The Devil Wears Prada 2 Review

There’s a country astir halfway done The Devil Wears Prada 2 wherever we spot Miranda Priestly – the ruthless, commanding, and visionary Editor-in-Chief of Runway magazine; unapologetic badass and main antagonist of the archetypal movie – flying coach. The humiliating condition is played for laughs but besides serves arsenic an emblem for the movie arsenic a whole. Here is an iconic, cunning individual, inordinately celebrated successful some her ain satellite and ours, reduced to a mediate spot betwixt her adjunct and a antheral eating a gigantic sandwich.

This spot of relatable wit is hilarious successful the infinitesimal and besides typical of the acquisition of watching The Devil Wears Prada 2: it whitethorn not beryllium precisely what we were expecting, but it’s decidedly going to get Miranda, and the remainder of us, wherever we wanted to go.

When we past saw Miranda (Meryl Streep) each the mode backmost successful 2006, she was astatine the tallness of her powers: supremely successful power of her publishing fief and the cardinal dependable successful the satellite of precocious fashion. Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), her erstwhile adjunct and aspiring “real journalist,” had capable of Miranda’s maltreatment – throwing her ringing compartment telephone into a fountain successful Paris and ne'er looking back. But my, however the times person changed.

Anne Hathaway arsenic Andy Sachs successful The Devil Wears Prada 2. © 2026 20th Century Studios.

When we conscionable up with Andy again 20 years later, she seems to person yet made it. She’s a respected writer astatine a reputable work and mostly blessed with her life. So why, connected God’s greenish Earth, would she ever determine to spell backmost to Runway? Well, the reply is simply a elemental one: Andy needs a job. Andy gets sacked, on with the remainder of her team, conscionable arsenic she’s astir to person an grant for her work. Soon, Andy finds herself drawn backmost into the fast-paced satellite of manner astatine the invitation of Runway large brag Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman).

Andy is summoned to beryllium Runway’s caller features editor, and bring immoderate gravitas to the flailing operation, aft the institution becomes embroiled successful a ungraded – they got into furniture with a accelerated manner institution that was revealed to beryllium a blatant sweatshop operation. Andy’s eagerness to leap backmost into Miranda’s orbit is simply a spot of a agelong fixed the magnitude of maltreatment she suffered during the archetypal movie, but astatine slightest the conceit gets the pack backmost together.

From there, The Devil Wears Prada 2 plays the hits. The music, editing, and absorption are each reminiscent of the archetypal film. There’s different “Andy frantically phones astir to fulfill an intolerable task” montage, and cameos abound (hello Lady Gaga, Heidi Klum, and Jon Batiste, conscionable to sanction a few). Just similar the original, determination are capable meme-worthy one-liners to capable your radical chats for the adjacent decade. “Look what TJ Maxx dragged in,” “Shared carbs person nary calories,” and “May the bridges I pain airy my way” are definite to rotation astir successful your caput agelong aft the credits roll. Once again, the settings (the Hamptons! Milan! A converted New York brownstone!) are immersive and aspirational. Likewise, some the cinematography and the costumes (of course) are a ocular feast. There’s adjacent a reimagining of Andy’s now-infamous cerulean sweater.

Stanley Tucci arsenic Nigel Kipling and Anne Hathaway arsenic Andy Sachs successful The Devil Wears Prada 2. © 2026 20th Century Studios.

Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci gaffe backmost into their roles arsenic if they’re a brace of luxurious Gucci loafers. Now a high-powered enforcement for Dior, Blunt’s Emily Charlton is inactive the aforesaid insecure yet caring idiosyncratic from the archetypal film, and inactive masking that humanity with judgemental, biting wit. As Miranda’s ever-present underboss Nigel, Tucci is erstwhile again the beating bosom of the film. He expertly guides Andy arsenic she re-enters the satellite of Runway and serves arsenic some a supportive co-worker and changeless world check. Late successful the movie Nigel finally, finally, gets his infinitesimal successful the sun. But, arsenic is often the lawsuit with Tucci, the country is understated and eloquent.

If you were a instrumentality of the archetypal Devil Wears Prada, there’s a batch present to love. That’s not to accidental the movie doesn’t bring thing new. While the archetypal movie was an probe of workplace powerfulness and what it takes to win successful an manufacture that’s fundamentally a walled garden, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is simply a withering introspection of the existent publishing landscape. The sequel ponders topics similar who’s allowed to beryllium influential and what the media’s spot successful nine astatine ample is.

The ungraded that brings Andy backmost to Runway has sent advertisers fleeing. In an property with declining postulation and less eyeballs looking astatine her work, Miranda finds herself successful a acquainted presumption – trying to warrant Runway’s existence, albeit this clip connected a much existential level. Sharks statesman circling and fund cuts travel down hard (no much backstage cars oregon hired jets). As the movie progresses, Runway’s precise endurance is successful question, and assorted pairings of Emily, Miranda, and Andy strategy to power what comes next.

Emily Blunt arsenic Emily Charlton successful The Devil Wears Prada 2. © 2026 20th Century Studios.

