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I actually read the book which was the basis for this film last spring, before I knew that they were turning it into a Hollywood blockbuster. I really enjoyed the book, and found it laugh-out-loud funny, so I had really high expectations for the film, especially when I read that both Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were going to be starring in it. So here goes my review of The Devil Wears Prada.

As previously mentioned, the film is based on the book of the same name, written by American author Lauren Weisberger. It tells the story of a young budding journalist called Andrea (Andy as we know her in the film), who gets a job working for New York's fashion bible Runway as assistant for the magazine's editor, Miranda Priestly. However, the job isn't exactly what Andy thought it would be. Miranda expects Andy to be on call 24/7, running to get her coffee at 6.15am, get hold of impossible book manuscripts for her young twin daughters and memorising the entire guest list for her magazine parties which is just 2 hours away.

Although the main plot of the movie is an assistant doing the job millions of girls would kill for, albeit working for the boss from hell, there is a more serious and deeper meaning to this film which runs throughout and comes to a conclusion at the end. Andy is a smart University graduate with promising journalism prospects and although this role is not her ideal job, the deeper meaning is that she finds her identity whilst doing the job, but not before almost changing into someone she doesn't really want to be. Andy starts to become disassociated from her friends and family when she starts to experience the culture of a company which prides itself on image and skin-deep beauty. It soon becomes apparent that her morals become insignificant compared to a pair of Jimmy Choo's and Calvin Klein outfits and the film follows her struggle to hang onto her previous ideals before she's consumed by the materialistic society around her.

Anne Hathaway takes on the role of Andy, and does a superb job. Anne does a great job in showing the difference between Andy at the beginning of the movie, and her journey to the person she becomes by the end, both through her acting of Andy's personality and the way she carries herself, to the outfits and hairstyles she wears. She is quite quirky and funny to watch, and seems to have a good on-screen chemistry with the other leading actress, the marvellous Meryl Streep. Streep really makes the role her own, acting with a real

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