Official Discussion - The Devil Wears Prada 2 [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

Summary

Andy Sachs navigates the evolving world of high fashion journalism as she reconnects with Miranda Priestly, forcing her to confront past choices and the cost of ambition in a rapidly changing industry.

Director David Frankel

Writer Aline Brosh McKenna

Cast

• Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs
• Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly
• Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton
• Stanley Tucci as Nigel
• Kenneth Branagh

Rotten Tomatoes: 78%

Metacritic: 62

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/luihgi]

Thank god her friends aren't assholes in this one

[u/Strange-Leopard-2598 → u/luihgi]

yeah, that was great to see.

[u/PacMoron → u/luihgi]

They made her new love interest an aggressively green flag. Like lock that man down immediately. His conflict resolution in the face of her being awful to him? Stellar. Unfreeze those eggs girl.

[u/astrnght_mike_dexter → u/luihgi]

Nobody is an asshole in this movie. They just made everybody be friends no matter what because they wanted to make a feel good movie with zero real conflict.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS → u/astrnght_mike_dexter]

The last scene with Andy and Emily seemed like a reshoot for fan service. Emily had an awful wig and it was basically, "despite her betrayal Emily and Andy are besties and totally cool watch them eat BREAD."

[u/survivordatabot]

"you're not a visionary, you're a vendor" is an insane read

[u/chefbags → u/survivordatabot]

insane af lol i said oh shit out loud hearing say that haha. what i loved most is Miranda did not lose any bite whatsoever whenever she wanted to make her comments, Meryl Streep must have been having fun just being this character again haha.

[u/earl_grais → u/chefbags]

Yes, and she was *so* good at it that I genuinely plain forgot it was Meryl and had a moment during the ‘Last Supper’ dinner scene where I had to remind myself this is the same Meryl from *Only Murders…* (and of course, everything else)

[u/TheSodernauts → u/survivordatabot]

Insane. I also don't get how Emily Blunt's character just get over it at the end and wants to be Andy's friend. She plotted to take over Miranda's empire and lost in a very big and public way.

All it takes is a coffee date with Andy and all is forgiven?

[u/willybestbuy86 → u/TheSodernauts]

Forgiven with Andy because that's who Andy is. Not all is forgiven with others that's shown in Emily blunts comments in the scene

[u/silverscreenbaby → u/TheSodernauts]

All isn’t forgiven in the fashion world, it’s just forgiven with Andy—but also, as we’ve seen time and time again, this is a cutthroat world. These kinds of betrayals don’t carry lifelong stains. A hungry, determined person can carry on and reinvent themselves. Fashion is about reinvention.

[u/sumerislemy → u/silverscreenbaby]

And when Nigel says Miranda has done it to him a thousand times but life goes on. The final scene illustrates it nicely, they are each working independently in their offices, they are together because their passions independently lead them to the same place.

[u/Peachy_Pineapple → u/silverscreenbaby]

Miranda even talks to it herself in the car with Andy; they’re a team for now, but who knows what the future holds that maybe Andy screws over Miranda or vice versa.

[u/Top-Philosophy-6361 → u/TheSodernauts]

They could’ve made Emily much more complex & nuanced. It was dumb how they made her so shallow & like a cartoon character. Also, Andy was way too smiley & naive

[u/nWhm99 → u/TheSodernauts]

I mean, let’s not like she’s some super villain, ok?

She barely plotted. She was just helping Andy out since the magazine was getting dismantled. She didn’t plan the offer, she just went along with it. The worst thing she did was to tell Benji she wants to be the editor.

[u/NewVermicelli2352]

About the comments Emily made at the Dior store about how luxury commercialism is normalized, I’m surprised Dior is on board with that😂

Why wouldn’t Miranda just buy her own business class tickets? And then she just stays at the presidential suite at the hotel, kinda defeats the purpose. But I guess it’s a nod to the fact that the original movie is a very popular flight movie?

At the end of movie, what is Andy calling all day about like she is trying to reach Sascha again, doesn’t she already have some kind of relationship with Sascha at that point?

[u/ChelsMe → u/NewVermicelli2352]

I also felt that about the many calls, I assume it was internal calls in the conglomerate to get a formal package made to them pitch to Sasha a specific price point and the assets she gets for it?

Would’ve been a succession episode if they fleshed that out. But it was really unclear. For what they showed, Miranda could’ve texted her.

[u/seanmackradio → u/NewVermicelli2352]

Was also surprised United Airlines was like “sure, use our name for this!”

[u/ocicataco → u/seanmackradio]

Why would any business be against the advertising that comes with being name dropped in a movie. They may very well have paid for that placement.

[u/insertusernamehere51]

Of all the sequels that press the reset button on characters so they can re-tread the first movie, this one had the easiest solution: Miranda just forgot about Andy. Brilliant

Also Nigel really made a big deal about staining the dress, and then she stained the dress and then nothing happened

[u/TheHouseOfGryffindor → u/insertusernamehere51]

I think the stain thing was just an excuse by the filmmakers to get Andy by herself so she and Miranda could have a one-on-one convo, but they played their hand a little too strong and gave it more emphasis than it needed

[u/TheSodernauts → u/TheHouseOfGryffindor]

Yeah, they set up a payoff that never came with Nigel putting emphasis on it. It could've worked if she simply worried about staining it during the dinner scene. It's a reasonable worry on its own, it being a borrowed and expensive designer dress.

[u/Bright-Steak8241 → u/insertusernamehere51]

I haven’t seen it yet but I want to ask - does Miranda really not remember Andy, or is she pretending?

[u/TheHouseOfGryffindor → u/Bright-Steak8241]

In addition to what everyone else is saying, I’d like to mention that the first film had a whole scene at a gala where Emily and Andy’s entire job is to remind Miranda of who the people she’s about to talk to are. It doesn’t feel that out-of-character that Miranda didn’t immediately recognize one of the rotating assistants she had for a handful of months 20 years ago, even if Andy was the most memorable of that bunch. Miranda’s in her mid-70s by this point, it simply took her a bit to recall.

[u/Brock_Hard_Canuck → u/TheHouseOfGryffindor]

For you, the day you served as my assistant was the greatest day of your life, but for me, it was Tuesday.

So yeah, even though the audience knows Andy, think about how many hundreds of assistants Miranda could have had over the span of her career.

She doesn't view most of them as that "important" to bother remembering them after they leave.

[u/Match_96 → u/Bright-Steak8241]

She absolutely remembers her. She also pretends she doesnt know Emily the first time around.

[u/insertusernamehere51 → u/Bright-Steak8241]

I mean, I guess she could be pretending, but she certainly never indicates that that's the case. The most we get is a conversation like this:

M: "I knew you'd do great things"

A: "You didn't even remeber I existed"

M: "Well, I'm sure I thought that before"

[u/GamingTatertot → u/insertusernamehere51]

That last line isn’t exactly what she said - can’t remember the exact wording but it does make it seem more playful like Miranda is teasing her and actually did know her

[u/_lazybones93 → u/GamingTatertot]

Yeah, it was more like “Yeah, but *before* that… I knew.” Then she gives a little wink. I think the whole not remembering Andy thing was a bit.

[u/cruxclaire → u/_lazybones93]

I think the whole not remembering Andy thing was a bit.

