Why is no one read-dy<\/a>?,\u201d in her chilly singsong from the first movie, plays often. I mean, really, why is no one ready?) Unfortunately, she had a few things to say to me about \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2,\u201d most notably, \u201cWhy is this movie so fla-at?\u201d Sorry, Miranda; I wish I knew.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2,\u201d despite reuniting the entire top-line team from the original (director David Frankel; screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna; stars Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci), lacks the first movie\u2019s playful spark; it feels like fan fiction, with everyone gamely going through the motions without finding anything fresh.<\/p>\n
Two decades after the original, journalist Andy (Hathaway) gets improbably hired back at Runway magazine, reunited with her old boss\/nemesis Miranda and her wry ally Nigel (Tucci); her frenemy Emily (Blunt) now works in high-end retail. Fashion is worn, lavish homes are visited, light revenge is wreaked, mild observations are made about the state of journalism and \u2026 honestly, I’m writing this after just seeing this movie last night and I can\u2019t remember much else about the plot, except that it wasn\u2019t very funny and that I want all of Andy\u2019s outfits.<\/p>\n
If you haven\u2019t seen the original, I think this movie would be downright puzzling; it\u2019s full of homages and callbacks, even down to repeating the same pop songs (Madonna\u2019s \u201cVogue,\u201d of course) and giving Andy another very boring love interest. (Hot tip, for those new to this universe: When you watch the first one, skip ahead during every scene with Andy\u2019s boyfriend. He\u2019s completely dispensable, and it makes for a much better movie.)<\/p>\n
And you might also be mystified as to why Streep\u2019s Miranda looms so large in legend; she\u2019s written and played quite differently here, less imperious and mildly clueless. It makes sense that Miranda, now in her 70s, might be a bit out of touch with the current workplace, but it\u2019s a lot less fun to watch. (I didn\u2019t need to see Miranda hanging up her own coat, or flying coach.) Streep seems curiously remote this time around; she\u2019s got a few perfect moments (there\u2019s a brief, iconic hair-flip, made less impactful by being repeated later, and a lovely scene in which Miranda walks alone in a deserted Italian shopping plaza), but it\u2019s as if the filmmakers forgot that Miranda\u2019s power came from her terrifying silence, never saying more than she needed to.<\/p>\n
Anyway! We all want to watch this movie to see its stars striding badassedly around in sunglasses and couture, and there\u2019s plenty of that, not to mention way more fashion-world cameos than last time around. New cast members have been added: some charming (Helen J. Shen is very funny as Andy\u2019s capable assistant), some less so (Kenneth Branagh is mystifying as Miranda\u2019s third husband \u2014 I\u2019m going to need a whole other movie about how these two got together \u2014 and Lucy Liu has nothing to do as a dull rich person).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d gives us a lot to look at, and Hathaway and Blunt in particular are a pleasure (they have a scene together, late in the film, that\u2019s almost worth the ticket price right there), but it\u2019s flat Champagne: maybe worth drinking in a pinch, but unsatisfying. \u201cWe just can\u2019t keep sucking the soul out of everything,\u201d Andy says earnestly at one point. Indeed, we can\u2019t. That\u2019s all.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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