The Devil Wears Prada 2 lands in cinemas tomorrow after a 20-year wait for fans, and you might be wondering just whether it can live up to the iconic 2006 movie. Ahead of its release, the first reviews have now landed – and they're largely positive.
The sequel sees Andy (Anne Hathaway) return to Runway to reunite with Miranda (Meryl Streep) and Nigel (Stanley Tucci). She's come at an important time in the magazine's history, with Runway needing the help of a former employee, Emily (Emily Blunt), to stay afloat in the ever-changing media landscape.
At the time of writing, The Devil Wears Prada 2 stands at a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 119 reviews. That's currently ahead of the first movie's 75% rating from 194 reviews, but that could always shift as more reviews are added.
To help you decide whether you want to see the sequel in cinemas this weekend, we've rounded up a selection of the first reviews for The Devil Wears Prada 2 below.
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Digital Spy
"As long-awaited sequels go, it achieves the rare feat of justifying its existence by modernising the world and making it relevant, while still delivering all the nostalgic highs that fans would expect."
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Little White Lies
"The Devil Wears Prada 2 scratches every itch a legacy sequel ought... But if the first film is Tom Ford and Calvin Klein then this time it's Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen – less slick, and with something darker underneath."
The Independent
"The Devil Wears Prada 2 hits painfully home, and perpetual job insecurity is hardly exclusive to the media world. Yet even for those who can't relate, there's still plenty of the indulgent, fondant pleasures to take part in."
Associated Press
"I wouldn't begrudge anyone who just wants to see her and these actors together again. But the movie, well stocked in Prada, could have used a bit more of Streep's unflappable devil."
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Variety
"None of the stars here is slacking, and their combined, easily resumed chemistry ensures that this sequel, for good long stretches, feels like old times – even if it's hard to imagine fans of its predecessor cherishing repeat viewings."
The Hollywood Reporter
"It's difficult to imagine anyone being terribly upset by anything in The Devil Wears Prada 2. It's pretty and polished and as featherweight as a fawning magazine puff piece; it will doubtless make a fortune."
RogerEbert.com
"The movie goes out of its way to give us the fans what we want… but what it forgets to do is take the audience on a character-driven journey, as in the first movie, where everyone feels essential and every dot is connected."
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IndieWire
"If it ain't broke… well, maybe don't make a whole sequel about it? More optimistically, if this sequel is giving the fans more of what they loved in the first place, at least it's not wholly disastrous or oddly insulting. It's fine."
The New Yorker
"The Devil Wears Prada 2 is selling a truckload of preposterous goods, but it sells them awfully well, with unfeigned assurance, conviction, and the appropriate ratio of cynicism to hope."
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is released in cinemas on 1 May.
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Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
