Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 109 minutes
Year: 2006
Boobs: Zero
One Sentence: They made this movie before it was called Swimming With Sharks.
Swimming With Sharks is one of my favorite movies. It is about a high powered movie producer (played by Kevin Spacey), who is a horrible boss to his assistant. The assistant, is actually a writer, but decides to work for this boss for 1 year, because after a year you can get a job anywhere in Hollywood. It gets a little dark at the end but is quite good, and has wonderful performances, and awesome quotes. A very good renter if you are curious.
The Devil Wears Prada is about a high powered Editor In Chief (played by [tag]Meryl Streep[/tag]), who is a horrible boss to her assistants. The new assistant, is actually a writer, but decides to work for this boss for 1 year, because after a year you can get a job anywhere in the Fashion Business. It gets a little less dark at the end but is quite good, and has Golden Globe winning performances.
The endings are quite different and one has women and one has men in it. A lot of the lead up to the ending of the movie is extremely similar. I wonder if the writer of Sharks stole it from the book, or the writer of the book stole it from sharks, or who stole what from who. Maybe no one stole anything and it's just a wild coincidence.
I liked Prada a lot. It was fun, smart, and fashionable. Meryl did an excellent job, but I mean when does she not. Her acceptance speech at the Globes was pretty awesome as well. Emily Blunt, who also won a Golden Globe, was really amazing and deserving of her win. [tag]Anne Hathaway[/tag] I do not know if she was the right person for the part. While she did ok. She didn't seem believable as any of the things she was supposed to be. A writer, a fashionable assistant, a sexy gf, it all was very bland. Luckily everyone one else really made the movie. [tag]Stanley Tucci[/tag] was awesome too, he has quite a range.
With the subject I already enjoyed and a cast that really brought it all together, I think this was a very good movie, worth renting. I do not like it better than Swimming With Sharks, but it was a good copy.
