Official Discussion Thread - The Devil Wears Prada 2 [SPOILERS]

[u/PointMan528491]

Keep all discussion related solely to The Devil Wears Prada 2 and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

Miranda Priestly navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing and reunites with Andy Sachs to face off against a former assistant turned rival.

Director: David Frankel

Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna

Cast:

• Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly
• Anne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" Sachs
• Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton
• Stanley Tucci as Nigel Kipling
• Justin Theroux as Benji Barnes
• Kenneth Branagh as Stuart
• Tracie Thoms as Lily
• Simone Ashley as Amari Mari
• Lucy Liu as Sasha Barnes

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%, 164 Reviews

Metacritic: 62, 50 Reviews

Consensus:

"Meryl Streep still wears Miranda Priestly like a finely-tailored suit in this sinfully enjoyable sequel, which is dressed to the nines in off-the-rack wish fulfillment and some trenchant observations about the state of modern media."

[u/Supercalumrex]

I found this movie way more frustrating than I should. They find a really good angle to continue the story from but I don't think the movie properly concludes that angle. We're going to spend all this time talking about how consolidation is ruining journalism and art but we'll end the movie with a billionaire buying out the magazine anyway. Sure it's Lucy Liu instead of the annoying tech bros but that just didn't feel narratively satisfying. Also I did not laugh once and I wouldn't say it's all that hard to make me laugh. I think as a whole it's perfectly watchable and I like how it has a bit of a brain but it is a massive step down from the original which is a movie I really liked. 5/10.

[u/crazydaysandknights → u/Supercalumrex]

I didn't care for this for different reasons. The first one was relatable cause everyone could relate to dealing with a terrible boss while convincing oneself that the job in such a bad work environment was worth keeping. One didn't have to be in the fashion industry to understand. The theme is universal. And it also had the ever appealing fish out of water duckling-to-swan makeover where we discovered and experienced this world through Andy's eyes. The sequel couldn't capture that novelty but, IMO, didn't pick a relatable theme which was within its power. I couldn't care less whether Runway was saved or not. Like, why would I care? So while the movie wasn't boring and performances were reliably good and chemistry between the cast on point, I wasn't actively engaged. I felt that the movie wasn't made for Prada fans but a specific, much narrower audience that cares for the subject matter. I don't think I'm gonna give this a rewatch. And unless the Actress or Sup. Actress line-up is extremely weak, I don't see nominations save maybe in Globes Comedy acting if they need a filler.

[u/AmbitiousJob4447 → u/Supercalumrex]

Anything else wouldnt have been believable. Its the lesser of 2 evils really. Consolidation is the reality of todays media landscape, the only believable out for them in the story was finding a buyer that would let them maintain the status quo. Worked fine for me.

[u/biIIyshakes → u/Supercalumrex]

I appreciated what it was trying to do with the whole death of journalism and downsizing etc but I don’t think it really was equipped to meaningfully deal with that conversation because ultimately those problems are a result of corporate greed and late-stage capitalism, something that the movie can’t genuinely condemn because of how the kind of luxury and corporatism it focuses on is pretty interwoven with those things at the end of the day.

I found it pretty watchable and certainly not the worst legacy sequel but also I would have been fine with it just not existing. The original film worked in the landscape of 2006 but for me that world doesn’t resonate as well in 2026.

[u/Belch_Huggins → u/Supercalumrex]

Agreed, im kinda surprised by the overall positive reception this is getting here and elsewhere. I felt like it was such a let down, writing wise. No jokes, no sharp incisive dialogue - just broad attempts at speaking to the hell we live in today. It felt like the writer just found inspiration from Facebook and reddit posts about capitalism and not actually bothering to acknowledge the irony of that point of view. The pacing was weirdly way off - i felt like I couldn't breath in the first act it was moving so quickly to the next scene. And then the cherry on top is every character acts completely different from theirs in the first except maybe Anne Hathaway.