@@nikidon99 Oh really? I had always thought this movie was made in 2021. Please. Even in 2006 this make-up was a clown's make-up. But don't be upset, you can love that, if you have bad taste. That's not a big sin.
I've really grown to appreciate a coworker like Emily...she gave clear straightforward instructions and professional enough to not engage others with useless small talk.
I agreed. A coworker like Emily seems tough at first but once you adapt to the work environment we’ll learn the she’s actually teaching the most effective way to do something. And the way she told Andy to only handle the skirts from CK while she handled the rest (which was more than Andy’s), showed her that she’s professional and a pretty nice coworker.
Overall this work environment is not professional. Shes a shoe licker, overworked, user, and buried her empathy. You might appreciate her dedication but overall pity and avoid her as much as you can for your mental health
I couldn't work for people that act like this. I would be fired my first day or never came back to the interview. My response screaming my name "You didnt scream squat and if you do scream my name, scream my correct name" and when Nigel said who is that sad person? and my response "your monma" 😆
That was an improvise by Meryl Streep herself. Originally they wanted to show Miranda Priestley as someone who is yelling and screaming to fear by everyone but Meryl Streep said that it would be better if Miranda Preistley is just using her calm and collected voice to be an authoritative figure. Meryl said she learned this from Clint Eastwood.
The only bad casting was Andy's boyfriend, particularly because we're supposed to root for his sentiment and agree he was "right all along" but actually, we all hate his guts.
Originally EB was casted with her American accent but the producers loved her normal accent and felt that it came more natural on the writing for Emily in the movie.
@@ArJay1688 she did'nt betray him. She chose for herself. Just like Nigel did. He did not have to take the James Holt job when it was offered to him. He did not have to tell Irv how much Miranda cancelling a photoshoot cost him. If Emily knew about Jacqueline Follet, then so did Nigel and Nigel knew that Irv thought that Runway could be run on a lower budget and he threw Miranda under the bus in front of an intern when they were in the elevator.He clearly outgrew his position at Runway but still does it. Whether it was a ruse by Miranda or not; he CHOSE to leave Runway and Miranda CHOSE not to get fired so she did that whole switcheroo thing with Jacqueline and blackmailed Irv. She did what she had to do as a boss and it cost her one of her underlings. The reason why Nigel accepts it, is because he knows the fashion industry, he knows about the publishing world and more than that he loves it and is willing to take the bad with the good and should be happy Miranda didn't fire him. Who knows; maybe she did.. The great thing about Miranda is that you never know what makes her tick but she knows what makes others tick. She insults Emily because she knows it actually motivates her. She heaps praise on Nigel for just doing his job because she knows it will make him work harder and she purposely sets difficult tasks for Andy because she knows that it will make an indecisive girl get so upset or angry that, she'll have to make a decision. To make a choice that is right for her and her alone. That was Miranda's lesson to Andy: You ALWAYS have a choice and nobody has to like or understand your choice as long as you make it. You won't get anywhere if you keep saying things like:"I could never do that to..." how do you know you haven't done so, already? Every choice we make, affects someone. Edit: Miranda is big on loyalty. She might not like you or she might think you're an idiot but you show her loyalty and she'll pay you back. Emily is super loyal but not very good at organizing. But she is the nr1 assistant. Why? Because Miranda knows that Emily needs help but wants her to think she is the best PA in the world because Emily is loyal to the bone. Same with Andy. She thought that Andy was very capable and ambitious but also unimaginative, indecisive and over confident. But she also recognized her drive and ofcourse; her loyalty. She was impressed that despite Andy's disdain towards the fashion world, she she showed fierce loyalty-not because she had to but, because it's in her nature.
Watching this again I realised how generous Emily was by telling Andy she'll handle all the difficult/confusing stuff so Andy can ease her way into the hurricane of Miranda's requests.
Yeah Emily was a well-written character. Not nice, not sweet in any way, but not at all about sabotage or trying to ruin anyone. She cared too much about her job and her boss getting everything she needed to be about that kind of thing.
I love all the comments praising Emily as a co-worker. And I agree she's great! Let's also remember her iconic line "I really never say this to people who aren't me, but you have got to calm down!" She is mean and strict, but only because of the job's demands. It's never for malevolence.
If he'd have been on a Zoom call and been able to catch even a glimpse of Andy's clumpy, repulsive shoes he'd have vomited into the wastepaper bin. They were almost as offensive as a pair of Crocs.
I think everyone's said it by now, but Emily would be a great person to work with. She's catty, but she's not sabotaging Andy or letting her fail. She's taking over when time is short (getting Patrick on the phone), managing 99% of the tasks and only leaving Andy with the single clear task (skirts from Calvin Klein, while Emily attempts to sort through and make sense of Andy's rambled rememberings), and goes out of her way to explain the book, their job roles and how they differ, and even the tasks Andy should prepare to take on. Once Andy stops trying to needlessly set herself against her coworkers and try to actually do well at her job, they get along fine, too, so you can tell most of Emily's attitude comes from the fact that Andy thinks herself better than a job that Emily herself adores and is good at
I think people are overthinking things here. Emily's attitude comes from thinking SHE's superior to Andy. She thinks Andy's a frumpish, hideously dressed loser. Any thing she does to help Andy is strictly for the purposes of self preservation. Not sure she is ideal company to spend a lot of time or, much less, work with.
@@frumaatholoid Emily is fun to hang with IF she likes you. She warmed to Andy a little bit. When Andy started paying attention to her appearance, Emily was...a bit less chilly. The Emily in the book is a lot more nuanced. She slowly starts seeing an ally in Andy but she doesn't like Andy's disdain for the job(Andy in the book is a total whiner and a willfull brat) they do get along because she notices that it makes their job easier and they actually bond over a lot of things. The movie version is a bit more cartoonish. You are not wrong in your assessment of Emily's character but it's just how things are at work. We work together to cover eachothers asses and to get that check.
it is bcos she knows if andy fails then it means emily fails, too bcos she is her superior. She did not sabotage Andy bcos she new the fact that sabotaging her means sabotaging herself. So there is no pure goodness beneath :)
@@frumaatholoid She wasn't nice, but Emily was professional and actually a good mentor in the way she taught Andi. Remember, Andi's role is to lighten Emily's work, so even if you call that self preservation, she still did everything she could to make sure Andi actually learned how to do things properly, only stepping in when Andi was clearly screwing up. And it's not Emily's fault that she assumed Andi knew how to do the simple job of answering a phone and knowing basic fashion knowledge. And of course Emily thinks she's superior: she objectively is in the context of their work. If a new sous chef shows up in a restaurant and can't slice vegetables and doesn't know what a whisk is but was hired by the owner for vague reasons, the other chefs are gonna laugh at them and also resent them. Same thing here.
I was in charge of her schedule and appointments. At one point i learned to set alarms to remind me of whenever i had to get her out of a meeting because another one was supposed to start. I kept an eye on the clock at all times, and on the phone and emails too. It was indeed stressful...+ calling 10 people one by one to schedule meeting and i had to come up with solutions in case one couldn't attend, which happened almost everyday
@Silv M You poor thing. Really. A lot of CEOs are unrealistically very demanding and don’t care about the feelings of others because they typically have Type B Personality Disorders. They really make other people’s lives a living hell.
I love how the writers of this movie considered every single detail. Look at Emily's desktop wallpaper. It shows how much she loved and wanted to go to Paris.
@@fp5495 She's amazing. I saw an interview where she explained how she comes up with that stuff: Simply by observing people around her. I have seen thousands of Emily Charltons when I lived in London. My friend and I would regularly 'roleplay' and pretend to be these fashion/status-obsessed,ambitious fashionistas. Emily Blunt must have seem them because as 'over the top' she seems to be in the movie; there are people who are actually like that and I find it hilarious and genius, how Emily Blunt just uses all of that material. It reminds me of an interview where Meryl Streep was asked why she was so good at accents. She said:'I'm not; I just LISTEN'. She observes people, too. There is no magic trick to it. I think that's why Meryl was virtually gushing over Emily Blunt. Amazing actress. Yes: I'm obsessed with this movie. Mainly because the cast was simply perfect.
That fact that she ended the conversation with, "And Emily?" & a death stare at those ugly shoes and a simply, "That's all." Was pure gold, but I also notice that Maranda stilled referred to her as Emily even though she's already been told that her name was Andy.
