The Devil Wears Prada 2

“Meryl Streep doesn't miss a beat as she reprises her role from 20 years ago as the imperious, icy, terrifying Editor-in-Chief of fashion magazine Runway. However, times have changed, and so her Miranda must weigh her words more carefully. The Devil Wears Prada 2, with an original screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna, is on firmer ground here as far as the plotline goes.”

“What The Devil Wears Prada 2 does really well is the chemistry between its characters, steered by a very likable cast. The sequel feels aware of time, of change, and within that, it actually has something to say.”

“There's a particular kind of ache that comes with watching a film about the slow erosion of something you belong to. For anyone working within magazine culture or clinging to its fading edges, the world created in the present film cuts close to the bone. But then, almost inevitably, The Devil Wears Prada begins to drift. It sheds its skin of realism and slips into something softer, shinier: a fairytale.”

“The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a good sequel that feels like a story well-told and one worth telling. It captures the essence of what made the first part so fun, crisp, and refreshing, bringing it into 2026 quite beautifully, topped by some brilliant acting and writing.”

“Miranda Priestly, lead character of The Devil Wears Prada (DWP), is a ghastly human being — making me wonder, in 2006, how one could like a film, while squarely hating its protagonist. This is because the innately gifted Meryl Streep played the part with such natural gravitas, that you could somewhat confuse her sickening arrogance for acceptable idiosyncrasies of a possible genius.”

“Perfectly polished. That's all.”

“A worthy, glossy sequel that skims print media's growing crisis”

“The Devil Wears Prada 2 manages to avoid the bad sequel curse and delivers a good old fun movie with good vibes, understands the characters in it, and is willing to put them in uncomfortable situations to show that success doesn't come for free. The characters and the production values are excellent, with the movie definitely wanting to cause awe with its depiction of fashion.”

“It's still beautiful, still alluring, but slightly muted, as though aware that its own mythology no longer holds quite the same power.”

“The pace is glacial and Miranda from the first movie would not have been thrilled, but here she is quite happy to play nice. There is nothing terribly wrong with this hysterically safe movie, but neither is there anything to love passionately.”

“Walking into the theatre to watch The Devil Wears Prada 2, I was anticipating a sequel that was driven by nostalgia and the need to recapture the glories of publishing and luxury fashion, but was happily surprised with a reality check.”

“The sequel thus finds a good reason to exist: It has plenty of breezy fun probing the dilemmas of modern media, without abandoning the glitz that made the original so enduring. I'm as surprised as anyone.”