I was at a celebratory birthday meal the other day and one of the guests was telling me how his ex had used her position at the Inland Revenue to have him investigated – he ended up paying back £10,000 to the taxman. Talk about hell hath no fury! But you might think that’s nothing after watching this tale about the job from hell.
What’s it about?
Andy (Anne Hathaway), serious, wannabe journalist, without a fashionable bone in her body, is looking for a job to pay the rent. She lands the job that ‘hundreds of girls would die for’ and which almost kills her life in the process. Determined not to be changed by the fashion industry it’s soon stilettos at dawn as she struggles to out do First Assistant Emily (Emily Blunt) to win the favour of impossibly fickle and ruthless editor of Runway Magazine Amanda Priestley (Meryl Streep).
This Hollywood swipe at the senseless bitching and preening of the fashion industry is a real treat. Streep’s fantastic as the demanding Priestley, bringing just the right touch of rudeness and icy poise to every encounter, striking fear into her employees even when visibly in meltdown at the breakup of yet another marriage. Prickly sidekicks Blunt and Stanley Tucci (as Nigel – Runway Magazine’s fashion editor) perfectly incarnate the misplaced optimism and eternal disappointment of a dog eats dog industry, where you’re only as good as your last commission. Both are great fall guys to Hathaway’s unremarkable performance as the ugly duckling turned swan.
Great quotes:
“Find me that piece of paper I had in my hand yesterday morning.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, everybody wants to be us”
Is it any good?
4 out of 5 – Definitely worth a watch - this managed to suck me in even though I was shattered and suffering from a bad case of heartburn (all you pregnant women out there will know what a feat that is!).
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