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Meryl Streep plays the boss from hell in this glossy but shallow fashion industry satire. Demonstrating that less is indeed more, she quietly steals every scene as Miranda Priestly, the formidable editor of New York style magazine Runway, who routinely destroys egos and careers with just one softly spoken put-down or withering glance. It's a delicious, precise performance that reduces Anne Hathaway's aspiring journalist Andy Sachs to a crudely drawn, sitcom cliché, as she goofily struggles to meet Miranda's increasingly difficult demands after becoming her personal assistant. Though Andy's trials are never quite as cruel as in ex-US Vogue staffer Lauren Weisberger's source book, they're still as entertaining, boasting a similar exuberance to director David Frankel's earlier project, Sex and the City. Yet for all its colourful and catty observations, the film lacks genuine bite, skimming over key emotional issues and making a morally triumphant conclusion feel like a cop-out. SF
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Running time
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104min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Comedy Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Aline Brosh McKenna, from the novel by Lauren Weisberger
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Theatrical distributor
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20th Century Fox
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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October 2006
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Award |
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| Academy 2006 |
Actress in a Leading Role |
Meryl Streep |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2006 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Meryl Streep |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2006 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
Emily Blunt |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2006 |
Best Screenplay (Adapted) |
Aline Brosh McKenna |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2006 |
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
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Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2006 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
Meryl Streep |
Winner |
| Golden Globe 2006 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Motion Picture |
Emily Blunt |
Nominee |
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