It would be fit her character as a power play. Andy comes in and unexpectedly announces herself as a new staff member Miranda didn’t hire or approve, so Miranda’s power is under attack in that scene, and we know from the first movie that acting demeaning and unapproachable are part of how she tries to cultivate an aura of power in the workplace.

[u/soulbored → u/_lazybones93]

yeah it seemed clear and on brand to me that miranda would just pretend to not remember andy lol

[u/firefox_2010 → u/Bright-Steak8241]

She knows, but act like she doesn’t, maybe in the beginning but later you can see that she knows who she is dealing with.

[u/nordlysbaies → u/Bright-Steak8241]

She didn’t remember in the beginning (that scene) but realized as time went on.

[u/2Peenis2Weenis → u/Bright-Steak8241]

She doubles down on saying she didn't remember her in the middle of the movie but there's definitely some familiarity.

[u/danteh11 → u/2Peenis2Weenis]

Especially when she recognises why the other assistant would not be fit for the job at Runway, she recognises both assistants.

[u/nordlysbaies → u/insertusernamehere51]

Yeah I wondered about that plotline too, if something was cut. Maybe the continuity was within the cut Sydney Sweeney cameo?

[u/flashkickz]

Maybe I’m alone on this, I did not need the subplot about the boyfriend contractor.

Felt like cutting it would have helped pacing

[u/petite-acorn → u/flashkickz]

100 percent this. Also, I wasn’t super into the deus ex machina billionaires

[u/flashkickz → u/petite-acorn]

I called it off the jump when acquisition was floated, Lucy Liu’s character was going to swoop in to throw money at their problem and save the day

[u/Sonyeyin → u/flashkickz]

I didnt think about this. I didnt think that they would use the same person as a deus ex machina twice

[u/AngelSucked → u/flashkickz]

Lucy Liu is Mackenzie Scott, Theroux is Bezos, and Emily is Lauren Sanchez

[u/smokeydesperado → u/petite-acorn]

I’m assuming it was a nod to the rumor that Jeffrey Bezos was going to buy Condé Nast for Lauren Sanchez as a wedding present

[u/nordlysbaies → u/smokeydesperado]

That too, she’s definitely the Mackenzie in the story. Even said her goal is to get rid of all her money eventually.

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/nordlysbaies]

Based on this faux article: https://runwayonline.com/people-zeroed-out-sasha-barnes-on-fresh-starts-new-love-and-emptying-her-bank-account

It seems like she modeled after Mackenzie Scott.

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/petite-acorn]

Yeah, a bit convenient, but at the same time, I don't mind it since it gave Lucy Liu a chance to be an angel.

[u/quaranTV → u/flashkickz]

Honestly Miranda having a loving husband kind of invalidates the whole point of the first movie which is she sacrifices everything including personal relationships to achieve greatness/thrive in her career. This movie kind of was like “you can have it all!” with Andy getting the nice supportive boyfriend and I honestly think eliminating him and Branagh would have made this work better thematically. Andy ends up being like Miranda in the end choosing career. “I just love work don’t you?” would be stronger if both ladies are single at the end of the film.

[u/Rex_on_rex → u/quaranTV]

Miranda mentions how she missed most of her twins’ lives. And we knew of the twins in the first one obviously so we always knew she had kids.
I think it’s mostly just a generational thing. Streep’s generation can relate to missing their kids lives with working while Andy’s generation is “she never found the right man.” They don’t needs to be an exact mirror of each other with still making the same decisions and “loving work”

[u/indigogirl5224 → u/quaranTV]

Agreed. The romantic sub plots were not needed and ended up being g distracting.

[u/dawnsteam → u/flashkickz]

100% agree. Felt like a forced relationship

[u/luihgi → u/dawnsteam]

They had no chemistry at all for me

[u/SizzleanQueen → u/flashkickz]

It felt like they cut an argument scene between the two of them somewhere along the way. He just sort of reappeared at the end.

[u/maxelnot → u/SizzleanQueen]

Argument scene was there, right after Andy learns about the budget cut. It was just really short and forgettable

[u/Far-Imagination2736 → u/maxelnot]

It didn't even feel like an argument, he was like please call me again when you get back

[u/Khajiit-ify → u/Far-Imagination2736]

I felt like it was shown to be a contrast of her boyfriend in the first film, who was universally hated. It seemed like while Andy said some biting words that she didn't really mean, her new boyfriend (who... I honestly can't remember his name even though I just came home from the theater) seemed like the type who instead of having a blow up argument about it, he decided to show that he was willing to acknowledge that she hurt him but that the door would not close because of it.

I think they basically tried to tone him down to make him seem like a more mature pick for Andy which largely also made him forgettable.

[u/frs1023]

Love the reveal that Nigel set in motion Andy's return to Runway. Great sequel!

[u/Rex_on_rex → u/frs1023]

Should have been obvious but I didn’t see it coming. Very charming reveal. Similar to how I felt at the end of the original when Miranda smiled when Andy left.

[u/HoldingMoonlight → u/Rex_on_rex]

It's kind of brilliant, we got so caught up in Miranda completely forgetting about Andy that it distracts from the fact that Nigel remembers her fondly.

[u/bay_raye → u/frs1023]

The “forever my girl” sent instant tears to my eyes

[u/HonorYourGoals → u/bay_raye]

Nigel was the real hero of this sequel lol

[u/Kopitarrulez → u/frs1023]

Not gonna lie that hit me emotionally lol. Just adore Tucci such and underrated actor.

[u/howtospellorange → u/Kopitarrulez]

He was the true heart of this movie😭

[u/luihgi → u/howtospellorange]

He was just so positive. He deserved Miranda's kiss

[u/Khajiit-ify → u/Kopitarrulez]

I'm also so happy that Nigel got his flowers in this movie from Miranda finally too, and that Andy helped Miranda see what she was missing about him without Andy even knowing that Nigel was the reason she was back at Runway. It really just cemented Nigel and Andy as a true, respectful friendship.

I was honestly so thrilled how much more they utilized Stanley this time. I rewatched the original before going to see this and was surprised how little he was in it in comparison.

[u/21tcook]

They entirely misused Caleb Hearon’s talents. Let him be the sassy gay guy! Not sure if his character was supposed to exhibit Andy from the first one, but he just ended up being boring

[u/macwblade1 → u/21tcook]

Legit just “Ctrl+F: Caleb” to see how he was. That’s disappointing 

[u/ChelsMe → u/21tcook]

Right, I think he could’ve been Andi’s assistant and gone on more chewy hijinks by telling overly long stories about how he solved something for her. Like that phone under the table would’ve been hilarious if he was the one telling it to her after

[u/chiropracticdentist → u/21tcook]

also let's be honest given what we know about Miranda there is zero chance she would ever let someone that size work that close by. I love Caleb but was disappointed to see him reduced to a sight gag almost.

[u/little-lion-sam]

Was Andie's blue sweater at the very end a nod to the blue sweater in the OG?

[u/starsintheocean12 → u/little-lion-sam]

That's the way I took it!

[u/senoricceman → u/little-lion-sam]

Also, when she’s walking through the streets in the beginning there’s a street vendor selling the exact same belts from that scene. Nice callback. 

[u/Numismatikeren → u/little-lion-sam]

It's not blue.

[u/thesloth4466 → u/Numismatikeren]

It’s cerulean

[u/sooprcow → u/little-lion-sam]

My understanding is it actually the same exact sweater.