Yeah, when she responded to the wrong name it was like "now you're starting to get it" Andy didn't realize how blatantly disrespectful she was being. This film is sOoo educational! Lol
All the horrible articles in fashion magazines had names attached to them but today you hear crickets in the rooms where fashionista, hipster activists dwell and brutal conversations ought to be conducted; I feel like telling them to make some phone calls and ask the people who wrote them and edited these articles why they were published. Instead they lose themselves in abstracts and theorising about why things in the past were the way they were, always ending up blaming the wrong humans and the wrong cultural mechanism. The answers are on the other end of a phone line for Christ's sake, these industry journalists etc aren't dead, they walk amongst you like the drippy, hypocritical, sanctimonious little morons they've always been. Cowardly little dorks...god, what a protection racket still goes on in the land of fashion, entertainment and the media. For shame. They all point the finger at the wrong 'villains' and always have done, obsessed with the 'objectifying' evil sexist blokes down the mechanics yard. All this is to do with 'Dave', 'Roy' and 'John' is it? Oh give me a break. The people shaping culture were in THEIR arty farty crowd, not some shlumpy mechanics yard. The gaze and scrutiny still hasn't shifted to where it critically needs to be in order for all of us to understand what our incompetent, hubristic cultural architects were responsible for and yet refuse to admit to or explain. As usual. I wish they'd stop pestering the average bloke on the street and start paying attention to gay men and women in these industries and professions; they're the ones with REAL cultural power and they always have been. It's very sad that what I'm saying is still so under the radar or so taboo in the land of the social justice warriors. None of them have the guts to critique their own peer group.
Truth!!! I think he issss soooo underrated! I have seen many films in which he took part of. From comedy, to action to thriller. He is such great actor.
im watching the Hunger Games and Im so impress by him. But I really cant stand that horrific mind fuck of a movie called Lovely Bones, that film was pure vile.
Generally, the actors DON'T come up with it. It's the writers and/or the direction. There are cues in the scripts next to the dialogue. And if not, if the director often comes up with it because he/she has the vision to see it would work well.
@@ReginaTrans_ Will you? To become another Miranda Priestley having inhumane nature? Well, as said in the movie, the choice is up to you :-) And I believe Andy chose the right path
@@ReginaTrans_ Honey, listen. It's possible for more than one character in a movie to be unsympathetic, or have unsympathetic aspects. Why are you referencing some mythical consensus on Twitter and TH-cam as if that's the end of the discussion? Also, that's not what a "villain" is in a story arc. Miranda is an egotistic monster who gleefully endangers her employees' physical and mental health for a power trip, and if you claim that you'd happily work for someone who'd ruin your career over slicing your hand open with a letter opener, or being too sick to attend a gala, then you're either lying, way too desperate, or hopelessly naive. Emily is a suffering employee who used to be at the bottom of the pecking order, right up until she herself gets power over someone else and uses it to bully them. (However, she's not without kindness, her viciousness is something she's very much been shaped into by her work environment.) Andy shows up to a fashion job despite not taking fashion seriously or even bothering to fake it. She believes herself to be above the people around her who've made something she sees as frivolous their life's work. Andy's friends and boyfriend happily accept the perks they get from her job (free stuff) but make unreasonable demands of her despite knowing how stressful and demanding her job is, and make things harder for her rather than support her. However, THEY are written a bit sloppily and their nastiness to Andrea isn't as entertaining, and also pretty hard to believe (unlike the fairly true-to-life hostile work environment stuff above). That, and only that, is the reason for whatever "Andy's bf and friends were the real bad guys" hot takes you've been seeing around.
@@ReginaTrans_ I feel sorry for you to believe what everyone says. The comments below yours already explained it, so hopefully I don't have to explain further.
Emily Blunt absolutely killed it in this movie!!! Everyone goes gaga about Meryl Streep's performance (rightfully so too....) But Emily Blunt was understatedly awesome.......
3:36 "and Emily" Okay Imma just point this out. The way she says Emily is so on point because that one minuscule word is so well delivered that you just know that she did take into account that her name is Andy but still _chooses_ to address her as "Emily". And this is evident from that one word she said. Brilliant actor.
“Hideous skirt convention” - 🤣 I love the silent interplay between Miranda and Andi esp when she stares at her shoes and Andi panics and slips on the high heels she was advised to wear in the first place ! 😂
Meryl- just wow. This shows how amazing she is in her role as Miranda- to be able to keep a straight face, and doesn't need to say a word but gets her point across by just her facial expressions! And her laugh when she was "wrongfully" corrected, lol! She knew she was feared, and demanding, yet she was respected without demanding it, and never had to raise her voice! When the time was right and Andy was at her best, and up there with Emily , it was obvious there was some kind of respect from Miranda, even if she didn't say it. Not only did Meryl perfect this role with just character, but with also her beauty and elegance..she looked stunning! Also loved Emily's and Anne's characters! All 3 of these ladies were amazing!
It's more of a "this is clearly your first 'grown up'-job...let me remind you where you're starting...at the bottom". It's also a good way to hide annoyance, too If it were me, I would probably blurt out:"Excuse me?!" and lose my cool in front of my other co-workers. A leader can't afford to not be in control. Especially when you realise that she was already aware that her job was on the line.
Andy kept getting help and she didn't even say "thank you." That tells you that she was self-absorbed and slightly arrogant during her first few weeks at this job. She had wonderful co-workers even if they were snide and bitchy with their language. Their actions spoke so much louder than their words. Nigel and Emily covered for her at crucial points here--Emily got Desmachilliers (sp?) on the phone when Miranda demanded that he be there, thus covering Andy's butt, and Nigel, totally unasked, got her shoes that Miranda would not hate, which allowed Andy not to piss off Miranda even more.
Andy is the mean girl and Emily is the nice girl. Andy was the arrogant bitch who thinks she is too intelligent for stuff that pretty woman care about. But her true colors came out when she was bewitched by all the glamour and when she put on her first pair of Jimmy Choos she sold her soul to the Devil. Then slept with a another man 48 hours after he broke up with her live in partner. But the most evil character is Lily.
I personally would have nominated both her and Stanley in the supporting category. But comedies, and comedy performances, are notoriously underappreciated by the Academy.
Each characters in this movie should have won an oscar or some award for their acting. Everyone in this movie were in their top game especially Emily Blunt. I have not seen a better performance by a supporting character in a movie so much that they overshadow even Meryl streep.
Agreed! The thing is that Emily did not overshadow anyone, eventhough it feels that way. Simply because she was SO good. She truly was the perfect supporting character. She provided a space for others to shine. I think it feels like overshadowing Streep because Streep always delivers. Emily Blunt was a complete surprise. I mean, I was laughing so hard during the Runthrough scene, simply because Emily walked into frame in the background and almost theatrically, tip-toed to the front to watch Anne getting a bollocking from Streep. And then the camera briefly cuts to her face where she just glares at Andy with such disdain. Hilarious. She truly gave the editors so much to work with.
I imagine because that job has such a high turnover, she won't learn a new name until they "earn their keep". It's cruel, but when you think about how some busy high-level people work and the details they actually dedicate brain space to, it's not surprising.
@@laraabiona903 i hate how people like you always come to defend miranda and her ignorant behaviour!! Learning a new name is not even a big deal it just means that you are educated and respectful towards others
@@evlish8771 It’s meant an insult and people should have the right to insult each other. You could learn to fight back better, rather than controlling others’ actions based on your own standards. Nobody would listen to you because you’re boring, and some people value excitement over politeness.
i love how Nigel just knows Miranda. Emily just knows Miranda. We're shown from Andy's point of view at the beginning of the story that this job is impossible, it can't be done. But Emily and Nigel are two wonderful examples of what the mind can do if it's set to something
When Andy corrected Maranda about her name not being Emily, I feel like that was one of the reasons Maranda liked her. She could see that Andy wasn’t a pushover like all of her minions because if she was she would’ve just let her call her Emily and answered to that. Look at how she stops to look at Andy after she corrected her.
After like rewatching several scenes and discussion, there were so many times Miranda probably would've fired Andy (and as Nigel pointed out, would've had a replacement by tomorrow if anything). The fact that she didn't heavily suggests she saw great potential in her.
