It’s Back to Square One in The Devil Wears Prada 2

It’s Back to Square One in The Devil Wears Prada 2

Twenty years ain’t what it used to be. The Devil Wears Prada opened in the summer of 2006 opposite Superman Returns, a sequel to films made more than 20 years earlier that ignored the events of a couple of more recent follow-ups. A buoyant workplace comedy about a principled young journalist who learns not to be so dismissive of her demonic boss or the high-fashion world over which she rules, Prada was a hit with legs: It made a star of Anne Hat…

Weakened power dynamics leave The Devil Wears Prada 2 a bit threadbare

Two decades later, the gang has come back together for The Devil Wears Prada 2, trying to recapture some of that magic. The filmmaking team of director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna have also returned, and they have done a good job of keeping the tone of the original film, but a shifting power dynamic leaves the story lacking.

'The Devil Wears Prada 2' still has style but the story is overdressed

“The Devil Wears Prada,” Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel, was born out of an earlier media age when the New York magazine was a midtown dream of power, cachet an

Movie Review: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style but the story is overdressed

It's a fitfully functional sequel that doesn’t fit its cast nearly as snugly as the 2006 original did.

Movie Review: 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' still has style but the story is overdressed

The second “Devil Wears Prada” plays out a bit like a fashion world “Succession,” with better clothes and a lot less cursing, writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.