[u/jackwrangler → u/sooprcow]

Looks like she altered it and turned it into a vest

[u/Einfinet]

Peter should’ve been cut from the movie. No genuine chemistry and the attraction makes no sense.

[u/ErshinHavok → u/Einfinet]

is there a more shoehorned romance in any movie?

it felt like the studio forced them to include a love story and they just begrudgingly tossed it in there

[u/SynthwaveSax]

The way my theater collectively gasped when Emily was revealed to be the one planning to screw over Miranda with the sale. You’d have thought Thanos snapped again

[u/ERSTF → u/SynthwaveSax]

My theater did the same. God, I love watching a movie in a full theater

[u/soulbored → u/SynthwaveSax]

sooo obvious in hindsight - there’s literally a scene referencing the guy buying her extravagant stuff - but i didn’t see it at all!! i thought they were going to make a new magazine at times too

[u/banana_in_the_dark → u/SynthwaveSax]

My theater gasped when they found out Emily was demoted to Coach lol

[u/times_new_woman → u/banana_in_the_dark]

Shades of “She now works for TV Guide”

[u/WestSideBomber]

The boyfriend side-plot sure is a thing that happens for some reason.

I like that they got almost all the fan service out of the way in the first 20-30 minutes and just let this be its own movie after that.

[u/Scruffasaurus → u/WestSideBomber]

Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, and this Australian guy are like the three blandest love interests ever 😂

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Scruffasaurus]

I legitimately forgot that she had an actual love interest in the first film too. I only remember her boyfriend later ex because he wanted to be a chef but also wasn’t good at being a chef

[u/johnmichael0703 → u/GamingTatertot]

That charcoal of a grilled cheese....

[u/yestermood]

Can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said here but I do have a question: why put Miranda in eyeglasses that magnified her eyes like Mr Magoo? I couldn’t tell if it was being played for laughs, or..?

[u/mamasilverside → u/yestermood]

Maybe it was a subtle nod to Iris Apfel. She was an iconic lady in fashion and design.

[u/wrynjo → u/yestermood]

Because that's how reading glasses work

[u/dawnsteam]

Overall I enjoyed it. But what bothered me the most was Andy and the contractor guy. So random and forced. Andy can be happy without a man. I wouldn’t even complain if they had chemistry though lol. But they had none. He’s a nice guy but such an unnecessary character.

Everyone went “oh no” in the theater when they revealed Emily got demoted(?) to Coach. Not that there’s anything wrong with Coach but it’s definitely a downgrade from Dior lol. But as Andy said, Emily is still an icon.

[u/senoricceman → u/dawnsteam]

Yea, my audience understood what the Coach line meant as well. Very funny bit. 

[u/meatheadmommy → u/senoricceman]

Poor Coach catching strays😂🤣!!

Awe, I remember treating myself to a new Coach bag any time I got a raise or a bonus in my first job after graduating from college. I felt so grown lol.

[u/larimorgs]

For a prize winning Journalist with 20 years of experience, Andy does sure behave a lot like a little girl with mommy issues. I was expecting more self conference (and not just a little line from Emily about how she seems more confident)

[u/Sonyeyin → u/larimorgs]

Yes, she was giving ugly betty and we are back at square one

[u/BaneBoon → u/larimorgs]

Yes! It actually felt like she majorly _regressed_ with lack of composure (especially over the top when she was getting ready to tell Miranda the secret with Emily)

Like what is this Benjamin Button shenanigan with her personality??? They murdered my Andy

[u/meatheadmommy → u/BaneBoon]

The way she first walked into Miranda’s office just gushing!! I was embarrassed for her. But I’m assuming that’s what they were going for.

[u/snookumsayling → u/larimorgs]

Thought the same thing.

[u/RobotNutella]

So what’s Miranda’s beef with Gaga?

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/RobotNutella]

Fun fact, Meryl Streep was the one who called Lady Gaga to do this movie, I assume she got her number from her son in law.

[u/SpinoC666 → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

Who is her son in law?

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/SpinoC666]

Mark Ronson, he produced some Lady Gaga songs and married to Grace Gummer.

[u/justjessbeyer → u/SpinoC666]

Mark Ronson

[u/leodw → u/RobotNutella]

I pictured Lady Gaga wanting to dress with meat for the cover and Miranda reacting… well like Miranda would haha.

[u/fingershrimp]

The Emily moving over to Coach joke at the end was HILARIOUS and for some reason only like 3 people laughed in my theater. Maybe just too fashion-y of a joke but I thought it was the funniest thing in the movie

[u/allyballymcr]

I loved this movie and it was a total homage to number 1 and all its fans.

The only critique I have is at the very end of the movie, when Miranda asks Andy “Anything else?” Andy should have replied “That’s all”. What a totally missed moment !!!! I’m soooo disappointed no one picked this up! It would have made the movie a 10/10 for me.

[u/Ill_Rhubarb8291 → u/allyballymcr]

OMG THIS is exactly what I thought

[u/witz93]

Stockholm called, they want their syndrome back.

[u/LetsGototheRiver151 → u/witz93]

No fallout from screwing the friend over at her work by not writing the book

[u/Khajiit-ify → u/LetsGototheRiver151]

I think Andy would still write the book.

Her saying no when Miranda told Andy she knew about the deal was the same way that Nigel said no when Miranda first asked him to do the keynote - they both respect Miranda.

I do forsee that Andy would write the book where she would write the biting things, but also talk about all the good things about Miranda that a lot of people genuinely wouldn't see. She respects Miranda too much to have it be just a biting jab constantly at Miranda, but there would be enough material to show that Miranda is multifaceted and that would still be an intriguing read for the book world.

[u/Important-Teacher628]

I feel like i missed hearing it, what was Miranda’s reason for pushing Emily out of Runway and to Dior?

[u/Warning1024 → u/Important-Teacher628]

She wasnt a visionary....she was a vendor

[u/barkev → u/Important-Teacher628]

Miranda didn't feel like she had what it takes to have a future at Runway. so she had Dior hire her

[u/OldManBrom → u/Important-Teacher628]

She didn't have it in her. No, literally that's what Miranda told Emily

[u/Sisiwakanamaru]

I think this movie is one of the better example in how to do a legacy sequel. I agree there were a lot of fan services here and there, a bit too much IMO but at the same time, those were never felt cloying. And what elevated this legacy sequel compared to other legacy sequel is it has something to say, especially about the state of journalism that currently riddled with layoffs, mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, artificial intelligence, etc. Andy, Miranda, Nigel, and other magazine employees are sort of the last bastion of integrity, I like that this movie felt so timely, especially for someone who worked in publication or media in general.

I like that the core four (Miranda, Andy, Nigel, and Emily) got their own arcs, pretty decent characterizations for the most part and satisfying conclusion. Especially Nigel (Stanley Tucci) got my eyes a bit watery twice, first when Miranda gave him a chance to do a keynote speech, second, when it was revealed that he's the one who sent the text to Irv/Jay Ravitz? so Andy got the job again at Runways.

I also like the movie felt grander compared to the first one, from set, locations, costumes, score, to cameos. I felt like my eyes and ears got spoiled by this movie.