You realize how in this movie you don't see a smartphone. The first iphone released a year after this movie. Andrea had a sidekick and Miranda had a razr.
My favorite phone in movies is The Departed. It was just before Smartphones and watching the closeups of the texting of flip phones, one might think flip phones were invented in 2006. Really though I think 2006 is just when Martin Scorsese finally bought his first portable phone. "My god these flippy phone things are amazing! Let's put them in every scene!"
@@zitronentee Hathaway makes Kristen Stewart seem far less bland in comparison, at least stewart was full of awkward silences and attempts at making a "moment" ?..Hathaway is as generic as her sweater ... there's not an original thought or moment, nothing i have not seen in every girl out of school , thinking they are too good to be an assistant because they have spent 16 years or more thinking only of themselves and career, and of being actually useful to other people. I do not mean this snidely, I was just as bad, and self important getting out of school, and equally useless. all education, no experience, no skills, no awareness at being productive to others.
3:26 after watching this movie multiple times I always chuckle at how cruel, yet elegant Miranda is, like how she condescendingly enunciates 'Demarchelier' to Andy as if she's teaching a child another language. These subtle mannerisms of the characters is something you rarely see in movies these days
Having worked as a model in Milan for almost a decade I can confirm this is absolutely truthful to reality back then in fashion environment and I want to add the pressure models have to go throughout is immense .. took me several years to get that off my body and now I am totally opposite of that world 😌
Without Emily and Nigel, Runway would’ve been NOTHING!!! They’re not perfect but they were the backbone of that magazine of people who cared the most about their jobs.
That's why Miranda never fired them. Nigel is obviously very good at his job. Emily can be replaced, easily. But where are you going to find a worker THAT loyal and dedicated? That is what makes Emily such an asset.
But Nigel...on second thought, he would've buried Miranda if he had the chance. Remember when Irv asked Nigel about that photo shoot? He did'nt have to answer that question. He could've said: 'I have no idea? The outcome was very good, though! It looked amazing.She made the right call; people will love this" but instead, he threw her under the bus and said how much it cost. In front of a new employee...that's....not very chique. It's business, so I don't blame him. But if I were Miranda; I would keep an eye on Nigel. He was a bit too eager to leave. Understandably so. I'm sure they're cool but, they are no friends. Their loyalty extends to the office building and no further and that's fine.
@@GullibleTarget unfortunately Miranda did Nigel AND Emily dirty. Miranda did fire Emily to promote Andy and only brought Emily back out of desperation when Andy quit. She passed Nigel up on a promotion to keep her own job too. I love Miranda as an overall character but she milked Emily and Nigel for everything they were worth. How they had such character to still stick around is a testament to their integrity.
@@HeyMyLifeIsLibby Emily was never fired. Miranda needed the strongest team possible for Paris that no longer included Emily but that didn't mean she was fired. Plus: Miranda wasn't sure she was going to have a job after Paris, it all depended on that meeting with Irv. Had Irv stuck to his guns, Nigel still would've left. And Emily would not be around to see her hero being demoted. Also: I don't think Emily would survive a reorganisation. Jacqueline has no loyalty towards Emily. Miranda's job was on the line and so was Emily's but Miranda told nobody and all the while, her marriage was coming to an end. The more I think about it, the more rational it all seems. The thing is: could I do the same thing? We like to think that we wouldn't. But if it's something you deeply care about? What wouldn't I choose to get what I want? And would i deny myself not getting what I wanted because I 'choose' to not do harm? But every professional choice we make is going to upset or negatively impact someone else. I don't think I can be that ruthless. I would have to have no people beside me. Only above and below: something to aspire to and something else to step on to reach new heights. One thing though: if a boss pulls a stunt like this but their personal assistant and chief advisor stick around: that means they love their job enough. It reminds me of that documentary with Anna Wintour. Several employees were interviewed saying how tough Anna can be and that you sometimes have to swallow your ego but also how downright soul crushing it can be. So why stick around; because they LOVE their job. I see the same with Emily and Nigel. Nigel's love for his job is what makes him good. Emily's devotion to fashion makes her a mediocre PA but extremely loyal and hard working.I bet Miranda hires second assistants because she knows Emily has many talents but not panicking under pressure isn't one of them. She does repay people when the time is right and buys their loyalty by playing her cards close the her chest and is very frugal when it comes to paying compliments. But what I like the most is that she plays to peoples' strengths. That is what a good leader does: you figure out what makes people tick and then use it to trigger them to be the best they can be. It makes up for where they fall short.
I love how Emily took her job so seriously and even though it consumed her life, she never once said anything bad about Miranda. She always looked up to her and did her job to the best of her abilities and as competently as possible. Yes Andrea was smart, learned quickly, toughened up and stayed true to herself and didn’t want to buy into the corrupted politics, but it didn’t lead her anywhere.
Yeah this isn't exactly true. Emily is the super hard worker that gets mo reward for it. Andy was able to go to Paris AND get a new job that will lead her to the path she wants. Emily didn't move from where she was.
I'd take it as a compliment if Miranda remembers my name. Also, I like how Miranda never called Andi "Andi." Instead, she prefers to use "Andrea" which is quite classy for some reason.
It's also hierarchical. If she calls her 'Andy' that's like her calling Emily 'Ems'. Depends on the environment you work in but I would not feel comfortable with my superior and someone with more seniority to call me by a diminutive of my full name. I'm not a child at least view me as an adult. I think that goes double for women in business. It's like: If you want to survive in corporate America as a woman; don't allow anyone to find reason to see you as anything less than that. "Andy Sachs" is a nice gal, with nice friends and she does favours and she also interns as a PA and hopes to become a journalist. Andrea Sachs is personal assistant to editor in chief of Runway magazine and if there is anything you need from the big boss, you need to talk to her. She is persuing a career in publishing. Has a different ring to it. Miranda was covertly putting respect on her name to teach her that in the professional world: there is no Andy. Andy is a little girl. Andrea is a professional.
it was also a mispronunciation. Andy pronounces her own name as An-Dree-Uh but Miranda would pronounce it An-Dray-Uh. it’s clearly a power play because at that point andy didn’t even care she was just happy she wasn’t being called emily
@@liamross340 I don't think that part was a power play because many names have a different pronunciation depending on the region. I have a friend Sara. Her husband pronounces the "Sa" part like sat. Sah-ruh. She and I pronounce her name Sare-uh. I have another friend Marion. She doesn't care if people call her Mare-rion or Mah-rion.
I could watch this movie 500 million times and I could recite every line of it all of them are so perfect every line is perfect I love this movie so much
Yes! I mean she uses 10 dollar words to put you down and makes it sound like poetry. And the way says it. So calm and with that airy voice. Simply stating the fact that you are useless, of no consequence and just a terrible inconvenience to what could have been a productive day....oh well. 'Why is no one reeeeeeaaaady.'
That's not what happens though. Miranda says: "Demarchelier, did he- get him on the phone". I don't think Miranda would bother putting in the effort to belittle Andy like that.
It’s insane how she says “get him on the phone” so quietly and terrifying at the same time.
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Emily was so good at her job, and she was kind to Andy, in her own way. She might seem to be cocky and judgmental of Andy's style at first, but it totally make sense. I don't know why Andy coming to the most stylish office in the world without knowing anything about anyone, specially about Miranda. Andy was so lucky that she could get in in the first place, she was slow thinking and complain too much!
True. She got to speak on the phone with the most iconic professionals and most iconic creators in the field. How cool is that?? Can you imagine talking to the very best professionals of the world (in your professional field, f.e.)? Even when those interactions are small, you still can learn from these people a lot about time management, business processes, general professionalism, communication, business etiquette... how cool is that??? 🔥 Did she understand, appreciate? Nope.
I love that Emily was somehow still somewhat supportive even with her barbs. I guess it’s because she wanted Andie to be successful for selfish reasons, in order to make her own existence there easier with a capable assistant
In the end of the movie, after Andy left the job, Emily was teaching the same thing to the new assistant. She just needed extra helping at her work place, and she doesn't want to make Miranda angry. It is not a selfish reason. Emily is just teaching all single detail to the new assistants, doesn't matter who they are.
