Wednesday, July 19, 2006

I saw The Devil Wears Prada and really enjoyed it. But I don't get why all the critics raved over Meryl Streep's performance and passed over Anne Hathaway's? Anne Hathaway was excellent - believable AND funny at the same time, and showed the character's transformation into a fashionista without being too over the top. Plus, she was in pretty much every frame of the movie, so she had to deliver, and she did. Meryl Streep did a pretty good job, sure. Meryl Streep is a fantastic actress who's done many memorable performances in the past, yes. But why does that mean critics have to slobber all over her (bad image, yes) when she pulls out your standard haughty-upperclass-villain for a movie in which she doesn't have to even do much? She only had one emotional scene, and sure, she did it well. In fact, they probably couldn't have found a better actress for the part. It just seems like an unbalanced reaction. Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt were the best, though, in my humble opinion.

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