Feels From Reels: The Devil Wears Prada 1 & 2

A Spoiler-free Film Review Series

Source: IMDB

Source: IMDB

Feels from Reels is a spoiler-free film review series, where I capture only the emotions I felt and thoughts that came from them, after viewing a movie. This kind of reflection helps me consider the emotional connection an audience has to my own characters and stories in screenplay. I hope you enjoy! <3

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🎬 Films: The Devil Wears Prada 1 (2006) & 2 (2026)

Resources:

• IMDB Part 1, IMDB Part 2 ⬅️ see Trailer, Director, Producers, Writers, and Cast here

• Adapted from a Novel? Yep! A series of them, starting with the first book of the same name by Lauren Weisberger

• Logline for Part 1: “Andy, a smart but sensible young journalist, starts working as an assistant to the cynical high fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly.”

• Logline for Part 2: “Andy Sachs reunites with Miranda Priestly as they navigate their careers amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing.”

• Where I Was: Home for Part 1, streaming on Hulu (Aptos, CA); Santa Cruz Cinema for Part 2 (Santa Cruz, CA)

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🫀Feelings and Emotions

“I felt…” “That left me feeling…”

Part 1:

Chaotic

Amused

Disenchanted

Overwhelmed

Annoyed

Sad

Shocked

Sympathy

Speechless

Relieved

Part 2:

Ouch (too real)

Lighthearted

Charmed

Dismayed

Excited

Vindicated

Hopeful

Determined

Thrilled

Overjoyed

Relieved

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🤔 Thoughts from Feelings

Part 1:

“She’s so young!”

“I was a very different person when this came out”

“I could never work there”

“I don’t understand fashion”

“What a miserable existence”

“I don’t even know most of these brands”

“Wow, what a transformation”

“Such a bad New York accent lol”

“A job should never be this all-consuming”

“High fashion is full of fat shaming”

“Actually, most every industry is”

“Always some rich dude trying to get what he wants”

“He has awful eyebrows”

“Finally, some humanity, and she’s amazing”

“A toe ring?!”

“I wouldn’t want that life”

Part 2:

“Blue belt throwback…. Nice”

“This occupational bit is so timely, it hurts”

“Everyone looks amazing 20 years later”

“Still couldn’t do that job”

“Love Emily Blunt”

“Miranda still cuts”

“Tight plot line”

“This part is a fist bump to MacKenzie Scott and soooo many daggers at Jeff Bezos. WE NEED MORE OF THIS.”

“Okay, all the throwbacks in Part 2 are deliberate and delicious”

“Cerulean! I get it now!”

“Way to extend a plot line and redeem the portions of Part 1 that didn’t age well”

“Andy now represents a majority of women at this point in their careers, and I’m here for it

That’s all 💋