I’ve said the same. Emily’s character wouldn’t laugh at her own joke. The (lame) film editing covered it up. Other than mocking Andi with Serena and dreamily discussing Paris, did she ever smile? (Yes, at the orderly in the hospital-by then, she was defeated.) Btw, who manned the desk while they were in the hospital?
Miranda's call on "Emily" (Andy) to then disgustedly gaze down on her shoes (and/or Andy's entire outfit) was brilliant! I laughed when I first saw that.
If I was Emily I wouldn't be all that nice to Andi either, the way Andi keeps screwing up. Emily not only told Andi how to answer the phones, but then SHOWED her how to it - only for Andi to fail 5 seconds later. It's not rocket science, it's answering a phone.
@@Nocturne22 Exactly, with that sort of reflex and learning ability I got really confused as to how she was enrolled to Stanford Law. So her quick catch-up later on seemed so contrived.
@@murk959 Indeed, yes. Emily Blunt who portrays "Emily Charlton" within this movie, is the sister to Felicity Blunt who is a literary-agent; by the way. And, Stanley Tucci who portrays "Nigel" in this film, is married to Felicity.
Oh I'm sorry do you have prior commitments, some hideous skirt convention you have to go to *starts to giggle* and that giggle is one of the most realistic giggle I've seen in a movie
Emily is exactly the kind of character people would hate on screen or well off screen, but Blunt made her completely adorable and I don't know how she does it.
Emily is mean, but she never sabotaged Andy! I freaking love how they wrote her
Of course she wont sabotage andy cause as per emily's own words if andy screws up it is her head that is on the chopping block !! 😂 😂 😂
@Iberian dream Yes, she really love her job
No, she's so sweet she never harmed or demean Andy. She was just good at her job
I agree. We all have colleagues we don't personally like but when it comes to our job we get along well. Just no personal attachment.
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Emily looks like a QUEEN with that red hair/green eyeshadow combo. What a look!!
She looks like a clown. That's not classy at all.
@@fan2jnrc Nah, it's fashionable
@@fan2jnrc it was in the 2000s clown
@@nikidon99 Oh really? I had always thought this movie was made in 2021. Please. Even in 2006 this make-up was a clown's make-up. But don't be upset, you can love that, if you have bad taste. That's not a big sin.
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I've really grown to appreciate a coworker like Emily...she gave clear straightforward instructions and professional enough to not engage others with useless small talk.
I agreed. A coworker like Emily seems tough at first but once you adapt to the work environment we’ll learn the she’s actually teaching the most effective way to do something.
And the way she told Andy to only handle the skirts from CK while she handled the rest (which was more than Andy’s), showed her that she’s professional and a pretty nice coworker.
True. I appreciate a no-nonsense coworker, esp. when they hold themselves to the same standards they expect of you & everyone else.
I find it bewildering how Emily in this movie has given Andy a better job description than I've had at any job for a decade.
Overall this work environment is not professional. Shes a shoe licker, overworked, user, and buried her empathy. You might appreciate her dedication but overall pity and avoid her as much as you can for your mental health
And she actually would step in and help you when you struggle.
I know she said she was “screaming” but I absolutely love how Miranda doesn’t raise her voice once. That’s power
Not only doesn’t raise it, but it’s soft, gentle, and not loud enough. Both deceptive and powerful, forcing others to listen so closely.
Power is power - Queen Cersei I
I couldn't work for people that act like this. I would be fired my first day or never came back to the interview. My response screaming my name "You didnt scream squat and if you do scream my name, scream my correct name" and when Nigel said who is that sad person? and my response "your monma" 😆
That was an improvise by Meryl Streep herself. Originally they wanted to show Miranda Priestley as someone who is yelling and screaming to fear by everyone but Meryl Streep said that it would be better if Miranda Preistley is just using her calm and collected voice to be an authoritative figure. Meryl said she learned this from Clint Eastwood.
@@embrown0352 you're fired!
Emily Blunt was pure gold in this role, with her accent and sarcasm. Casting was spot on for every role in this movie, one of my favorites.
The only bad casting was Andy's boyfriend, particularly because we're supposed to root for his sentiment and agree he was "right all along" but actually, we all hate his guts.
She was so perfect for this role as if she wasn’t acting at all!
Originally EB was casted with her American accent but the producers loved her normal accent and felt that it came more natural on the writing for Emily in the movie.
"Miranda hired me she knows what I look like"
" Do you?"
he added so much life to this movie!
Im watching the Hunger Games, and Stanley really deserves an Oscar. I actually thought he is gay. Such a great actor.
Gotta love Nigel - he's the sweetest and most genuine. Really felt bad when Miranda betrayed him.
@@ArJay1688 she did'nt betray him. She chose for herself. Just like Nigel did. He did not have to take the James Holt job when it was offered to him. He did not have to tell Irv how much Miranda cancelling a photoshoot cost him. If Emily knew about Jacqueline Follet, then so did Nigel and Nigel knew that Irv thought that Runway could be run on a lower budget and he threw Miranda under the bus in front of an intern when they were in the elevator.He clearly outgrew his position at Runway but still does it.
Whether it was a ruse by Miranda or not; he CHOSE to leave Runway and Miranda CHOSE not to get fired so she did that whole switcheroo thing with Jacqueline and blackmailed Irv. She did what she had to do as a boss and it cost her one of her underlings. The reason why Nigel accepts it, is because he knows the fashion industry, he knows about the publishing world and more than that he loves it and is willing to take the bad with the good and should be happy Miranda didn't fire him. Who knows; maybe she did.. The great thing about Miranda is that you never know what makes her tick but she knows what makes others tick. She insults Emily because she knows it actually motivates her. She heaps praise on Nigel for just doing his job because she knows it will make him work harder and she purposely sets difficult tasks for Andy because she knows that it will make an indecisive girl get so upset or angry that, she'll have to make a decision. To make a choice that is right for her and her alone. That was Miranda's lesson to Andy: You ALWAYS have a choice and nobody has to like or understand your choice as long as you make it. You won't get anywhere if you keep saying things like:"I could never do that to..." how do you know you haven't done so, already? Every choice we make, affects someone. Edit: Miranda is big on loyalty. She might not like you or she might think you're an idiot but you show her loyalty and she'll pay you back. Emily is super loyal but not very good at organizing. But she is the nr1 assistant. Why? Because Miranda knows that Emily needs help but wants her to think she is the best PA in the world because Emily is loyal to the bone. Same with Andy. She thought that Andy was very capable and ambitious but also unimaginative, indecisive and over confident. But she also recognized her drive and ofcourse; her loyalty. She was impressed that despite Andy's disdain towards the fashion world, she she showed fierce loyalty-not because she had to but, because it's in her nature.
@@GullibleTarget Wow!
Never enter your bosses office empty handed! Especially when you're new on the job. Carry a pen and paper everywhere to take notes.
yes, those of us who have been assistants/admin etc know this, but Emily is brand spanking new and hopefull will LEARN...
Andy not Emily.
@@rrrich7 woosh
@@MissMalfoy77 you can bring that twitard or redditar somewhere else
Or a voice recorder lol
Emily was blunt but you have to admit she really was a rock for Andy, even when she didn’t need to be.
emily was blunt lolol
@@vineeta222 and has a way
with words
That was poetry
@@vineeta222 cackling at this
Does Meryl Streep in this movie? Or, is it Stanley's tucci that is shown instead?
Watching this again I realised how generous Emily was by telling Andy she'll handle all the difficult/confusing stuff so Andy can ease her way into the hurricane of Miranda's requests.
Yeah Emily was a well-written character. Not nice, not sweet in any way, but not at all about sabotage or trying to ruin anyone. She cared too much about her job and her boss getting everything she needed to be about that kind of thing.
Miranda's demands 😂
I love all the comments praising Emily as a co-worker. And I agree she's great! Let's also remember her iconic line "I really never say this to people who aren't me, but you have got to calm down!" She is mean and strict, but only because of the job's demands. It's never for malevolence.
"Can you spell 'Gabbana'?"
Oh, lord gracious. No wonder he hung up. 🤣
😢i dont know how to spell it either lol
My spelling is horrid, I would either ask for it to be spelled for me or just simply spell it phonetically.
If he'd have been on a Zoom call and been able to catch even a glimpse of Andy's clumpy, repulsive shoes he'd have vomited into the wastepaper bin. They were almost as offensive as a pair of Crocs.