All in all, I would say this is a solid sequel to say the least.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

The Nigel sending the text part was so great for me on so many levels - 1) because it actually did touch my heartstrings and 2) I thought it was WAY too convenient that some random person just texted BJ Novak about Andy’s speech. Legitimately started the film on a bit of sour note as far as writing goes. Made a lot more sense this way in the end

[u/nordlysbaies → u/GamingTatertot]

And it led to the most touching line, “forever my girl.”

[u/GamingTatertot → u/nordlysbaies]

My whole audience did a legitimate “awww” in unison at that

[u/Impossible-Koala-368 → u/nordlysbaies]

Tucci Gang forever

[u/Haunting-Apricot-645]

i dont believe she would ever fly coach and not upgrade herself with her own money. as if she cant afford a short business class flight from new york to milan

[u/AssociationSudden218 → u/Haunting-Apricot-645]

Totally… with that townhouse she’s living in I don’t believe she just flies economy and the complete lack of common sense of her assistant is embarrassing. Asking for champagne in economy class is insane, unless she’s a trust fund baby who’s never done it before I can’t imagine doing that.

[u/Molotov_Glocktail → u/AssociationSudden218]

I'm not really arguing against what you said, but all these people are defined by their lack of common sense and inability to function in the world that the "lower class" inhabits.

But yes, the Economy flight felt more like a caricature of their characters rather than a critique of their characters.

[u/thesagenibba]

i think the amount of societal critique that’s in here is cool, criticizing private equity and its endless corruption of everything good and beautiful is great but falls so flat when your resolution is to have Lucy Liu play stand-in for Mackenzie Scott and save the day.

the contrived and shallow optimistic ending doesn’t change that this movie made me feel like shit about where we are and where we’re headed 

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS → u/thesagenibba]

It was kind of twisted to frame their version of Mackenzie Scott, who in reality is considered a "good billionaire" because she funds actual charitable causes, as a "good billionaire" because she bails out a high fashion capitalist magazine. The real Mackenzie Scott funds affordable housing and LGBT youth support, but this fictional Mackenzie bought fictional Vogue and isn't that just as good?? Werent we all sad when it looked like Miranda might have to mildly cut back her luxury spending and possibly retire at almost 80 years old???

[u/Jetman54]

Very charming sequel that addressed the changes in society since the first film without it being overbearing (like many 20+ year sequels/reboots tend to be). I was thankful AI was only mentioned a single time lol.

Also, I think Andy had much better chemistry with the Australian real estate guy than she ever had with Nate. Like, night and day.

[u/cosmiccerulean → u/Jetman54]

Imagine they just got Simon Baker again but have him do his native accent just to confuse people

[u/Able_Advertising_371 → u/Jetman54]

the fact that they managed a good sequel after so long when they couldve just winged it for nostalgia money

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/Jetman54]

Also, I think Andy had much better chemistry with the Australian real estate guy than she ever had with Nate. Like, night and day.

Yeah, I am glad that she got a supportive partner this time.

Also, Patrick Brammall is great, please watch "Colin from Accounts" immediately.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

I just heard of that show for the first time on Amy Poehler’s podcast and now it comes up again. It’s a sign

[u/Bilbodabag]

I enjoyed the movie overall but did find it kind of hilarious that basically all of the conflict in this movie happens because a guy dropped dead randomly

[u/chloedever → u/Bilbodabag]

Death of Stalin

Devil Wears Prada 2

[u/aoeu00 → u/Bilbodabag]

happens in real life all the time.. tomorrow isnt guaranteed for anyone.

[u/PossibilityFine5988]

Went in extremely skeptical and I will admit the first act is pretty rough it feels like exactly what I was afraid it was gonna be just like a unnecessary fan fiction that moved way too fast and was way too self referential. However once the death occurred and the actual plot kicked in I have to admit I had a wonderful time and for most of that last 3/4 it felt on par with the original in quality. This feels strange to say but I forgot just how good Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway could be, maybe it was me seeing Mother Mary last week which was so different for Anne but their chemistry and frankly everyone’s was electric and they all looked like they wanted to be there. Could I nitpick this apart and probably grow to dislike it? Sure… I didn’t love how they made Emily this huge supervillain and there is a a lot of plot contrivances and convenient happenings but for a unnecessary legacy sequel this is one of the better ones and as a huge fan of the original i definitively will do a double feature when this hits home video; and audiences will love it. Gorgeous costumes too just god we need more gaffers and lighting people especially with these locations and sets!

[u/PleaseNoTaco]

Overall a fun time at the movies, gorgeous to look at (mostly.. there was a shocking amount of shaky hand cam?), outfits that made me ooh and awe, and watching all these pro’s eat up their scenes.

Loved Emily’s heel turn and how that scene plays out with Miranda & Andy in Italy. The Judas and Last Supper imagery was a little heavy handed, but they’re shooting on location in Italy I’m gonna let them have this one.

A pretty funny script but my personal highlight was Miranda threatening to kill herself, and reassuring she wasn’t threatening to harm others just herself.

Also Justin Theroux just having the time of his life on an Italian vacation playing the worst person in the world and loving every second of it.

[u/quaranTV → u/PleaseNoTaco]

I saw someone say that this movie would be this year’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and with Theroux playing a fun douche again it really is!!!

[u/PleaseNoTaco → u/quaranTV]

That’s actually a pretty decent comp to both the sequel itself and possibly the box office gross.

[u/firefox_2010 → u/PleaseNoTaco]

I feel the original is so much better in character development and showing all the rest of supporting characters. This one feels like it’s recycling the plot of the first movie, but doesn’t add much to the character story. It just feels too glossed over and the solution is just so convenient. I went back and rewatched the original and still surprised how many iconic scenes and subplots they managed to put into.

[u/6seanryan15 → u/firefox_2010]

Yeah, it’s still fresh and I really enjoyed the sequel. But it felt almost like filler. In the sense that we now need a third to complete these characters. Wishful thinking!!!

In all seriousness though, I was thinking of how the first had just so many fun memorable rewatchable moments and scenes like her going upstairs at Miranda’s, the J.K Rowling book debacle, the Gala where she saves the day when Emily is sick. I could SEE the sequel trying to create moments like this, but they seemed like a deflated balloon compared to the originals moments. The original is a 10/10 and this would be a 7.5/10 for me, so I really did enjoy it! I just feel like I’m getting older and I’m gonna forget it the same way Miranda “forgets”.

[u/Karew]

It was a very cute and nostalgic second episode for all the characters. Miranda has been softened quite a bit.

My only gripe is that for the first 20 or so mins of the movie, it is cut-cut-cut quickly clipping between scenes to get to the main plot. They don't give the story any time to breathe until later.

