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In Reply to: Hmmmm....did we see the same film?.....went to see this tonight with the wife and son... posted by TWB on September 23, 2006 at 22:21:23:
friend who happens to be a first cousin who worked for several major fashion mags (including Vogue) as a photog years ago.
As with most satires and comedy, occasionally it's a bit over the top but the fashion industry has much more than its share of people that ARE over it.
Streep, Tucci, that English girl Friday, and Hathaway all were good. The two male romantic leads entirely were forgettable.
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The Hathaway character was exactly the same character as the 40s secretary who after an after work drink with the boss would loosen her hair only for him to say "But Miss Jones, you're... beautiful".
Her boyfriend was upset that she worked late, but he was some sort of chef and was presumably working till, say, midnight most nights.
Her best friend who got so upset the writer kissed her on the cheek at the gallery opening would certainly not be surprised by the universal greeting amongst the glitterati.
The idea of her quitting when she realised she had lost her soul (something like that) was just too cliched for words.
I thought this as just another piece of frippery like Pretty Woman.
Vacuous.
And yes I have also hung around the fashion world and yes the sycophancy is just like that and I am sure you are right as to the model for the Streep character.
Still pretty disappointing, right down to the camera shots... right at the end where Hathaway sees Streep across the road and walks away after that exchange of looks, well 20 seconds later the car is still going past her.
Sorry, in my opinion it was sloppy and would have been better edited down to an hour Tv show.
had a hackneyed "plot:" most films do.
Yes, at this point in film history we've seen just about all characters (except for art house films which have their own group of stock characters).
What distinguishes efforts, therefore, is the quality of the dialogue, acting good enough for us to become involved in the story and care about the characters, and direction smooth enough for the film effortlessly to move along.
You didn't enjoy the acting, you originally posted, so for you, it couldn't "work."
I enjoyed the acting of all the females and Tucci, so for me, it was worthwhile.
The center of the film had to be good and I thought Hathaway was excellent.
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