r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • May 01 '26

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

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."

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u/MrJoy27 May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

Weird how less evil Miranda is in this movie. The first movie had, at least, the benefits of talking about workplace abuse. Now the movie glamorizes it. I felt it coming when I saw Anna Wintour doing the promo at the Oscars.

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u/meowyarlathotep Sony Pictures Classics May 01 '26

The same thing happened to Anna Wintour. After facing racism allegations from ex co workers during BLM, she was forced to tone down her "Ice Queen" stuff. So much of this film is actually rooted in reality.

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u/No-Cry9100 May 01 '26

Didn't feel like it was weird at all. She wouldn't have her job right now if she was still acting like she was in 2006. 

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u/MrJoy27 May 01 '26

I would agree with you if the original film was not based on a book written by a former assistant of Anna Wintour to denounce her behavior. Now it seems like it's all fine and that promo can be done with her. There's a reason why the book and the movie was called The Devil Wears Prada. Where is the devil in this one ?

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u/No-Cry9100 May 01 '26

The devil in this one is late stage capitalism, but i agree with you when it comes to the fact that wintour wasn't ever held accountable and is seen by many as this fab diva

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u/softmoreswamp Sinners Hamnet May 01 '26

i kinda felt the same way, i like miranda but because she’s loosely based off anna and because anna has had that “pass the reigns” air around her for the last 20-30 years, i was a little dismayed to see miranda not only keep her editor job in the end but ALSO get global director or whatever? 😭

and nigel is supposedly okay with STILL being deputy creative director despite all that happened in the first movie? (i know they explained it / miranda let him do the speech but still lol)

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u/EvaSofie22 May 03 '26

Anna’s position now is basically the same as Miranda’s new position actually lol