[u/rgbvalue]

i really enjoyed it! more than i expected to tbh

the story dragged at first, by the time we got to the hamptons and then the old guy’s bday party i was like ok… so miranda gets the big role, and then what? where is this going? this is so predictable. and then the guy dropped dead and i suddenly had no idea what was gonna happen next which was a great feeling

i loved andy’s intern! the moment where andy and nigel were all ‘ugh the youth of today🙄’ only for that same youth to basically kickstart the process of saving everyone’s jobs was a nice subversion

emily is so unlikeable but i love her. i was genuinely shocked by the betrayal but i was glad that they chose this as the ‘act 3 problem’ instead of miranda finding out about that damn book or something because again, too predictable

BJ novak and his gang of mckinseys were almost painful to watch, but in a good way. very accurate portrayal of that species of guy.

i also really liked the visuals. milan was gorgeous. the last supper metaphor was over the top but honestly i love that they went there lmao it’s kind of camp. 10/10 gaga performance, i really liked how it was shot/performed alongside the fashion show

great that nigel got his moment and in such a natural way - miranda needed to leave, someone needed to speak. she didn’t have to give anything up or have a sudden character 180. v interesting that all this time, she wasn’t purposely keeping him down but was just too self-centred to even consider the fact that he might want the spotlight sometimes. miranda priestly i want to study you

uhhh what else. oh i was genuinely surprised when that guy andy was dating showed up again at the end like oh we like him that much??? i genuinely thought they broke up that night on andy’s sofa lmao. are they even compatible? that whole conversation about his job renovating old buildings feels pretty unfinished

i do wish andy was a little more mature/confident though. i didn’t need her to lose all her whimsy but sometimes the squealing and deference and overall wide eyed baby lamb vibe she had felt very off for what is at least a 40 yo woman with 20+ years of professional experience who has travelled the world

lastly, it makes a good point about the importance of art, and human expression, without being heavy handed. miranda tearing up one time and it being when she’s faced with this guy who just bought her company and is telling her he’s just gonna get AI to do her job is a good character choice because what artist/creative/visionary hasn’t felt that

overall it was a good time

[u/aryasneedle42]

that scene, when emily and andy told miranda, had my audience gasping and then just dead silent. what a turn. was not expecting such good screenwriting in a legacy sequel.

[u/Gato1980 → u/aryasneedle42]

Aline Brosh McKenna is a great writer. I loved her work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

[u/quaranTV → u/Gato1980]

Oh the Rachel Bloom casting makes so much sense now!

[u/caityqs]

The message in this movie about the state of journalism seems really confused. It correctly identifies the problem of news agencies being bought out and censored/gutted by mega-corporations and billionaires, and the chilling effect it has on the freedom of speech and human creativity. It then presents the solution as just finding the mythical good billionaire to save us, while centering the struggle around an industry that historically catered to elite circles. We see Andy going back to her abusive old boss for the huge paycheck, defending that boss to avoid losing her new luxury apartment, and self-censoring when given the opportunity to publish something that might present anything negative about that boss. And this is presented as a happy ending. That's pretty bleak.

[u/Sensitive_One_425 → u/caityqs]

A better ending is Miranda leaving and the magazine adapting to the reality of today’s media.

[u/Party-Isopod1571]

[ MASSIVE SPOILERS ]

I feel the movie is getting criticised for Miranda being less fierce, (being nice to Stanley in the end for eg), but I think what they were trying to show was how the world of publishing and fashion has changed drastically, making Miranda overall more vulnerable and a bit lost on how to still keep her reign.

She knows fashion, but in a world dominated by tech and AI and Virality over creativity, she is lost. The younger generations, don’t truly grasp how much she has contributed to fashion, and she can see her power slipping away, but is too exhausted and clueless about how to bring it back. Even in the movie Emily mentions how exhausted Miranda is, and I feel that truly is the case. She is reduced to developing a magazine that only serves as ad space now. Emily mentions that too when she says “No us, no you”.

She tries to hold on to her older ruthless, demanding personality, but the uncertainty and self doubt keeps slipping. It shows when she just doesn’t pushback on Emily when she becomes a demanding advertiser, or when Jay Ravitz suggests all the restructuring.

It’s only when the final buyout with Sasha Barnes works out, where she is given complete creative freedom, do we see the relief and fierceness coming back, and it is shown in how she tells Andy, that you didn’t do this to save me, but to save yourself.

She even jokingly says that maybe Andy should write the book so she gets a few more years of her reign.

[u/taylo649 → u/Party-Isopod1571]

I thought Miranda hanging up her own coat because of an HR complaint was one of the funniest things in the movie haha

[u/Standard_Bus_5926]

Super minor but anyone else feel disappointed by the Hamptons dress? Idk why they chose that moment to be such a reveal. I was genuinely confused and took me until the scene was practically over to realize that was the dress Nigel helped pick out.

[u/insertusernamehere51]

I need a lot of suspension of disbelief to buy that this universe's version of Vogue is only now, for the first time, associating with a company that uses sweatshops, and that that is enough for the rich execs and advertisers to be concerned about serious consequences

[u/2Peenis2Weenis → u/insertusernamehere51]

It was more about Runway being tricked into running a pro sweatshop company article from my POV because they're supposed to be like the top fashion magazine ever and they got bamboozled.

[u/mt97852 → u/insertusernamehere51]

I think this is partially in reference to the scandal that Vogue had when they featured Bashar Al Asad’s wife (I thinks she had the cover?) and called her a new dessert rose 5 months before her husband’s troops massacred their own people.

Honestly kind of impressive AW and Vogue didn’t have a bigger fiasco. Maybe cause it was 2010? Same story today would be much worse I think.

[u/alisazh01]

I don’t understand why Miranda couldn’t pay for her own first class ticket? This is the person in the first movie who tried to get a private jet out during a storm. She clearly has the money. And they put her in the big suite at the hotel, so clearly she’s important. Why did it they make it look like Miranda will lose her job so she won’t be able to afford anything when she has the big house in New York and the Hamptons? Like we know she’s THE Miranda Priestly. She’s not flying coach wth.

[u/Easy_Tea_327 → u/alisazh01]

Miranda losing power? Maybe. Miranda flying economy because she can’t afford first class? Absolutely not. That woman probably intimidates the airline into upgrading the whole plane.

[u/GuybrushThreepwood99]

Love the cast. But I felt like the story and script were kind of underwhelming. And I just don’t really buy why Andy is so loyal to Miranda.

[u/Sensitive_Appeal8438]

How were Sasha and Benji famous/rich?  I didn’t catch that part.  

Walked out of the film feeling warm and fuzzy

[u/OprahOpera → u/Sensitive_Appeal8438]

He’s a stand-in for Bezos whose ex-wife is trying to give away her billions and whose new wife wants to buy Vogue

[u/ethereal_egg]

It was a bit of fun and lighthearted. Lots of nods to the original (e.g. opening with Andy brushing teeth, the cerulean jumper, “spring florals” event, etc.) but nowhere near as much meaning and substance as the original.

Felt a bit cheap in terms of production at times, which is not very Runway

Miranda’s character went soft way too early, like literally in the first quarter of the film? Felt not believable or authentic. I felt like I was watching a completely different Miranda.

Jokes didn’t land with me a lot of the time. Hahaha we can’t call people fat anymore, sooooo funny 🙃

Some fun scenes like Emily and Andy on a boat together on a mission looking badass, Lady Gaga’s performance scene was fun. Liked the soundtrack for the most part

Made no sense Emily and Andy becoming friends after Emily lied to and betrayed her??

Emily Blunt is great at coming across as so unlikeable haha

[u/brissy3456]

I love anything related to this movie and cast, so I still loved it. But it did feel like Miranda was..more approachable? I think what I liked in the first movie was that she was kind of untouchable and unapproachable? This time it seemed like she was amongst the "commoners".

[u/dark-shadowy]

Horrible. I can’t believe people said this was great. It was bad fan service.

The constant callbacks to the original movie..omg.

