The Devil Wears Prada
Grade: C+

As expected, Meryl Streep is gloriously bitchy as Miranda, an egomaniacal fashion magazine editor who scares the shit out of everyone who works with her. But Anne Hathaway - who was terrific as Jake Gyllenhall's wife in Brokeback Mountain - is a featherweight in the comedy department, outdone by her swanky wardrobe in her role as Miranda's lackey at the magazine. I kept hoping for this superconventional movie to turn into a biting satire of the fashion industry, but the barbs are few and far between, and not very sharp to begin with. The material begs for an ace satirist like Alexander Payne (Election).