Devil wears prada

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REVIEW A pleasing popcorn film, not much of a message, but pleasant on the eyes. Streep's cold persona was so modelled on Glenn Close that one of our Bird party thought it was Close! Hathaway played her part admirably, but the message of the film was not really punched home. If it was that work and career aren't everything, friends and family are much more important - then I don't really care about the friends. They seem as shallow as the driven Hathaway. It didn't work for me. The lighting was interesting - very sharp lines in everything - presumably to emulate photo shoot conditions? Won't bother watching this again, but it was alright. [Reviewed by Nuthatch]

I actually went to see this at the cinema originally as a girls night out and really enjoyed it then. This was now my third viewing and it had lost a lot of its charm. What came out on this viewing was the relentless cruelty of the world of work and the feeling that it only worked out for our heroine in the end because she was fabulously talented and good-looking beforehand - otherwise she wouldn't have stood a chance! I was also disturbed by the film asking us to sympathise with Andi in her stand to remain unchanged in the world of fashion but also making us revel in her transformation into fashionista. The message still seems to be that as a woman she was obviously lying to herself about her need to be a gorgeous clothes-horse! It was enjoyable the first time, very watchable the second time, but by the third time the film had lost much of its appeal. Definitely not one of my favourites. [Reviewed by Stonechat]

Not much to say about this film. An enjoyable piece of nonsense with a completely predictable story-line and ending. Characters were stereotyped and one-dimensional for the most part. I was intrigued to note that Andi's bitchy colleague had an English accent. (The Americans seem to like their baddies to be English.) A brilliant film for an evening in with the girls (as long as there's plenty of chocolate to console us as we compare ourselves with the women in the fashion world!!) If the film has any message, I'm guessing it is that we ladies can't have it all and that success and wealth are nothing compared to having a man to wash socks for!!! [Reviewed by Nightjar]