And she is supposed to be a writer
@@whosthatpokemon2680 but you're not the second assistant of Miranda Priestly; you don't have to know😉
I think everyone's said it by now, but Emily would be a great person to work with. She's catty, but she's not sabotaging Andy or letting her fail. She's taking over when time is short (getting Patrick on the phone), managing 99% of the tasks and only leaving Andy with the single clear task (skirts from Calvin Klein, while Emily attempts to sort through and make sense of Andy's rambled rememberings), and goes out of her way to explain the book, their job roles and how they differ, and even the tasks Andy should prepare to take on. Once Andy stops trying to needlessly set herself against her coworkers and try to actually do well at her job, they get along fine, too, so you can tell most of Emily's attitude comes from the fact that Andy thinks herself better than a job that Emily herself adores and is good at
I think people are overthinking things here. Emily's attitude comes from thinking SHE's superior to Andy. She thinks Andy's a frumpish, hideously dressed loser. Any thing she does to help Andy is strictly for the purposes of self preservation. Not sure she is ideal company to spend a lot of time or, much less, work with.
@@frumaatholoid Emily is fun to hang with IF she likes you. She warmed to Andy a little bit. When Andy started paying attention to her appearance, Emily was...a bit less chilly.
The Emily in the book is a lot more nuanced. She slowly starts seeing an ally in Andy but she doesn't like Andy's disdain for the job(Andy in the book is a total whiner and a willfull brat) they do get along because she notices that it makes their job easier and they actually bond over a lot of things. The movie version is a bit more cartoonish. You are not wrong in your assessment of Emily's character but it's just how things are at work. We work together to cover eachothers asses and to get that check.
it is bcos she knows if andy fails then it means emily fails, too bcos she is her superior. She did not sabotage Andy bcos she new the fact that sabotaging her means sabotaging herself. So there is no pure goodness beneath :)
I never really interpreted that way. I always say Andy as a victim
@@frumaatholoid She wasn't nice, but Emily was professional and actually a good mentor in the way she taught Andi. Remember, Andi's role is to lighten Emily's work, so even if you call that self preservation, she still did everything she could to make sure Andi actually learned how to do things properly, only stepping in when Andi was clearly screwing up. And it's not Emily's fault that she assumed Andi knew how to do the simple job of answering a phone and knowing basic fashion knowledge.
And of course Emily thinks she's superior: she objectively is in the context of their work. If a new sous chef shows up in a restaurant and can't slice vegetables and doesn't know what a whisk is but was hired by the owner for vague reasons, the other chefs are gonna laugh at them and also resent them. Same thing here.
Having worked as an assistant for a CEO, i kept repeating in my head 'Andy, you NEVER go to your boss when he/she calls for you without a notebook'
😅😅
I think that was the point, portraying andy as someone with a college degree in journalism but no real life experience.
Hell i even secretly turn on my phone voice recording ones when my boss call me to his office
I was in charge of her schedule and appointments. At one point i learned to set alarms to remind me of whenever i had to get her out of a meeting because another one was supposed to start. I kept an eye on the clock at all times, and on the phone and emails too. It was indeed stressful...+ calling 10 people one by one to schedule meeting and i had to come up with solutions in case one couldn't attend, which happened almost everyday
@Silv M
You poor thing. Really. A lot of CEOs are unrealistically very demanding and don’t care about the feelings of others because they typically have Type B Personality Disorders. They really make other people’s lives a living hell.
I love how the writers of this movie considered every single detail. Look at Emily's desktop wallpaper. It shows how much she loved and wanted to go to Paris.
This movie came out 16 years ago as per 2022, and it still resonates so much. It tells how good this movie is.
Time flies.
♥️
Certified classic
"Don't touch it"😂Emily is amazing. You just know she improvised that.
Ikr I feel like it was improvised too. I've always loved that phrase
A lot was adlibbed in this scene by her.
@@fp5495 She's amazing. I saw an interview where she explained how she comes up with that stuff: Simply by observing people around her. I have seen thousands of Emily Charltons when I lived in London. My friend and I would regularly 'roleplay' and pretend to be these fashion/status-obsessed,ambitious fashionistas. Emily Blunt must have seem them because as 'over the top' she seems to be in the movie; there are people who are actually like that and I find it hilarious and genius, how Emily Blunt just uses all of that material. It reminds me of an interview where Meryl Streep was asked why she was so good at accents. She said:'I'm not; I just LISTEN'. She observes people, too. There is no magic trick to it. I think that's why Meryl was virtually gushing over Emily Blunt. Amazing actress. Yes: I'm obsessed with this movie. Mainly because the cast was simply perfect.
That scene of the mockup Runway magazine has an asmr feel to me. I love how Emily explains it 💙
Well maybe she knew something we dont about Covid.
That fact that she ended the conversation with, "And Emily?" & a death stare at those ugly shoes and a simply, "That's all." Was pure gold, but I also notice that Maranda stilled referred to her as Emily even though she's already been told that her name was Andy.
An emphasis on how insignificant Andy is
It was power move. “I know what your name is, I don’t care to use it”
But also note that Andi answered to it - too scared to correct her a second time. Total power move
Yeah, when she responded to the wrong name it was like "now you're starting to get it" Andy didn't realize how blatantly disrespectful she was being. This film is sOoo educational! Lol
All the horrible articles in fashion magazines had names attached to them but today you hear crickets in the rooms where fashionista, hipster activists dwell and brutal conversations ought to be conducted; I feel like telling them to make some phone calls and ask the people who wrote them and edited these articles why they were published. Instead they lose themselves in abstracts and theorising about why things in the past were the way they were, always ending up blaming the wrong humans and the wrong cultural mechanism. The answers are on the other end of a phone line for Christ's sake, these industry journalists etc aren't dead, they walk amongst you like the drippy, hypocritical, sanctimonious little morons they've always been. Cowardly little dorks...god, what a protection racket still goes on in the land of fashion, entertainment and the media. For shame. They all point the finger at the wrong 'villains' and always have done, obsessed with the 'objectifying' evil sexist blokes down the mechanics yard. All this is to do with 'Dave', 'Roy' and 'John' is it? Oh give me a break. The people shaping culture were in THEIR arty farty crowd, not some shlumpy mechanics yard. The gaze and scrutiny still hasn't shifted to where it critically needs to be in order for all of us to understand what our incompetent, hubristic cultural architects were responsible for and yet refuse to admit to or explain. As usual. I wish they'd stop pestering the average bloke on the street and start paying attention to gay men and women in these industries and professions; they're the ones with REAL cultural power and they always have been. It's very sad that what I'm saying is still so under the radar or so taboo in the land of the social justice warriors. None of them have the guts to critique their own peer group.
SERIOUSLY... Tucci can play ANYTHING!
AN . . . Y . . . THING . . . !!!
👏👏👏
Tucci gang
Truth!!!
I think he issss soooo underrated!
I have seen many films in which he took part of.
From comedy, to action to thriller.
He is such great actor.
He’s superb.
im watching the Hunger Games and Im so impress by him. But I really cant stand that horrific mind fuck of a movie called Lovely Bones, that film was pure vile.
“there was something about a pony” 🤦🏽♀️🤣 gets me every time!
I still don't understand who or what Miranda is referring to when she says that!
@@Varekai0723same here
@@Varekai0723 Perhaps at Pier 59 they were doing a shoot that involved a horse.
“…the satchels that Marc is doing in the pony” must refer to satchel bags Marc Jacobs is making in pony skin. Or that’s how I understood it anyway…
@@Varekai0723 I'm pretty sure "Pony" refers to a location and not an actual horse. She said Marc is doing it IN the pony.
3:11 This head turn itself is pure class. I don't know how actors come up with stuff like this to give their characters.
Generally, the actors DON'T come up with it. It's the writers and/or the direction. There are cues in the scripts next to the dialogue. And if not, if the director often comes up with it because he/she has the vision to see it would work well.
"Please bore someone else with your QUESTIONS..."
For all those who are feeling their job is worst, this movie is a relief
What are u talking about, I die for a job like that, otherwise I rather not have a job
@@ReginaTrans_ Will you? To become another Miranda Priestley having inhumane nature? Well, as said in the movie, the choice is up to you :-) And I believe Andy chose the right path
@@ReginaTrans_ Honey, listen. It's possible for more than one character in a movie to be unsympathetic, or have unsympathetic aspects. Why are you referencing some mythical consensus on Twitter and TH-cam as if that's the end of the discussion? Also, that's not what a "villain" is in a story arc.