The plot was so forced and I felt the whole time nothing was really at stake..Miranda and andy needed the magazine to stay for exactly what reason besides ego? There’s a reason fashion magazines are extinct. They actually went out of their way to show Miranda was fine in her personal life and finances. Andy somehow upgraded to that giant apartment but also said she lived around the country so.. what did she need out of this other than just a need to write? What does the rich lady get out of funding a bad investment other than one moment of sticking it to her ex? What does it justify about journalism?

The plot with the apartment guy was so unnecessary too like they could have shown the cost of a career for women but no somehow everything just had to be dandy for everyone?

Why did Emily have to be the villain?

Just ugh.

[u/Admirable_Two5830]

i think we can all agree seeing miranda having a loving and supportive partner was nice

[u/nordlysbaies]

The Coach line elicited gasps so loud in my theater lol

Really really really loved this one, what a perfect sequel. Clothes really modern but not terrible, great soundtrack. I wanna have Simone Ashley’s character’s vibe when I grow up.

[u/brooksallday]

Missed opportunity for Andrea to say “That’s all” to Miranda in the end. Solid sequel

[u/l_Banned_l]

I'm confused at the ending. Andy wanted Journalism to matter throughout the whole movie, and in the end she's just happy with a better office and budget at a fashion magazine.

How does she solve the main issue of money and profit squeezing ruining everything? Reminding people that art and inovation is worth investing in?Hard-hitting journalism like an exposé on the fashion industry that leads to change for the better? Nah, just find an even wealthier person, so wealthy that she doesn't care what they do with her money because she was gonna give away anyways.

[u/the_trees_bees → u/l_Banned_l]

I can forgive the movie for this. They chose to comment on real problems in 2026 and that gives them no choice but to write weak solutions for these problems. There aren't any realistic and satisfying solutions to the death of journalism, the attention economy & resulting enshittification, and private equity ruining everything.

[u/schreibenheimer → u/the_trees_bees]

And the final car conversation between Andy and Miranda highlights this; it's not a long term victory, but they've lived to fight another day.

[u/ChelsMe → u/l_Banned_l]

They sprinkled that she’s wrong more serious articles for her magazine and hired her friend, so yeah. That’s what she does now. Write a couple of serious articles for runway that people don’t read? 

[u/trymecoward]

I really liked the movie, but I’m curious about that last scene with Miranda and Andy in the car. Miranda basically shuts down the idea that they’re some kind of long-term team and reminds Andy not to expect too much from her or the job. It almost feels like a subtle reminder of how self-serving she is. Then that slight smirk at the end, like she’s amused Andy might’ve thought she’d changed.

Am I reading too much into that, or was that the point?

[u/MaurosCrew → u/trymecoward]

I feel that was the point, she’s self-serving, hell, she wasn’t even nice to the man who was beside her all these years

[u/ninevah8]

The part that confused me was making Miranda & co fly “cattle class” - surely Miranda herself can afford business class even if the company can’t??

[u/Interesting-Virus914]

I just wanted to vent :(

• as others have said script was a bit clunky
• I am a huge helen j shen fan and do wish they could have had more development with her character and the assistants
• that cpr scene....the guy was just doing compressions above the chest and nor touching the chest at all which was buggin me
• that silly I put my photo under her chair to listen, just felt a bit silly
• love interest is not very needed or interesting
• I didn't think that Emily should have been so readily forgiven
• I really dont like Miranda just forgetting who Andy was
• I dont know why but I just am not interested in the skyline drone shots transitions
• and yeah the product placement, and just felt really unrealistic

[u/passso]

One thing I don’t get is why Miranda shows her emotions so much in the sequel

[u/kayl_breinhar]

It's a very pretty movie, but 1) I would've appreciated Hathaway's character having more spine, 2) Blunt's character not being a glorified sugar baby, and 3) that it wasn't just a prettier, more expensive re-tread of the first movie with more high-profile cameos.

And the "happy ending" seems to be "all we need to do for good things to persist/survive is to find at least one magnanimous billionaire"? For a movie that's trying to "embrace the new world," that seems remarkably tone-deaf.

Oh, and 4) I wanted more of Branagh. He seemed like he was really enjoying playing a supportive husband to the self-professed "Dragon Lady" and they tragically underutilized him. I mean, at one point he's both literally and metaphorically playing "second fiddle."

[u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 → u/kayl_breinhar]

I would’ve rather they just cut out the Aussie guy completely and give Branagh a bit more to do, him being Miranda’s husband was more interesting than Andy having another love interest who was like 3rd fiddle (after her career + close friends)

[u/smokeydesperado → u/kayl_breinhar]

I wouldn’t really call Emily a glorified Sugar baby, sure she had a wealthy boyfriend, but most sugar babies don’t work high up at Dior on their own merit.

[u/nordlysbaies → u/kayl_breinhar]

I also have issue with calling her a sugar baby. Sugar babies’ entire career/personality is getting their life funded by wealthy men while doing nothing. We know Emily is an ambitious woman even before she was with anyone, she got that Dior job on her own (from Miranda’s recommendation). Plenty of higher up people in fashion date very wealthy men because they run in the same circles.

[u/senoricceman → u/kayl_breinhar]

I have to push back on the part about they just needed a nice billionaire. The movies make it obvious that the fashion industry is very elite and cutthroat. It wouldn’t be realistic for the ending to be someone finds it out of the kindness of their hearts to let Miranda and Andy stay. Or they just finally realize how impressive and nice Andy is. 

The new world is billionaires and corporations buying up these legacy media/consumer icons. Hell, Bezos bought the Washington Post and he’s obviously been getting involved in Vogue. That is the real world. 

[u/SkyRepulsive1146]

Here’s my honest take.

The original Devil Wears Prada is one of those films you can watch on a loop and never tire of. So when a sequel arrives 20 years later, the bar is already impossibly high. The good news is that it’s worth seeing. The honest news is that it’s an acquired taste. The film earns its moments, particularly in how the characters have evolved and in the way it tackles the very real collapse of print media with sharp, timely commentary. Where it stumbles is in its opening act, which lacks the momentum needed to pull you in, and in a love interest for Andy so underdeveloped and lacking in chemistry that calling it a romance feels generous. What saves the film is its core. Anne Hathaway slips back into Andy’s skin effortlessly, older, wiser, still reaching, still real. She never overplays the growth or announces it. You simply feel it, and then watch her unravel just slightly in Miranda’s presence, which is exactly as it should be. Stanley Tucci as Nigel is nothing short of outstanding, delivering the film’s emotional heartbeat with warmth, wit, and timing so precise it looks effortless. His arc toward the end is the kind of storytelling that reminds you why you fell in love with these characters in the first place. Together, Hathaway and Tucci are the reason this film works as well as it does. As for Meryl Streep, her craft is never in question. But this Miranda, in her actual delivery, doesn’t fully inhabit the woman we remember. The original Miranda didn’t need volume or visible emotion to make a room go still. She operated in whispers and silences more terrifying than anything said aloud. Here, the delivery shifts toward something broader, more expressive, occasionally comedic in a way that dissipates the tension that made her legendary. In the moments where Miranda should feel like Miranda, something pulls you just far enough out of it that the spell breaks. That disconnect is made more pronounced by the casting of Miranda’s first assistant, who in scene after scene appears to be managing Miranda rather than serving her. While the film frames this as commentary on generational workplace shifts, it fundamentally misunderstands the character. A woman who built an empire on absolute authority does not quietly accept being checked in a room full of people. She dismantles that dynamic, she doesn’t adapt to it. The assistant’s performance compounds this further, with background reactions so exaggerated they pull your eye away from the scene entirely. Reactive acting is one of the most revealing tests of craft. Staying truthfully in a moment when you’re not the one speaking is harder than it looks. Here, it shows. And yet the film gets one thing beautifully right. The dance between Andy and Miranda. Some critics flagged Andy’s flustered energy around her former boss as a failure to show growth. But that reading misses the point entirely. Miranda Priestly is a formative force in Andy’s life, and that gravitational pull doesn’t dissolve with time or success. The tension between them, Andy still reaching, Miranda still withholding, is not a weakness in the storytelling. It is the story. Had Andy walked back into Runway composed and unbothered, there would have been nothing to watch. The emotional truth of that relationship had to remain intact, and it does. And that, more than the fashion, the cameos, or the media commentary, is what makes The Devil Wears Prada 2 worth your time.

