This movie had reinforced my opinion about the reality contest "The Next America Top Model": It is a tough (really tough) World in the fashion industry. Beneath the facade of glam and fame were the untold stories that involved hypocrisy, sacrifices, and betrayal.
This sounds like I am going to share with you a highly charged, corporate political movie now? Not exactly, for Director David Frankel (Entourage, Sex and the City) is always capable of conveying complicated and often harsh real-life issues into cool pace lighthearted drama.
This time, David brings us Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a young journalism graduates who just started out her first job in a premier fashion magazine, Runway, only to suffer under the command of a vicious and absolutely sarcastic Editor-in-Chief, Marinda Priestly. While Andrea struggles to impress Marinda that she is capable of meeting any impossible demands, she soon realise that she had lost what really matters in her life. Fortunately for our Andrea, she walks away from the quicksand before sinking too deep, and ultimately obtained very valuable lessons.
I know, the moral of the story is way too typical. But this movie stands out with its careful detailing of characters and of course the flow of story telling, making the 1 hour and 50 minutes runtime so enjoyable.
In this every girl's dream job of associating with the rich and famous, and indulging in ultra-expensive fashion and high-class glitters, would we (girls) walk away that easily?
Although the movie production budget looks modest in Hollywood's standards, it is surely a hard-to-find gem in 2006.
Movie Rating: 4/5 Stars
Commendable: Without Veteran star Meryl Streep, the movie may not have look so good.
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