The Devil Wears Prada

2006

Director: David Frankel

Distributor: Fox Movies

Key Elements: Lines – Characters – Message

My Review:

I should be more embarrassed by how often I’ve rented this movie, but… I’m not.

Based loosely on the book by Lauren Weisberger, this is the story of a college graduate who accepts a job as an assistant to a Fashion Magazine Editor in Chief. Though the job is coveted by many, Andy just wants to remain unaffected and receive a pay check. But her resolve wanes as she gets better at the job. Soon her friends are noticing a change in her.

The message of the movie is about being authentic and not selling out.

Along the way, we get to enjoy seeing how these characters, equally profound and goofy, interact.

Fun watch.

Trailer:



Quotes:

• A million girls would kill for this job.
• Something funny?
  - No, no, nothing. Y'know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. Y'know, I'm still learning about all this stuff.
  This... 'stuff'? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.
• Do you know why I hired you? I always hire the same girl - stylish, slender, of course... worships the magazine. But so often, they turn out to be - I don't know - disappointing and, um... stupid. So you, with that impressive résumé and the big speech about your so-called work ethic- I, um- I thought you would be different. I said to myself, go ahead. Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl. I had hope. My God. I live on it. Anyway, you ended up disappointing me more than, um- more than any of the other silly girls.
• Andy, be serious. You are not trying. You are whining. What is it that you want me to say to you, huh? Do you want me to say, "Poor you. Miranda's picking on you. Poor you. Poor Andy"? Hmm? Wake up, six. She's just doing her job. Don't you know that you are working at the place that published some of the greatest artists of the century? Halston, Lagerfeld, de la Renta. And what they did, what they created was greater than art because you live your life in it. Well, not you, obviously, but some people. You think this is just a magazine, hmm? This is not just a magazine. This is a shining beacon of hope for... oh, I don't know... let's say a young boy growing up in Rhode Island with six brothers pretending to go to soccer practice when he was really going to sewing class and reading Runway under the covers at night with a flashlight. You have no idea how many legends have walked these halls. And what's worse, you don't care. Because this place, where so many people would die to work you only deign to work. And you want to know why she doesn't kiss you on the forehead and give you a gold star on your homework at the end of the day. Wake up, sweetheart.
• Same Andy, better clothes.
  - I like the old clothes.
• You know, in case you were wondering - the person whose calls you always take? That's the relationship you're in. I hope you two are very happy together.
• You sold your soul to the devil when you put on your first pair of Jimmy Choo's, I saw it.
• I wouldn't care if you were out there pole-dancing all night, as long as you did it with a little integrity!
• You used to make fun of the Runway girls, now you're one of them!
• I called over there for a reference, left word with some snooty girl, next thing you know I got a fax from Miranda Priestly saying that of all the assistants she ever hired, you were by far her biggest disappointment. And if I don't hire you I'm an idiot. You must have done something right.
• You have some very large shoes to fill. I hope you know that

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