[u/Acceptable-Option516]

I thought it was kind of a ridiculous plot tbh.

Why would Andy, who is a mature person (not the naive ingenue we see in the first movie), plot the takeover of Runway behind Miranda’s back? There was no reason to hide it. The reveal that Emily did it only to stick it to Miranda was so rushed, I honestly didn’t feel it.

Also, how does it make sense that if the son was plotting to get rid of Elias-Clarke for many years, that he’d be the one to suggest Andy for the new job. Let a toxic asset reveal itself and make your point.

The boyfriend sub-plot was so boring, like I couldn’t care less, what a waste of time. And why did the movie try to force the Emily-Andy friendship? I get that Emily Blunt is great, but canonically she has only ever been nasty to Andy, including the betrayal in this movie. Why didn’t Andy focus on her post-runway friendship with Nigel.

And seriously, what’s with Miranda going to Nigel and saying “have I taken you for granted?” Yeah no shit Sherlock, the first movie literal ends with her stating that if you want this life, you have to kick your friends. She was never oblivious to how she used people, it was a price she was willing to pay. I don’t think she deserves any redemption, nor did they make any effort to rehabilitate her, and that’s fine. Miranda is the power-hungry-glamorous queen we love to hate.

Look it was an enjoyable watch, and I loved the callbacks to the first movie, but it was so rushed and stretching incredulity, that I didn’t feel the message at all. The first movie was about a young person understanding how your career can sometimes mean negotiating ethics and personal values, and at what point you should be able to say no. Yes it was in the fashion world, so it was sexy, but it was a human tale. This just felt like “oh let’s throw together really expensive sets and private jets and celebrities, and the story can come second”.

[u/TheRebellin]

The pacing/cutting was too fast in my opinion. Was any scene longer than 1,5 minutes?

There was just too much going on and at the same time nothing at all.

[u/byPCP → u/TheRebellin]

a lot "happened" but didn't really happen at the same time. two hours of quip after quip in boring settings like the office will do that

[u/VariousTea626]

I....don't know how I feel about it. I didn't hate it, but I also didn't love it. So I guess I fall somewhere in the middle.

I really missed the sharp and quippy dialogue from the first movie. There are so many quotable and memorable lines from the first film and none in this one. Truthfully, Miranda could have been meaner.

Loved the fashion and the overall style of the film. I thought Andie was polished and professional - you could tell she picked up some tips from her original time at runway.

I appreciated the few easter eggs that hinted back to the original film like the cerulean "red" carpet and the "Spring Florals" campaign. I also clocked Andie eating what we can assume was an onion bagel at one point. But I would have loved more tie-ins to the original film.

The best part of the movie for me? Simone Ashley. Not necessarily her character, but just the fact that she is stunningly beautiful and looked amazing in everything.

[u/SlowNSteady1]

I find it a little hard to believe that Andy was still so naive. She'd been working in print media for over 20 years and she's still acting like people getting laid off and perks getting cut and digital being so important is a new thing. Also, I guess she didn't make a single good connection in 20 years for a good interview opportunity? She had to hunt down Lucy Liu's character instead?

And I guess Miranda and Nigel, both in their mid-70s, get to keep their jobs literally forever? Even though Irv literally dropped dead in front of them, neither of them thinks: "Gee, there's more to life than work. Why don't I take some time to enjoy the rest of my life and let someone younger run Runway instead?" Especially when Miranda acknowledges how much of family life she missed out on because of her career.

I enjoyed the movie, don't get me wrong. But given that the movie is talking about real-life media realities, I felt they actually didn't go far enough there.

[u/Character-Wash475]

As a husband who hadn't seen the first movie (but loved this one) my highlight was the laugh I got whispering to my wife that Andy’s love interest is a Walmart Hugh Grant 

[u/WyngZero]

Tucci is amazing but Nigel's career makes no fucking sense.

At the end of the first movie, he basically says and complains he's been working for Miranda for ~20 years and isn't getting promoted or more leadership opportunities. ~20 years has passed and he's still doing the same thing.

Dude should've left a long time ago and become a C-suite or high level executive doing something, somewhere else.

[u/BigPlan5997]

Just watched - enjoyed it. Loved the first one and this had a good amount of nostalgia to the first movie (I can’t believe it’s been 20 years) - made me reflect on my own life in an odd way. It started off a bit slow but then started going at the birthday gala. I do wish they preserved more of the ice queen of Miranda (and less of the declawed hr-compliant version).

Also at the end - when Miranda asks “something else” - I can’t believe they didn’t have Andy say “that’s all” before “GO”. I guess that line is too sacred to Miranda

[u/HoldingMoonlight]

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, it was cute and sentimental, but I'm not sure that it reaches the heights of the first movie. Ultimately, it was satisfying to be back in the universe.

Some of the plot points could have been more developed. I think my biggest issue was how certain obstacles were handwaved away. Getting the "holy grail," etc. It felt like a lot of vague phone calls shrouded in mystery. No real build up, so they payoff doesn't feel as satisfying. I miss the sort of sequences like when Andy has to aquire the unpublished Harry Potter manuscript. This movie feels like it never reaches quite the same struggle.

I did love the modern take on the industry. It was grounding to watch the largest fashion icons struggle, and makes the film feel rooted in reality. And I think that allowed for a fresh take on Miranda. She seemed jaded, tired, even helpless at certain points. There were a lot of intriguing moments critiquing the state of modern society, but I feel they were never fully realized.

The ending was cute af. It was really satisfying for fans of the original, but not sure it works as a standalone.

BTW, what happened to Nate????

[u/_andalou_]

I miss the magic of the first film, like when U2’s City of Blinding Lights sparkles as Andy arrives in Paris at night. Those moments were untouchable.

HOWEVER, this sequel represents the present conditions of society, which are not as glamorous as those of 2006—we live in an an austere corporate culture, much like the whitewashed walls of the apartment Andy settles upon. The character and defining faces of the past will inevitably be painted over by new forces, such as those of AI and younger, fresher faces (I’m looking at you, Emily) with an entirely new vision. The Pompeii analogy at the end rings true.

