The Devil wears Prada (English, 2006)

I never thought I will ever even watch a movie on fashion, forget actually enjoying it and then writing a review for it. But here I am, having watched The Devil wears Prada last night, and praising it in this review. In this, I am somewhat like the leading lady, Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathway) who, at the begining of the movie, thinks of fashion as - "I cannot understand the fuss people make over clothes" and as the movie progresses, begins to appreciate what this multi-billion-dollar industry is all about. The likeness (I and Andrea Sachs) stops there. Anne Hathway is breathtakingly gorgeous as her sense of fashion graduates, while I am a fat guy.... But then the review is not about me.

So the movie starts with Andrea, aspiring to be a journalist, being recruited as a co-assistant to the Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep, at what age will she stop looking attractive?), the editor of a fashion magazine, Runway, a person so powerful that designers alter thier whole collection if she doesn't like it. The plot is about how Andrea adjusts to the eccentric, impossible and demeaning demands of her boss, because she is told that "any girl will kill for the job" and that "one year in this role and you can get any jornalism job you want". The plot is about how she begins to appreciate and enjoy the world of fashion and the perks which come with her job, namely free designer dresses. But most of all, the plot is about how she realises that she is on the path of becoming the woman she used to hate and how it affects her personal life.

It is an out-and-out chick-flick (how chauvinistic!), based on a novel of the same name, involving all the standard girly twists of a second handsome guy; a need to decide between what am I doing, what I want to do and what do I do about my personal life; and a vision of what i want to do with my life about as clear as the outline of an amoeba. And you will love the movie for these very reasons.

Recommendation - Go watch the movie, preferably with your partner, if for nothing else then for ogling at Anne Hathway (guys) or the dresses she wears (girls).
Rating - ✔✔✔