The Devil Wears Prada (Full Screen Edition) | 
| Director: David Frankel
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  451 reviews
Sales Rank: 5055
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 024543376521
UPC: 024543376521
EAN: 0024543376521
ASIN: B000J103OI
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 2006
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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 This clever, funny big-screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's best-seller takes some of the snarky bite out of the chick lit book, but smoothes out the characters' boxy edges to make a more satisfying movie. There's no doubt The Devil Wears Prada belongs to Meryl Streep, who turns in an Oscar�-worthy (seriously!) strut as the monster editor-in-chief of Runway, an elite fashion magazine full of size-0, impossibly well-dressed plebes. This makes new second-assistant Andrea (Anne Hathaway), who's smart but an unacceptable size 6, stick out like a sore thumb. Streep has a ball sending her new slave on any whimsical errand, whether it's finding the seventh (unpublished) Harry Potter book or knowing what type she means when she wants "skirts." Though Andrea thumbs her nose at the shallow world of fashion (she's only doing the job to open doors to a position at The New Yorker someday), she finds herself dually disgusted yet seduced by the perks of the fast life. The film sends a basic message: Make work your priority, and you'll be rich and powerful... and lonely. Any other actress would have turned Miranda into a scenery-chewing Cruella, but Streep's underplayed, brilliant comic timing make her a fascinating, unapologetic character. Adding frills to the movie's fun are Stanley Tucci as Streep's second-in-command, Emily Blunt (My Summer of Love) as the overworked first assistant, Simon Baker as a sexy writer, and breathtaking couture designs any reader of Vogue would salivate over. -- Ellen A. Kim Beyond The Devil Wears Prada 
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Product Description
AS ASSISTANT TO IMPOSSIBLY DEMANDING NEW YORK FASHIO MAGAZINE EDITOR MIRANDA PRIESTLY, YOUNG ANDY SACHS HAS LANDED A JOB THAT 'A MILLION GIRLS WOULD DIE FOR'. UNFORTUNATELY, HER HEAVEN-SENT APPOINTMENT AS MIRANDA'S PERSONAL WHIPPING GIRL JUST MIGHT BE THE DEATH OF HER!
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 Classic allegory, modern setting June 29, 2009
Vince M
Just a great film that communicates the meaning of happiness in a plot about the fashion industry. Watching the movie, not once did I ever think about fashion, clothing, or designer couture. What I did feel was the emotion created by scenarios rooted by great situational acting, superb direction, and story coherency. Like a good book you can't put down, reading the story progressively unfold, reaching a climatic point, and finally a resolute ending, you feel satisfied by the time well spent. TDWP is one of the better films out there worth watching even if you (like me) aren't particulary fond of the premise or actors.
The Devil rocks June 28, 2009
Kevin Hunter (Los Angeles, CA)
I don't care for fashion or for having a devil for a boss, and the scary thing is people like that are actually out there, mostly in the Entertainment Business, but it makes their character all the more interesting. There is no way this movie couldv'e or would've worked without Meryl Streep's most incredible performance to date. She just took each line chewed on it and spit it out as if she really were this complicated woman she portrayed. This movie is fun because of her, of course she couldn't have acted to nothing, and so Anne Hathaway makes her own character so pathetic in the Devil's eyes that it's joy to watch their scenes together. Had they not been in this film and delivered the performances they gave, it would probably be a movie I wouldn't be interested in.
Entertaining film leaves trashy book in the dust June 19, 2009
MarlowesMom (San Francisco)
This entertaining film adaption of a bad book was a pleasant surprise. Everyone who hasn't been living in a cave in Mongolia for the past several years knows the book was a thinly disguised account of the author's experience as an assistant to Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of "Vogue," the most influential fashion magazine on the planet. I threw the book at the wall after about three pages of poor writing and an insufferable protagonist. In the far better written film, Meryl Streep does a terrific job of making Miranda Priestly, the ice queen editor-in-chief of "Runway" magazine, coldly terrifying while allowing just enough of a crack in the veneer to reveal the price she had paid for her power. Stanley Tucci is funny and humane as Miranda's fashion director Nigel. Emily Blunt is also very appealing as the more senior of Miranda's two personal assistants. Although there's dissension on this point, I found Adrien Grenier adorable as main character Andie Sach's boyfriend. The weak link is lead Anne Hathaway as Andie, Miranda's new personal assistant. She's sweet, she's vulnerable, she looks gorgeous in haute couture, but at this stage of her career, she does not have the star power to carry this movie. The plot is predictable and the values are confused (are we indicting or glamorizing the fashion industry? some of both), but you could do worse things with two hours than enjoy this film's talented supporting cast, witty screenplay and visual panache.
 Goofy movie without much substance June 8, 2009
C Wahlman (Merrillville, IN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
After several attempts to watch this on cable, I have finally seen it all. With that being said, you are probably better off attempting to watch it on one of its numerous cable/movie channel runs.
The story is this: Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) comes to NY in hopes of making it big as a serious investigative journalist, but winds up taking a job that she is not suited for, and does not want, working for Miranda Priestly (played splendidly by Meryl Streep). As Andy comes to realize more and more everyday just how much she does not belong and hates her job, she eventually tries to make the best of it by the old "grin and bear it" method. She does end up doing better, but at the cost of her social life. And the story winds down the predictable path about the choices that Andy must make in order to be truly happy.
Not the most unique, but I guess it works, although I found the ending trite and borderline insulting to young professional women.
Regardless of that, the film is a wonderful vehicle for the talents of Meryl Streep (of course) and Emily Blunt. Any one interested in fashion will also be appeased, as it is a fashionista's dream.
It is good for a cute goofy movie, but nothing too funny or endearing to make it worth owning.
 tell me something i don't know May 28, 2009
Epsilon Delta (CA USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
** movie spoiler ahead ** i have seen so many movies like this -- want to be glamorous -- find that it is against their natural being or conscience -- and then learn the opposite.
maybe if you never watch something like this, then you will find the movie very original. otherwise, i don't see anything special about this movie.
the reason i give it 1 star is: the movie trailer i saw, it showed 2 minutes of the movie, instead of showing different parts of the movie briefly, which is the usual way of showing a trailer. If I had seen the various parts, i will know what this movie is about, and will not watch it, knowing that it is the same old same old. Well, the marketing is smart to just show 2 minutes of an interesting part of the movie. In a way, they are pretending to be something that they are not. Just like what the story is about: pretending to be somebody who you are not.
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