Review of 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'

Twenty years after the events of The Devil Wears Prada Andrea “Andy” Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is a respected global journalist based in New York City. When her entire newsroom is fired she is hired as Runway fashion magazine's features editor by Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), who owns Runway's parent company and is Miranda Priestly's (Meryl Streep) boss. Miranda is unaware of this and is struggling to cope with the modern reality of the fashion industry which has long since passed magazine publishing and moved on-line. Andy publishes a number of articles that gain minimal traction but as she struggles to understand what is expected of her until she lands an exclusive interview with Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu), the reclusive divorcée of Silicon Valley billionaire, Benji Barnes (Justin Theroux). When Irv unexpectedly passes away before he is able to promote Miranda management consultants are brought into Runway. As massive changes are planned to make the company more profitable and relevant will Andy and Miranda find a way to survive?

After the shock and general sense of fun in the original film, this sequel is a much more serious affair with the decline of Miranda's fortunes and the magazine she helped build. Miranda herself is a shade of her character from the first film as she struggles to come to terms with the new reality of the fashion industry. The tables are turned with Andy being the confident one stepping in to save the day as the entire future of Runway is called into question. A much darker film than the first and one that is far more unsettling. It is great to see the return of Stanley Tucci as Nigel while newcomer Emily (Emily Blunt) plays the role of former Runway employee now working for Dior, squeezing Runway for all she can get. Another new face is Kenneth Branagh as Stuart, Miranda's supportive and much loved husband who provides a much more compassionate view of the struggling icon.

A bit of a disappointing sequel that manages to lose a lot of the frenetic spirit of the original as it attempts to tell a story tempered with the requirements of modern life. Though, perhaps, that is part of the point with modernity taking it's toll on our humanity…but, still, it would have been fun to see the devilish Miranda back…oh well.

Rating: “It is OK but I have some issues”

Review Date: 2026-11-01

Directed by: David Frankel

Studio: 20th Century Studios

Year: 2026

Length: 119 minutes

Genre: Melodrama

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33612209/

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