A timely, relevant and highly watchable sequel.
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A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada arrives in cinemas 20 years later and it almost feels like not a day’s gone by.
Writer Aline Brosh McKenna and director David Frankel reunite with their core four (Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci) to deliver profound commentary on the current state of the media landscape against a backdrop of stunning fashion. Justin Theroux, Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Lucy Liu, BJ Novak, Rachel Bloom, Patrick Brammall and Larry Mitchell are among the new additions to the cast.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 wastes no time starting off punchy. Andy Sachs (Hathaway) is now a thriving journalist at the New York Vanguard. She’s congratulating her friend and colleague Mack (Mitchell) at an award ceremony – mere minutes before she wins her own award, and seconds from everyone at her table, herself included, getting fired via text.
Emily Charlton (Blunt) on the other hand is working at Dior while Miranda Priestly (Streep) remains at the top at Runway magazine with her right hand man, Nigel Kipling (Tucci) and current assistant Amari (Ashley).
Runway, iconic as it is in the industry, is no longer fluorishing like it used to be. Remember the last time you bought a magazine? But as fate would have it, the recently jobless Andy gets roped in to save the sinking ship.
It’s a fun journey watching everyone in their own spaces before finding themselves with each other again. Glossier, glowier, fancier. They’re at the top of their ladders in heels with no safety net below.
It does a number with fan servicing as one would imagine a sequel to do, sweeping you off your feet with its charm and laughs. Serving more iconic looks this time around as they go harder on the fashion, making up for the lack of iconic quotes that will no doubt be used to death (not counting the ones brought back from the first film.)
Under all the glitz and glamour of the fashion world, there’s a poignant take on how the digital world has affected traditional media. And even someone as renowned as Miranda Priestly is not safe from it. It’s almost like a take on the cerulean monologue but this time, she's not the one in power.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a refreshing take on how the tides have turned since the events of the first film – a clean follow up that will no doubt be rewatched many times down the road. It didn’t need to happen but proves its worth in matching up to its predecessor’s reputation.
The fact we can say how flawlessly the cast just falls back into step as their characters is a result of the first film being a mainstay in pop culture that kept it relevant all these years. This sequel holds the same staying power, if not more. See it in cinemas now!
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