Miranda is an egotistic monster who gleefully endangers her employees' physical and mental health for a power trip, and if you claim that you'd happily work for someone who'd ruin your career over slicing your hand open with a letter opener, or being too sick to attend a gala, then you're either lying, way too desperate, or hopelessly naive.
Emily is a suffering employee who used to be at the bottom of the pecking order, right up until she herself gets power over someone else and uses it to bully them. (However, she's not without kindness, her viciousness is something she's very much been shaped into by her work environment.)
Andy shows up to a fashion job despite not taking fashion seriously or even bothering to fake it. She believes herself to be above the people around her who've made something she sees as frivolous their life's work.
Andy's friends and boyfriend happily accept the perks they get from her job (free stuff) but make unreasonable demands of her despite knowing how stressful and demanding her job is, and make things harder for her rather than support her. However, THEY are written a bit sloppily and their nastiness to Andrea isn't as entertaining, and also pretty hard to believe (unlike the fairly true-to-life hostile work environment stuff above). That, and only that, is the reason for whatever "Andy's bf and friends were the real bad guys" hot takes you've been seeing around.
@@vishnummenon5925 I'd rather be a Miranda than an Andy
@@ReginaTrans_ I feel sorry for you to believe what everyone says. The comments below yours already explained it, so hopefully I don't have to explain further.
Emily Blunt is pure gold ……
I wish the could make a spin off with Emily Blunt as the new Editor.
Platinum.
I say the movie is really about her...
she is not very sharp, more on the blunt side
@@silentsupreme4874 actually she is one of the sharpest in the industry
“I’m sorry do you have some prior commitment, some hideous skirt convention to go too” 😂😂😂
😘😘😘
You look cute.
😂😁😀
Hilarious! Emily Blunt was amazing in this role.
Yes. Let's go together. ☻
Trivia : the moment Emily says to Andy 'Don't touch it' while showing her the book is totally improvised. I have to admit it's a good add-on.
Omg! Never get tired of this movie! When Meryl Streep looks, her up and down, and turns around. Too funny!
'I said to myself go ahead...hire the fat girl!' 😂
Emily Blunt absolutely killed it in this movie!!!
Everyone goes gaga about Meryl Streep's performance (rightfully so too....)
But Emily Blunt was understatedly awesome.......
i totally agree.....!!!
Meyrl Streep is just such a good actress, the way she gave Andy a warning stare woo, everything
Yeah.. irl as well ...
Yes, Meryl Streep is one of the last of the great movie stars. Movie Stars are becoming as extinct as the dinosaurs.
She is
Yes, if i was Andy, boy oh boy trust me i will be sweating from my head while she stares 😂
Everyone in that movie was perfectly cast, great acting is what made the script believable.
3:36 "and Emily"
Okay Imma just point this out. The way she says Emily is so on point because that one minuscule word is so well delivered that you just know that she did take into account that her name is Andy but still _chooses_ to address her as "Emily". And this is evident from that one word she said. Brilliant actor.
Yes exactly my thought! She chose to say Emily. Brilliant
I love how the looks in her eyes becomes more sharpened, as she walked forward
“Hideous skirt convention” - 🤣
I love the silent interplay between Miranda and Andi esp when she stares at her shoes and Andi panics and slips on the high heels she was advised to wear in the first place ! 😂
Meryl- just wow. This shows how amazing she is in her role as Miranda- to be able to keep a straight face, and doesn't need to say a word but gets her point across by just her facial expressions! And her laugh when she was "wrongfully" corrected, lol! She knew she was feared, and demanding, yet she was respected without demanding it, and never had to raise her voice!
When the time was right and Andy was at her best, and up there with Emily , it was obvious there was some kind of respect from Miranda, even if she didn't say it.
Not only did Meryl perfect this role with just character, but with also her beauty and elegance..she looked stunning!
Also loved Emily's and Anne's characters!
All 3 of these ladies were amazing!
Emily did more than most employees. That tutorial is exactly what every new person needs.
what’s so special about that? it’s basic help. really fucking basic.
I love Streep's expression at 3:04. You can just see her thinking "Oh look, this insignificant underling is actually standing up to me. How cute."
Followed by that terrifying cobra smile, lol.
It's more of a "this is clearly your first 'grown up'-job...let me remind you where you're starting...at the bottom".
It's also a good way to hide annoyance, too If it were me, I would probably blurt out:"Excuse me?!" and lose my cool in front of my other co-workers. A leader can't afford to not be in control. Especially when you realise that she was already aware that her job was on the line.
@@GullibleTarget It’s called the devil wears Prada for a reason. It’s not that hard to remember someone’s name. Good for Andy for reminding her.
Only really great actress could do that, its just a smile but with some brilliant expression
@@GullibleTarget its like 'Do I look like I care' smiling style 😆
Andy kept getting help and she didn't even say "thank you." That tells you that she was self-absorbed and slightly arrogant during her first few weeks at this job. She had wonderful co-workers even if they were snide and bitchy with their language. Their actions spoke so much louder than their words. Nigel and Emily covered for her at crucial points here--Emily got Desmachilliers (sp?) on the phone when Miranda demanded that he be there, thus covering Andy's butt, and Nigel, totally unasked, got her shoes that Miranda would not hate, which allowed Andy not to piss off Miranda even more.
Patrick Demarchelier, the French fashion photographer. He did some amazing portraits of Princess Di for Vogue magazine. Love his work.
Andy is the mean girl and Emily is the nice girl. Andy was the arrogant bitch who thinks she is too intelligent for stuff that pretty woman care about. But her true colors came out when she was bewitched by all the glamour and when she put on her first pair of Jimmy Choos she sold her soul to the Devil. Then slept with a another man 48 hours after he broke up with her live in partner. But the most evil character is Lily.
@@eduardochavacano Andy is awesome.
@@onehappytraveler6207 thanks for info about patrick. i was wondering who he is...
@@eduardochavacano how do you know Emily didn't do all of that when she was the new assistant?
The "hideous skirt convention" line gets me every time! LOL
I know!! That line had me laughing out loud!! Amanda Blunt was the icing on the cake in her performance as Emily!!
Emily Blunt was so underrated in this fantastic movie. She gave an understated performance worthy of a recognition.
I personally would have nominated both her and Stanley in the supporting category. But comedies, and comedy performances, are notoriously underappreciated by the Academy.
She was not underrated at all. That movie gave her a career..
Each characters in this movie should have won an oscar or some award for their acting. Everyone in this movie were in their top game especially Emily Blunt. I have not seen a better performance by a supporting character in a movie so much that they overshadow even Meryl streep.
@Randy White 😂 the dude went too far by saying the last part
Adrian grenier as Nate Andy's boyfriend he makes her a grilled cheese sandwich.
Agreed! The thing is that Emily did not overshadow anyone, eventhough it feels that way. Simply because she was SO good. She truly was the perfect supporting character. She provided a space for others to shine. I think it feels like overshadowing Streep because Streep always delivers. Emily Blunt was a complete surprise. I mean, I was laughing so hard during the Runthrough scene, simply because Emily walked into frame in the background and almost theatrically, tip-toed to the front to watch Anne getting a bollocking from Streep. And then the camera briefly cuts to her face where she just glares at Andy with such disdain. Hilarious. She truly gave the editors so much to work with.
@@djlol2218 got a tad carried away with that last part didn't he? 😂😂
Tell.me you don't watch alot of movies without telling me
Emily is not a bad coworker. She doesnt play games and gives precise instructions to Andy.😎👍 Andy messes things up on her own
She has to, if Andy fails she'll also be screwed.
She's like "I don't care what's your name is, all of my assistants is Emily" 😂
It is about Adam and Eve, And a DOG. GOD.
I imagine because that job has such a high turnover, she won't learn a new name until they "earn their keep". It's cruel, but when you think about how some busy high-level people work and the details they actually dedicate brain space to, it's not surprising.
