Return of The Devil Wears Prada

It doesn’t matter what genre you love – as a woman, this one is non-negotiable.

This isn’t a film about fashion. It’s a film about every woman who has ever had to choose between who she is and what she wants.

Whether you’re a horror fan, thriller girl or a documentary devotee - The Devil Wears Prada belongs on every woman’s watch list regardless of what usually draws you to a cinema seat. Strip away the Chanel and the Runway offices and you’ll find something far more universal – a razor‑sharp examination of ambition, identity, and the quiet cost of success.

Anne Hathaway’s Andy arrives wide‑eyed and practical‑shoed into the orbit of Miranda Priestly, and Meryl Streep delivers what is arguably one of cinema’s greatest performances – not through volume or theatrics, but through whispers, pauses, and a stillness that is genuinely unsettling. Miranda is terrifying. She is magnetic. And – uncomfortably – she isn’t entirely wrong about the world.

The film asks the question women are asked to navigate daily: how much of yourself do you give up to get where you want to go? It doesn’t hand you an easy answer. That’s precisely why it endures.

You don’t have to love fashion to love this film. You just have to be a woman living in a world that wasn’t built for her – and suddenly it will feel like it was made specifically for you. Watch it. That’s the edit.

★★★★★