Appearances by Lucy Liu and Justin Theroux arsenic billionaire ex-spouses play into the play arsenic an unobtainable interrogation taxable for Andy and an archetypical tech bro playboy, respectively. BJ Novak shows up giving his champion Ryan-from-The-Office-if-he-were-a-nepo-baby content arsenic Irv's lad Jay. Kenneth Branagh is underused arsenic Miranda’s caring instrumentalist hubby and some Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) and Caleb Hearon (Pizza Movie) amusement up arsenic Miranda’s latest harried assistants. Newcomer Helen J. Shen joins the formed arsenic Andy's ain adjunct and Tracie Thoms returns arsenic Andy’s longtime person Lily to service arsenic her motivator-in-chief.

But, adjacent with Easter eggs galore and a who’s-who of personage appearances, the movie lives and dies with the narration betwixt Andy and Miranda. These 2 characters person been household names for astir of the 21st period and amusement flashes of what made them fashionable successful the archetypal place. But they some person decidedly changed – for amended oregon worse.

As Andy, Hathaway is arsenic charming and radiant arsenic ever. After 2 decades, Andy, heavy down, is the aforesaid miss who lives the contradiction of being obsessed with her enactment yet not wanting it to specify her. She inactive thinks she tin alteration Runway – and Miranda – for the better. Andy is besides a bully capable writer present to beryllium of worth to Miranda successful ways Andy finds acceptable. Instead of tracking down the latest Harry Potter book, Andy writes stories for the mag that bring successful postulation and boost the company’s image. She has a caller emotion interest, this clip an Australian contractor named Peter (Colin from Accounts's Patrick Brammall). But Andy has grown to the grade that a imaginable narration doesn’t truly impact however she feels astir herself oregon her career. At 1 constituent she rapidly dismisses Peter’s objections to her enactment with a “take it oregon permission it” attitude. This isn’t the aforesaid miss near dejected by an upset fellow portion sullenly holding a cupcake similar successful the archetypal movie.

Similarly, Miranda has changed, and those changes are the astir frustrating facet of the movie overall. In a word, Miranda has been defanged. She’s inactive incisive and cunning. But successful a satellite wherever everyone seems to beryllium watching what she does astatine each infinitesimal (HR included), Miranda has had to larn to adapt. No longer capable to dump her overgarment and container connected her assistant’s desk, Miranda lives successful a satellite wherever she’s forced - gasp! - to bent up her ain clothing, to large comedic effect.

Has Miranda genuinely softened implicit the years? Or is it each a calculation? With Streep, possibly the top histrion of the past fractional century, you’re ne'er rather sure. Her show is (yet again) lights out. But the screenplay doesn’t look to cognize what to definitively bash with Miranda: support her villainous oregon marque her likeable.

Like Andy, Emily, oregon immoderate different idiosyncratic – existent oregon fictional – Miranda Priestly should beryllium allowed to evolve. But the hostility betwixt that improvement and what we cognize and emotion astir the quality near maine feeling lukewarm. The biggest alteration is that Miranda is happy. Frequently. Remember however the biggest quality infinitesimal of the archetypal movie was erstwhile Miranda cracked a wry grin astatine the precise extremity of the movie? Here Miranda is smiling each the time. She’s successful a functional, caring relationship, which is bully to see. She’s up for a bigger occupation astatine Runway’s genitor institution and she’s downright giddy astatine the prospect. Despite the scandal, she seems to really attraction for astatine slightest immoderate of her employees.

Meryl Streep arsenic Miranda Priestly and Stanley Tucci arsenic Nigel Kipling successful The Devil Wears Prada 2. © 2026 20th Century Studios.

Still, determination are shades of the aged Miranda. She pretends not to retrieve Andy erstwhile she shows backmost up astatine the magazine’s office. She’s speedy with an insult (“You should get that looked at, that wounded that causes you to trudge.”) She delivers the astir scathing mentation of her “That’s all,” catchphrase you could imagine. But portion successful the archetypal movie Miranda was a spot similar Jaws – feared and ever lurking – present we get Miranda overload. And overmuch of the crippled is told from her perspective, which inherently changes the benignant of communicative the movie is trying - and lone occasionally succeeding - to tell.

Despite those frustrations, the expanded dynamic betwixt Andy and Miranda is the sequel’s biggest upgrade. As overmuch arsenic neither would admit it, they some person travel to the realization that they request each other. They’re 2 sides of the aforesaid coin – arsenic driven and deceptive, some grasping – successful Miranda’s words – for that “last portion of wood floating adjacent to the Titanic.” Miranda realizes that Andy’s absorption connected hard quality and “real' journalism is invaluable successful a changing media landscape. Likewise, Andy accepts Miranda’s calling retired of her selfishness and subtle manipulations of others.

How palmy you find the movie to beryllium volition beryllium connected what you’re wanting from a Devil Wears Prada sequel. Are you looking to effortlessly gaffe backmost into the glossy and charming satellite of New York precocious fashion? If so, you’ll beryllium delighted by the familiarity the movie provides. Are you looking for the nonstop aforesaid characters that you met successful the archetypal movie astir 20 years ago? If that’s the case, you mightiness find The Devil Wears Prada 2 a frustrating alteration of pace. In my book, I appreciated the changes, adjacent if it near maine longing for the Devil of old.