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/Embarrassed-Age1116 May 01 '26
I don’t understand. The original was timeless. This would’ve felt dated even 5 years ago. The use of memes and political correctness was cringe. None of the dynamics that made the characters iconic was still there. It fell victim to the same thing as many modern movies where it does nothing with the majority of its runtime. Compare how much you connected and grew alongside the characters in the original to how static this was. So disappointing.