A review of the new film “The Devil Wears Prada 2”
ou can wait wait a long time for a movie sequel these days and it’s 20 years since we first visited the fashion magazine “Runway”. This enables the new film to feature some of the consequences of the dramatic shift from print publications to the online world and to hint at recent efforts to make modelling a little more inclusive and production less scarred by sweatshops.
But the strength of this enjoyable sequel is not in its narrative, which is rather silly, but in its wonderful casting. All four stars of the original movie are back: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emma Blunt. Additionally there are cameos from Kenneth Branagh and Lady Gaga and a host of public figures, mainly from the world of fashion, playing themselves.
So visually the work is a treat: the actors, the clothes and the locations (New York, Milan, Lake Como) dazzle in this fast-moving romp. Just – as before – don’t expect anything thoughtful or biting in this comedy of terrors.