Devil Wears Prada 2: A Glamorous Noughties Tribute

The Devil Wears Prada 2 has won widespread praise by critics - with the sequel being dubbed 'a glorious, glamorous tribute to the Noughties'.

The follow-up to the iconic 2006 hit, starring and , left fans nervous of its pursuit of a similarly iconic production - however the product has been deemed a 'sublime' return to the world of Runway.  

The original movie follows the story of Anne Hathaway's character Andy Sachs, the well-meaning intern at Runway magazine, ruled with platinum-clad steeliness by Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly, which became a massive international hit.

Based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 book, the film centres around Meryl's character Miranda Priestly - a take on Vogue powerhouse - and has made a triumphant return called 'good-natured, buoyant entertainment.'

The Independent, Daily Mail, Telegraph and Times all crowned the movie with four stars while the lowest reviews were a respectable three, as critics stated: 'It's a savvy circular touch that brings Weisberger's book back into play'. 

Alongside a four star review, The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey pays tribute to Meryl, Anne and their co-stars Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt. 

She writes: 'The main quartet were so well-suited to their original roles that all Streep needs to do is play thoughtfully with a beaded necklace and, instantly, it's like Miranda never left us...

'Andy is no longer the naïf, but we've enjoyed two decades of increasingly confident, impassioned characters from Hathaway, so the maturation is basically a given...

'Blunt happily walks away with some of the best line deliveries (when Andy pushes back on Emily's declaration that luxury fashion is more accessible with the question who, exactly, can afford a $3,000 bag, she snorts back, 'Have you of Christmas?')'. 

Amy Nicholson of the LA Times penned: 'The storytelling is wonky, given the film's competing needs to be Miranda-blunt about the modern magazine business while pairing marvelously with a glass of rosé...

'The movie is simultaneously more depressing than the original and more saccharine, with a repellent amount of affection between characters who should know better.' 

Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman used her real life experiences to reflect on the movie, with an eventual four star review. 

She writes: 'Anyone who has a more forensic approach to film might question Andy's clumsily added-on love interest and Miranda's equally unlikely soppy husband, played by Kenneth Branagh...

'They could definitely quibble about the ludicrous way Andy is brought back into the magazine and grumble about the ponderous start...

'But they couldn't deny that it's high-voltage, sparkling fun. And some fun is surely what we all need right now.'

Both The Times and The Telegraph, gave four stars to the movie, which was deemed a 'glorious, glamorous tribute to the noughties' with 'acid wit and unabashed love of luxury and glamour'.

The Daily Mail's Brian Viner offered four stars alongside the words: 'So, this eagerly awaited sequel, with the same director-writer combination in Frankel and Aline Brosh McKenna, has expensive Jimmy Choos to fill...

'Happily it steps into them pretty stylishly, with the original quartet returning and doing as fine a job as you might expect of Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt...  

'In truth it isn’t quite as enjoyable as the first film, because the satire doesn’t bite as hard. That’s maybe because its target is not so much fashion as journalism and publishing....

Heaven knows, those domains aren’t exactly immune from mickey-taking either, but the mockery doesn’t flow as easily. Nonetheless, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is smart and funny, and there are plenty of satisfying one-liners indicating how the world has changed in 20 years.