The Devil Wears Prada was first released in 2006. And in so many ways, we lived in a much different world then. There have been countless changes in the last 20 years, but most importantly, in 2006, the internet, though already a critical part of existence, was just starting its massive takeover of how we imagine, create, and, for lack of a better word, consume our “content.” In that time, our technological advancements have, of course, brought us many gifts, but in the most recent years, feel like they’ve taken a darker turn—especially as it pertains to our creative lives and industries. The very places, which, as The Devil Wears Prada 2 so astutely notes, humanity should showcase its greatest achievements. This existential threat is something I meditate on every day. And our current fictions do meditate on it as well, but often through the lens of extreme sci-fi dystopia and deranged horror monsters, rather than in plain realism that lays the issues bare. And so, it is with something like awe that I am pleased to report that The Devil Wears Prada 2 makes it its core mission to reflect on the current state of media and journalism in a stylish, funny, heartfelt, nostalgic, and extremely honest way. Thus, in my opinion, The Devil Wears Prada 2 becomes one of the most important movies of the year. Let’s dive into our full review of this sequel film.
We’ve seen many nostalgia sequels in recent years. And it’s not hard to imagine why a studio might want to bring back a big hit with a built-in audience. But harder to imagine is whether there is actually a core reason, beyond just the guaranteed slam dunk of a well-known title, to unearth these beloved stories. And that’s where The Devil Wears Prada 2 rises above the rest of its ilk. It would have been simple to make an all-style, no-substance sequel to The Devil Wears Prada—one that leans into the gossipy fun and dazzling designs of the original and little more. It would have been simple to keep the story a fun springtime blockbuster, all fluffy snark and interpersonal relationship drama.
But those creating The Devil Wears Prada 2 realized that the world in which The Devil Wears Prada had been born no longer truly exists. That things have changed, and, in most cases, changed direly. And the film refuses to pretend otherwise for the sake of fun fiction. And it is precisely this commitment to the bleak reality that Andy, Miranda, Nigel, and the rest would find themselves surrounded by in 2026 that makes this story so worth telling.
If you’d asked me whether The Devil Wears Prada 2 would deliver one of the most sharply satirical and brutally honest looks at the issues with media and journalism today, I wouldn’t have said I found that very likely. And yet, when Andy begins the movie sitting at a journalism awards reception with her co-workers, literally getting honored for their thoughtful and important work, and at once, all of their phones go off with texts notifying them of a mass layoff, I knew that this movie simply understood. And from that moment forward, The Devil Wears Prada 2 takes its viewers on a well-written, gorgeously clothed, hilariously snarky walk through so many of the main issues that threaten not only an entire industry, but also all those who it informs and shapes, the very truth of public consciousness itself.
From predatory investment firms that lack all passion and creativity buying and selling digital publications like they’re monopoly properties to the need to please advertisers to survive, to the constant danger of imagining AI can do the work of a human being, to the wild instability that exists in current media positions and the constant fear of the word “restructuring” to the need to package “content” for clicks versus prioritizing vision and meaning, The Devil Wears Prada 2 literally understands it all.
But what it also understands is that those for whom journalism, storytelling, and the chronicling of our very human existence are the truest calling and highest passion will always fight against impossible odds to continue creating and engaging with the subject matter that touches their hearts. That even as it feels like the way forward is shrinking to nothing, there will always be those intensely determined to keep art alive. And that message, in my opinion, extends not only to journalism and writing, nor only to all creative pursuits, but also to all pursuits and industries that find themselves on unsteady ground thanks to the way modernity has unrolled.
Although the movie cannot necessarily tell us how to fight the truths we face outside of its fictional narrative, it reminds us that within us, within people, within community, and within human hope, there will always be a way forward. And so The Devil Wears Prada 2 becomes universally necessary, as it both sheds light on the reality we live in, painting its evils brightly, and bolsters us with the strength we need to thrive within it.
Of course, on top of all of this gravity, the movie revives everything we loved about the original. The clothing is exquisite, the banter is witty, and the characters feel familiar. There’s genuine love that comes through the various relationships, offering a lived-in feeling to the material. Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci bring back all our favorite characters from the original without missing a single beat. I sincerely cried during, at minimum, three different points in the movie… And laughed more times than I can count.
Was The Devil Wears Prada 2 the sequel movie I was expecting when I walked into the movie theater? No. But it turns out, it was so much more important than that. Instead of just another nostalgia beat, it was a movie that unapologetically examined the times we live in and promised that although the fight is hard, it’s worth fighting, worth hoping, and worth appreciating every moment where we can create and share beauty and meaning. It didn’t promise a solution, but it promised that we’re not alone.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 releases in theaters on May 1, 2026.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 ⭐ (4.5 of 5)
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This articles is written by : Nermeen Nabil Khear Abdelmalak
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