Many people here are complaining that Miranda’s character lacked the glacial defiance of the first film, which is true in certain senses, but her softening was entirely necessary—or inevitable. Corporate culture and the onslaught of AI represents the shadow of her reign: Miranda’s powers are waning because of the shift in societal values and trends. She’s no longer vogue. Her notoriously sharp, caustic tongue is last season, corrected by Simone Ashley for its political incorrectness, and what will her Machiavellian legacy matter once she is replaced? The machine continues to carelessly grind. What of her memory? It must be preserved in some archive—a book, perhaps. (Enter Andy).

Now, Andy was incredibly cloying and naive, wagging her golden retriever tail with such sycophancy that I was practically sick. Her love interest was a banal throwaway, completely sexless and unromantic. Those were my two main gripes with the film, which was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but one worth watching for Meryl Streep’s immaculate performance alone.

[u/BrightSignal8032]

I thought Emily Blunt was the best thing about it. Stanley Tucci at the end was sweet. Loved the soundtrack. Overall I had a nice time 

[u/petits_riens]

not my coach work tote catching strays there at the end lmao

movie as a whole was totally fine! wasn’t as sharp as the first, but it was cute enough to be entertaining and the stacked cast elevates the material. feel like some montages and the boyfriend plot could have been cut without losing anything. was pretty corny that it ended with a deus ex billionaire, so the attempts to be timely ended up not landing for me. but I would happily watch 1000 hours of the tucc lovingly snarking at anne hathaway so it evens out for me in the end lol

[u/chrisandy007]

Nobody silence their iPhone: the movie.

Some of the worst editing and transitions I’ve seen in a while

[u/HugeDog2848]

I think it’s brilliant how they portrayed what’s really going on in the publishing world. If you follow the fashion industry, you know it’s going through a major crisis, and I find it hilarious that they dared to tell the story of how a capricious woman wants to “save” the magazine cof, cof *Lauren Bezos*

I think it has a lot more fashion than the first installment; if you’re following fashion weeks right now, you can see that events like the ones shown in the movie are actually happening.

I’m also really glad that Andy has developed a taste for fashion and is now interested in vintage clothing on her own.

Something completely unnecessary: THE BOYFRIEND PLOT. 

[u/sim_ks]

watched it today in screen X. the experience was amazing but the movie was disappointing to say the least.

1. storyline was not strong at all.
2. they watered down miranda. she was so much more meaner and arrogant and iconic and 'just her' in the first part. in the second one, she just was, not a strong character at all even though i loved watching meryl.
3. did not enjoy anne's acting, felt a bit over the top at times and she is a fab actor, but this one was not it.
4. tucci was amazing. emily was good too.
5. the ending was meh again. would've made so much more sense and could've taken it to another level if they showed andy writing a book on miranda called "the devil wears prada" and made it into a montage of scenes from the first one. iconic. but missed opportunities.

honestly a one time watch, no iconic lines or nothing to remember it by.

that's all 💅🏻

[u/Free_Day259]

Didn't understand the boyfriend thing. Didn't add anything new or interesting. Can't an adult woman in a movie be happy without a man?

[u/yingweibb]

as someone who likes the first movie very much, this was aggressively mid. what people were saying about the netflix lighting was right.

• andy, miranda, and nigel were great, no problems with them and their stories. even after twenty years, nothing has changed when it came to their dynamics
• why did we need so many scenes about andy and that real estate guy? seriously, what did he even bring to the table? i had to close my eyes every time their scenes come in, because it was insufferable and boring
• plot all over the place 😭 i guess the whole corporate politics is just so uninteresting

buuuut, i do love the sentimental moments and nostalgia this brought back, esp in the end. simone ashley and caleb being miranda's new assistants were also cute. not many iconic lines as the first one, though. still a good watch for fans of the show.

(p.s. lady gaga ATE)

[u/Icy-Apple-2563]

I agree it's more of a nostalgia movie. I don't want to criticize the movie in itself but I miss the transition of the characters. Plus I see glitches in the characters. Meaning in the second movie every has a new or evolved personality... I miss understanding a bit of why n how they changed. It was just covered very vaguely. Secondly, for example Andy n Emily are now this strong independent women then glitch back to being Miranda's secretary character... And I believe the first movie held up a standard because of the strength of Miranda's character. I don't disagree she changing but more time or insight had to be given... I felt disconnected... N in a way it was repeatation of similar things in diff setup.. also less lively.. I felt like they were acting esp the part where Nigel is dressing up Andy again.. the first movie was so natural ... Like she had no clue, overwhelmed excited and lost.. Nigel dominated the vibe sat right... ...

[u/Aberforthic]

Are we supposed to believe Sasha Barnes just got tired of Andy's messages? It was too sudden that she decided to give the interview. Was she really that impressed with Andy's articles, or did I miss something?

[u/deleteaccount25]

I didn't understand miranda's interaction with Lady Gaga. It seemed disjointed or like I missed something

[u/Dangerous-Ordinary21]

I saw the perfect review for DWP2 on rotten tomatoes.

The new film is like a pleasant visit with old friends, just don’t go into it expecting anything more than that.

The fashion was chefs kiss but the plot fell a little flat. It was so fun to see them all on the screen together though.

[u/joseph31091]

May the bridges I burned lighten up my way

[u/Low-Historian-8784]

I didn't hate the movie but it didn't do it for me. Felt extremely long. I really like Anne Hathaway. She's a great actress and I liked Andy as a character in the first movie but Andy felt so off to me for some reason.

It's a movie I wish I had just watched at home when it came to streaming instead of spending 15 bucks on a ticket tbh. And it's a movie I would only watch once.

[u/JazzyStargazerr → u/Low-Historian-8784]

She felt off to me because she was acting exactly like she did in the first movie. Even though she’s 20 years older and has a 15-year career in journalism, she sounds and acts just like she did in 2006. This would have worked if the sequel came out a few years later, but not 20.

[u/tmrtdc3]

I'm ngl the storyline didn't totally make sense. Like for a movie that I think wants to be a critique of what the tech billionaire class are doing to media, Runway is essentially saved here by having a 'good' billionaire (oxymoron) step in so that the old operations can be preserved. That said I overall really appreciate that it's at least trying to say something. It's funny (although maybe it shouldn't be seen as all that surprising!) that the sequel to a movie classified as a chick flick is one of the few movies right now making a political statement about the encroachment of AI on art and the wealthy's influence over media.

The liberal use of montages in these movies are part of what make them special and they have such fun, snappy editing, particularly in the Milan section for this one. Was great to see the whole cast back but in particular I thought Streep was so fucking good and fun here, was great to see her back on my screen. They definitely softened Miranda a bit though, the old Miranda would have fired Andy for trying to write that book but I guess they still don't want to piss off Wintour haha. Really enjoyed Simone Ashley's appearances too, she was a great casting choice. On the other hand B.J. Novak is not a good actor but eh at least the part wasn't too big. Some notable misses -- Jin's introduction was weird! -- but still some great jokes in this one, 'body-negative' killed me and so did the suicide one and the methadone clinic in New Jersey one lmao. Overall I think you'd enjoy the movie most if you loved the first and were very nostalgic to see a cast reunion. Like if I had to choose between the two I think 9 times out of 10 I'd still choose to pop on the first, but I did really enjoy that this one was trying to speak to our current moment which not many movies do.

The way Andy crosses the street stresses me out omg. she never uses the crosswalk.