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The Devil Wears Prada (2006) poster

2006 · comedy · drama

The Devil Wears Prada

Directed by David Frankel1h 49m2006

A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.

Our read: The Devil Wears Prada (2006) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb7.0545kRT75%Metacritic62TMDB7.414k
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How The Devil Wears Prada feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want sharp workplace comedy with Meryl Streep ice and a satisfying glow-up.”

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upcringe humiliation

Skip it tonight — Skip if fashion-industry cruelty or aspirational New York fantasy feels hollow tonight.

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