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belief of superiority for her character and the delicate balance of being the devil-boss and letting Miranda's human side show through ever so slightly. Meryl Streep's normally friendly and soft features are transformed via the use of a Cruella DeVille-esque wig which brings a real intimidating quality and sterness to her character, allowing you to leave behind any preconceptions you have of Meryl Streep you may have had before watching this. Oh, and Meryl Streep was actually nominated for an Oscar for her role, but sadly she didn't win it!

The other stand out part for me was played superbly by Stanley Tucci, and that was of Runway's designer Nigel. He starts off as a very shallow, harsh and inaccesible character but we see him adopt a role of mentor which allows us a brief glimpse of how first impressions can be wrong and that it's not a good idea of pre-judge people before you really get to know them, as Andy finds out! Brit actress Emily Blunt also does a great job in her role as Emily, Miranda's other assistant who seems to think she is superior to Andy, and is focusing her whole life on the trip she will take to Paris with Miranda, going so far as to eating just a cube of cheese to slim down for the Couture gowns!

For people that have read the book, you will notice quite a few things have changed, and these niggled at me throughout the whole film. Probably the biggest one was changing Andy's boyfriends name from Alex in the book to Nate in the film. There is no apparent reason for this film, and this only serves to make people question what the point was?! Also, they have changed his job from a teacher to a chef, so really he isn't the same person in the book as he is in the film at all! The other major thing I noticed was that Miranda's assistant wasn't British in the book, yet she is in the film, but this works well in the film with Emily Blunt taking on the eccentric Emily perfectly. Her Britishness really only adds to her quirkiness!

One other thing I noticed about the film was it's soundtrack. There were some really good songs used throughout, including the well used Vogue by Madonna, and also Jump by Madonna, Suddenly I See by Brit-singer KT Tunstall, City of Blinding Lights by U2 and Crazy by Seal. It worked well with the modern setting of the film, and it was nice to have songs that you knew and could sing along to.

Overall, this is a very enjoyable film, probably more so for people who haven't read the book. I found that I kept noticing the differences

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