@@laraabiona903 I get your point 💯
@@laraabiona903 i hate how people like you always come to defend miranda and her ignorant behaviour!! Learning a new name is not even a big deal it just means that you are educated and respectful towards others
@@evlish8771 It’s meant an insult and people should have the right to insult each other. You could learn to fight back better, rather than controlling others’ actions based on your own standards. Nobody would listen to you because you’re boring, and some people value excitement over politeness.
i love how Nigel just knows Miranda. Emily just knows Miranda. We're shown from Andy's point of view at the beginning of the story that this job is impossible, it can't be done. But Emily and Nigel are two wonderful examples of what the mind can do if it's set to something
Nigel should. He's a top executive at the magazine and he's been there for years!
When Andy corrected Maranda about her name not being Emily, I feel like that was one of the reasons Maranda liked her. She could see that Andy wasn’t a pushover like all of her minions because if she was she would’ve just let her call her Emily and answered to that. Look at how she stops to look at Andy after she corrected her.
After like rewatching several scenes and discussion, there were so many times Miranda probably would've fired Andy (and as Nigel pointed out, would've had a replacement by tomorrow if anything). The fact that she didn't heavily suggests she saw great potential in her.
The coolest thing is reading her reactions. Little by little you see her approval but it is very subtle.
You realize how in this movie you don't see a smartphone. The first iphone released a year after this movie. Andrea had a sidekick and Miranda had a razr.
@Tyler Tremallose yea like blackberries.
A sidekick was kind of a smartphone though. You could go on Facebook/the internet on a sidekick, and take pictures.
My favorite phone in movies is The Departed. It was just before Smartphones and watching the closeups of the texting of flip phones, one might think flip phones were invented in 2006. Really though I think 2006 is just when Martin Scorsese finally bought his first portable phone. "My god these flippy phone things are amazing! Let's put them in every scene!"
They had smartphones but they didn't take off until the iPhone came out the next year in 2007
@@thebookwasbetter3650 Flip phones are often used as burner phones which is why you saw almost everyone in The Departed using one.
I love when she says "Dont touch it"
Let's be honest, it was emily blunt, Stanley Tucci and meryl streep who made the film a masterpiece.
Definitely. Anne Hathaway is an outstanding actress, but her performance in this movie is remarkedly bland and completely forgettable.
@ because her character is boring and unlikable.
@ She's audience surrogate, the everyman. Usually they're kinda bland, just like Bella in Twilight.
@@zitronentee Hathaway makes Kristen Stewart seem far less bland in comparison, at least stewart was full of awkward silences and attempts at making a "moment" ?..Hathaway is as generic as her sweater ... there's not an original thought or moment, nothing i have not seen in every girl out of school , thinking they are too good to be an assistant because they have spent 16 years or more thinking only of themselves and career, and of being actually useful to other people. I do not mean this snidely, I was just as bad, and self important getting out of school,
and equally useless. all education, no experience, no skills, no awareness at being productive to others.
@@zitronentee Bella was worse, waaay worse haha
The best acting by all of them ever, especially Streep is in this movie--perfection
Lmao "Never ask Miranda anything!" Emily Blunt steals the show. Love her!
Emely was actually in a good mood in this scene lol
"actually"
How many times do I have to "scream" your name?
I love the line, we all know that Miranda never raise her voice
The best part is Andy ends up responding to the name “Emily.”
😆
3:26 after watching this movie multiple times I always chuckle at how cruel, yet elegant Miranda is, like how she condescendingly enunciates 'Demarchelier' to Andy as if she's teaching a child another language. These subtle mannerisms of the characters is something you rarely see in movies these days
Well, she kinda is as it's a French name.
Yeah she was editor of Paris Runway before coming to New York@@Varekai0723
Having worked as a model in Milan for almost a decade I can confirm this is absolutely truthful to reality back then in fashion environment and I want to add the pressure models have to go throughout is immense .. took me several years to get that off my body and now I am totally opposite of that world 😌
Without Emily and Nigel, Runway would’ve been NOTHING!!! They’re not perfect but they were the backbone of that magazine of people who cared the most about their jobs.
That's why Miranda never fired them. Nigel is obviously very good at his job. Emily can be replaced, easily. But where are you going to find a worker THAT loyal and dedicated? That is what makes Emily such an asset.
But Nigel...on second thought, he would've buried Miranda if he had the chance. Remember when Irv asked Nigel about that photo shoot? He did'nt have to answer that question. He could've said: 'I have no idea? The outcome was very good, though! It looked amazing.She made the right call; people will love this" but instead, he threw her under the bus and said how much it cost. In front of a new employee...that's....not very chique. It's business, so I don't blame him. But if I were Miranda; I would keep an eye on Nigel. He was a bit too eager to leave. Understandably so. I'm sure they're cool but, they are no friends. Their loyalty extends to the office building and no further and that's fine.
@@GullibleTarget unfortunately Miranda did Nigel AND Emily dirty. Miranda did fire Emily to promote Andy and only brought Emily back out of desperation when Andy quit. She passed Nigel up on a promotion to keep her own job too. I love Miranda as an overall character but she milked Emily and Nigel for everything they were worth. How they had such character to still stick around is a testament to their integrity.
@@HeyMyLifeIsLibby Emily was never fired. Miranda needed the strongest team possible for Paris that no longer included Emily but that didn't mean she was fired. Plus: Miranda wasn't sure she was going to have a job after Paris, it all depended on that meeting with Irv. Had Irv stuck to his guns, Nigel still would've left. And Emily would not be around to see her hero being demoted. Also: I don't think Emily would survive a reorganisation. Jacqueline has no loyalty towards Emily. Miranda's job was on the line and so was Emily's but Miranda told nobody and all the while, her marriage was coming to an end. The more I think about it, the more rational it all seems. The thing is: could I do the same thing? We like to think that we wouldn't. But if it's something you deeply care about? What wouldn't I choose to get what I want? And would i deny myself not getting what I wanted because I 'choose' to not do harm? But every professional choice we make is going to upset or negatively impact someone else. I don't think I can be that ruthless. I would have to have no people beside me. Only above and below: something to aspire to and something else to step on to reach new heights.
One thing though: if a boss pulls a stunt like this but their personal assistant and chief advisor stick around: that means they love their job enough. It reminds me of that documentary with Anna Wintour. Several employees were interviewed saying how tough Anna can be and that you sometimes have to swallow your ego but also how downright soul crushing it can be. So why stick around; because they LOVE their job. I see the same with Emily and Nigel. Nigel's love for his job is what makes him good. Emily's devotion to fashion makes her a mediocre PA but extremely loyal and hard working.I bet Miranda hires second assistants because she knows Emily has many talents but not panicking under pressure isn't one of them. She does repay people when the time is right and buys their loyalty by playing her cards close the her chest and is very frugal when it comes to paying compliments. But what I like the most is that she plays to peoples' strengths. That is what a good leader does: you figure out what makes people tick and then use it to trigger them to be the best they can be. It makes up for where they fall short.
They lived fashion.
I love how Emily took her job so seriously and even though it consumed her life, she never once said anything bad about Miranda. She always looked up to her and did her job to the best of her abilities and as competently as possible. Yes Andrea was smart, learned quickly, toughened up and stayed true to herself and didn’t want to buy into the corrupted politics, but it didn’t lead her anywhere.
It led her to getting hired at a place she always wanted to be and a glowing reference from Miranda Priestley.
@@GullibleTarget Yeah but let’s be serious, Andy! Everyone wants to be us! And she wasn’t gonna get that at that other place!
@@ejohnson3131 She didn’t want to be Miranda though… that’s why she quit
Didn't lead anywhere?? Not true...
Yeah this isn't exactly true. Emily is the super hard worker that gets mo reward for it. Andy was able to go to Paris AND get a new job that will lead her to the path she wants. Emily didn't move from where she was.
I'd take it as a compliment if Miranda remembers my name. Also, I like how Miranda never called Andi "Andi." Instead, she prefers to use "Andrea" which is quite classy for some reason.
It's also hierarchical. If she calls her 'Andy' that's like her calling Emily 'Ems'. Depends on the environment you work in but I would not feel comfortable with my superior and someone with more seniority to call me by a diminutive of my full name. I'm not a child at least view me as an adult. I think that goes double for women in business. It's like: If you want to survive in corporate America as a woman; don't allow anyone to find reason to see you as anything less than that. "Andy Sachs" is a nice gal, with nice friends and she does favours and she also interns as a PA and hopes to become a journalist. Andrea Sachs is personal assistant to editor in chief of Runway magazine and if there is anything you need from the big boss, you need to talk to her. She is persuing a career in publishing.
