The Devil Wears Prada 2 seems to be winning over the critics.
The highly anticipated sequel to the 2006 film is set to hit theaters this weekend, and critics are now publishing their reviews of the follow-up.
Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “Twenty years after making their iconic turns as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel — Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine in the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined a generation.”
Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Patrick Brammall, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Pauline Chalamet, B.J. Novak, and Conrad Ricamora also star.
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Wondering what the critics have to say so far?
The Devil Wears Prada 2 currently has a 79% Fresh rating
The movie currently has a favorable rating on Rotten Tomatoes amid hundreds of reviews.
Vulture says: “This remains a great part for Hathaway, who can hint at all sorts of neuroses beneath a character’s surface pep.”
The Boston Globe gave it 3 out of 4, writing: “Miranda is given more depth this time, which softens her just a tad, but it forces the viewer to root for her success. That would bug me, but The Devil Wears Prada 2 successfully gives journalists a bigger villain to hiss at and resent.”
THR writes: “It’s difficult to imagine anyone being terribly upset by anything in The Devil Wears Prada 2. It’s pretty and polished and as featherweight as a fawning magazine puff piece; it will doubtless make a fortune.”
AV Club gives it a B-, writing: “Although not all of the jokes and emotional beats land, The Devil Wears Prada 2 still gets the essence of what made the original a hit. The characters, slightly changed by time and their industry’s winds of change, are still compelling.”
The Atlantic writes: “It has plenty of breezy fun probing the dilemmas of modern media, without abandoning the glitz that made the original so enduring.”
The Guardian gives it 3 out of 5, writing: “This is good-natured, buoyant entertainment. It’s wearing well.”
Variety writes: “None of the stars here is slacking, and their combined, easily resumed chemistry ensures that this sequel, for good long stretches, feels like old times — even if it’s hard to imagine fans of its predecessor cherishing repeat viewings.”
The UK Times gives it 4 out of 5, and writes: “It helps too, of course, that Streep has a handy foil in Hathaway, who once again injects Andy with just the right hint of perky naivety to maintain her status as the clueless straight woman to her co-star’s scheming diva.”
The Los Angeles Times says: “I wonder what Wintour will make of this diminished avatar pursuing the same promotion that she herself just claimed at Condé Nast as global head of content. Content is to prestige journalism what Shein is to Chanel.”
Rolling Stone says: “For journalists, this is a horror movie now matter how stylish and dazzling you dress it up. Every victory is given the full Prada treatment and is still explicitly stated as being Pyrrhic.”
AP gave it 2 out of 4, writing: “I wouldn’t begrudge anyone who just wants to see her and these actors together again. But the movie, well stocked in Prada, could have used a bit more of Streep’s unflappable devil.”
USA Today gave it 3 out of 4, writing: “Rifle through all the fabulous fashion that you naturally expect in The Devil Wears Prada 2, and you might be surprised — and, if you type for a living, rather excited — to find a thoughtful examination of modern journalism.”
IndieWire gave it a C+, writing: “If it ain’t broke… well, maybe don’t make a whole sequel about it? More optimistically, if this sequel is giving the fans more of what they loved in the first place, at least it’s not wholly disastrous or oddly insulting. It’s fine.”
The New Yorker says: “The Devil Wears Prada 2 is selling a truckload of preposterous goods, but it sells them awfully well, with unfeigned assurance, conviction, and the appropriate ratio of cynicism to hope.”
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