gut the place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Branagh, a fantastic actor, is perfectly fine as Miranda\u2019s new husband Stuart, but as written the guy barely exists. If you told me Branagh played the lamp, I\u2019d believe you.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The main event of \u201cPrada\u201d has always been the trio of ladies. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Andy gets an Australian love interest named Peter (Patrick Brammall), who serves no perceivable purpose other than to help her buy a new apartment. Although, I suppose some relationships have been built on less.<\/p>\n<p>But actors with Y chromosomes have never been the main or even secondary event of \u201cPrada.\u201d Adrian Grenier\u2019s Nate was one of the worst parts of the original.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all about the ladies. And Miranda, Andy and Emily are an immaculately dressed sight for sore eyes. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 20 years and glossy magazines are dropping like flies. But I\u2019ve gotta hand it to the Devil \u2014 she could\u2019ve been a whole lot worse. movie review THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG-13 (strong language and some suggestive references). 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