Has a different ring to it. Miranda was covertly putting respect on her name to teach her that in the professional world: there is no Andy. Andy is a little girl. Andrea is a professional.
it was also a mispronunciation. Andy pronounces her own name as An-Dree-Uh but Miranda would pronounce it An-Dray-Uh. it’s clearly a power play because at that point andy didn’t even care she was just happy she wasn’t being called emily
@@liamross340 I don't think that part was a power play because many names have a different pronunciation depending on the region. I have a friend Sara. Her husband pronounces the "Sa" part like sat. Sah-ruh. She and I pronounce her name Sare-uh. I have another friend Marion. She doesn't care if people call her Mare-rion or Mah-rion.
@@GullibleTarget pursuing
Even Emily calls Andy by her first name.
I love this movie. I can watch it over and over and never get tired of it!
3:49 - Miranda's stare is worth an Oscar 💙💙
"Oh, I'm sorry, you have some prior commitment? Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to?" Ahahahahaha
I could watch this movie 500 million times and I could recite every line of it all of them are so perfect every line is perfect I love this movie so much
“Andrea, Andrea....you are CHAINED to that desk.” 💀💀💀 Emily is FLAWLESS in this movie. Stole damn near every scene she was in.
This might be the most rewatchable movie ever. i never tire of it
Emily's wardrobe in this movie is awesome
I love how after Miranda eviscerates Andy, she goes right back to berating her subordinates, "it's just the cavalier disregard for clear..." 😂
Yes! I mean she uses 10 dollar words to put you down and makes it sound like poetry. And the way says it. So calm and with that airy voice. Simply stating the fact that you are useless, of no consequence and just a terrible inconvenience to what could have been a productive day....oh well.
'Why is no one reeeeeeaaaady.'
"That's not what I asked you...."
It's Miranda's imitating Andy's nervousness "D-demarchelier, g-g-get him on the phone" for me 😭🤣
That's not what happens though. Miranda says: "Demarchelier, did he- get him on the phone". I don't think Miranda would bother putting in the effort to belittle Andy like that.
damn now thats good acting XD
@@bayur4688 "Details of your incompetence do not interest me" - Miranda Priestly. Hahaha
That’s not what she did at all lol
@@charlesfilion403 in the book she would
The skirt convention line gets me every time
It’s insane how she says “get him on the phone” so quietly and terrifying at the same time.
Emily was so good at her job, and she was kind to Andy, in her own way. She might seem to be cocky and judgmental of Andy's style at first, but it totally make sense. I don't know why Andy coming to the most stylish office in the world without knowing anything about anyone, specially about Miranda. Andy was so lucky that she could get in in the first place, she was slow thinking and complain too much!
True. She got to speak on the phone with the most iconic professionals and most iconic creators in the field. How cool is that?? Can you imagine talking to the very best professionals of the world (in your professional field, f.e.)?
Even when those interactions are small, you still can learn from these people a lot about time management, business processes, general professionalism, communication, business etiquette... how cool is that??? 🔥
Did she understand, appreciate? Nope.
I love that Emily was somehow still somewhat supportive even with her barbs. I guess it’s because she wanted Andie to be successful for selfish reasons, in order to make her own existence there easier with a capable assistant
That’s not selfish that’s what Andy is THERE FOR. That’s literally her job.
In the end of the movie, after Andy left the job, Emily was teaching the same thing to the new assistant. She just needed extra helping at her work place, and she doesn't want to make Miranda angry. It is not a selfish reason. Emily is just teaching all single detail to the new assistants, doesn't matter who they are.
Emily said "If you mess up, my head is on the chopping block" There's a reason she's making sure Andy succeeds. People are ignoring that fact.
Pretty sure Emilys laugh at the end of hideous skirt convention was a blooper they kept in, too cute.
I’ve said the same. Emily’s character wouldn’t laugh at her own joke. The (lame) film editing covered it up. Other than mocking Andi with Serena and dreamily discussing Paris, did she ever smile? (Yes, at the orderly in the hospital-by then, she was defeated.)
Btw, who manned the desk while they were in the hospital?
@@ImVee10 probably a part-timer hired from the hideous skirt convention
"Oopsie Doopsie, I muffed it up again!"
SNL with Emily Blunt, look it up.😉
"Ok, can you spell 'Gabbana'?"
😂😂😂
I love Emily
Quote: “I’ve been on a diet, where I don’t eat anything… and if I feel as if I’m about to faint, I eat a cheese cube.” LOL
“Don’t touch it.” One has to know Emily Blunt improvised that. 😛😛🤣😂. Priceless!
How many times do I have to scream your name 😂🤣😂🤣 doesn’t scream at all I love Meryl
Bosses that get it wrong? "Just once."
“Don’t touch it” :-) I’m so stressed watching this 😂
4:04
Emily is actually really good at her job. She knew Demarchelier‘s phone number by memory. She didn’t even have to look it up.
Miranda's call on "Emily" (Andy) to then disgustedly gaze down on her shoes (and/or Andy's entire outfit) was brilliant! I laughed when I first saw that.
In 2 years, this movie is 2 decades old. Now I feel old.
Oh crap.
Just stuff me in a grave.
Now I’m depressed.
One of my favorite movies of all time!! Meryl Streep: ICONIC; The fashion: ICONIC; The storyline: ICONIC...10’s ACROSS THE BOARD 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Pretty crappy story actually.
@@miduree sure..TO YOU...but your opposing opinion means nothing to me; how this movie makes me feel isn’t, nor was it ever, up for debate. 🤨😂
@@nomadicmusic3558 man dont take it personally.
@@miduree I’m not promise 😁
I swear EVERY SINGLE PERSON nailed their role in this movie
The way Miranda smiled showing her teeth is menacing as hell 3:06
Yeah, and then she bombed her with all those questions and tasks.
Streep’s performance was the finest ever in the history of cinema.
3:37 "And Emily !!!!! that's all" it cannot be any better than that.
Emily honestly has given more training than I have got at some of my other jobs
If I was Emily I wouldn't be all that nice to Andi either, the way Andi keeps screwing up. Emily not only told Andi how to answer the phones, but then SHOWED her how to it - only for Andi to fail 5 seconds later. It's not rocket science, it's answering a phone.
@@Nocturne22 Exactly, with that sort of reflex and learning ability I got really confused as to how she was enrolled to Stanford Law. So her quick catch-up later on seemed so contrived.
I know that's right.
INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL THE CASTS IN THIS MOVIE..
this movie is gold
Ya it should've gotten an Oscar but anyways it was nominated for the best costume design in the Oscars
Emily has always been so helpful to Andy. She has taught her so well.
"Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to" follow up with Emily's laugh. She did it so naturally. 😆😆
1:52 "deal with it!" This is very useful in a real job.
I would love to see the infamous assistant who now works at TV guide 😂
Haha
Como siempre, Meryl dando lecciones magistrales gratuitas de actuacion... Una DIOSA!!
"Never ask Miranda anything"
Then how the fuck are you supposed to know what she wants? Do they expect her to be telepathic?
Somehow this movie has become an icon and not only for fashion meanings. I saw it more than twice and got many unwritten messages
3:05, I’m surprised she didn’t grow fangs
Ive seen several times this film. Emily blunts acting was on point.
Emily is impressive. She knew Demarchalier’s number by heart.
That look at 3:50… I would have turned into an ant! 🤣
lol same
Fun fact: Stanley Tucci is actually married to Emily blunt's sister.
What
@@murk959 Indeed, yes. Emily Blunt who portrays "Emily Charlton" within this movie, is the sister to Felicity Blunt who is a literary-agent; by the way. And, Stanley Tucci who portrays "Nigel" in this film, is married to Felicity.
Oh I'm sorry do you have prior commitments, some hideous skirt convention you have to go to *starts to giggle* and that giggle is one of the most realistic giggle I've seen in a movie
I'm actually laughing
See you all at the Hideous Skirt Convention, lol
I can watched this movie many times and will never get bored from it😍
Emily is exactly the kind of character people would hate on screen or well off screen, but Blunt made her completely adorable and I don't know how she does it.
I love the absurdity of “You should NEVER ask Miranda Priestly anything!” 😂