Sprint to the Oscars - The Devil Wears Prada

The Sneaky Cheetah continues his quest to see every nominated film before the Academy Awards!

The Devil Wears Prada

Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep) and Best Costume Design

Yes, it's a chick flick. But it's a damn good chick flick, one that I really enjoyed. The plot was nothing new, your basic "girl gets job, girl changes to succeed at job, boyfriend doesn't like the change, girl realizes she doesn't want to be like her bitchy boss and leaves job, gets boyfriend back and new job, the end." Those films are dime a dozen. What separates Prada is it's stellar cast and setting in the high powered fashion magazine world. Not only is Streep excellent as the worst boss ever, but so are Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and especially Stanley Tucci, who probably should have gotten a Supporting Actor nomination. As far as the Costume design, I must admit that fashion is over my head. The stuff that supposedly looked great didn't look much different then the stuff that was horrible. They changed clothes a lot, so there was definitely a great volume of costumes. What do I know? Hathaway is a hottie. A

Meryl Streep is the Hank Aaron of the Oscars. She's won 2 (Supporting Actress in 1980's Kramer vs. Kramer and Leading Actress in 1983's Sophie's Choice) and has racked up 11 other nominations (For Leading Actress: 1982's The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1984's Silkwood, 1986's Out of Africa, 1988's Ironweed, 1989's Evil Angels, 1991's Postcards From the Edge, 1996's The Bridges of Madison County, 1999's One True Thing, and 2000's Music of the Heart, and for Supporting Actress: 1979's The Deer Hunter and 2003's Adaptation.)

The costume designer is Patricia Field, scoring her first Academy Award Nomination.