Miranda Priestly struggles against Emily Charlton, her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amid declining print media, while Miranda nears retirement.
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Justin Theroux, Kenneth Branagh
Release Date: April 20, 2026
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rated PG-13 for strong language and some suggestive references.
Runtime: 1h 59m
Review:
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a glitzy dose of cinematic comfort food that brings back beloved characters in an enjoyable follow up that doesn’t reach the levels of the original thanks to a script that decides to play the hits instead of bringing something new to the table. The film feels instantly familiar as director David Frankel brings us back into this world with relative ease after twenty years. The film takes very little time catching everybody up on what the central quartet of characters have been up to since the end of the first film. The slow grinding death of print media is peppered throughout the film’s plot, offering some superficial commentary on the state of that business and its effect on former titans of the industry. Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is appropriately rattled by the shifting landscape and navigating her path forward until she’s dealt an unexpected career blow. Streep shifts back into the role with incredible ease which shouldn’t come as a surprise for such a talented actress. Her acidic line delivery is still fantastic across the board even though there aren’t as many memorable lines as the first time around. She’s given a few moments where we get a more honest peek into Miranda mentality with her guard down which prove to be highlights of the film. Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci also jump back into these characters’ skins like nary a day has passed since the first film. Hathaway’s Andy Sachs has become a well-respected journalist whose paper was shut down due to a corporate merger leading her back to Runway and Miranda. The film notes how much journalistic success she’s had in the past 20 years, but she reverts back into a wide eyed, eager to please go getter who slowly folds herself back into the fashionista world with the help of Stanley Tucci’s ever charming Nigel. Tucci is fun across the board, but you get the feeling he’s dying for something a bit more substantial to work with. Its similar story with Andy’s frienenemy played by Emily Blunt who moved on from Runway to become a senior executive at Dior. Blunt is great across the board especially when her character is brought back together with Streep and Hathaway, but the characters are all given painfully little growth or depth since the last film. If the script didn’t tell you about Blunt’s and Hathaway’s successes you’d assume they never left since they act like they did in the original film. Considering the amount of time between the films you’d hoped they would have crafted a slightly meatier script for the collected talent. Newcomers, Lucy Liu, Kenneth Branagh and Justin Theroux all have supporting roles which don’t amount too much outside of being plot devices which are a waste of their talents. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is perfectly fine follow-up to get wine drunk too and reconnect with another chapter in these characters lives even though you’ll probably forget about by the next morning.
B-
