Had opportunity to re-watch this, and you know, I like this movie. Not sure what I can say that hasn’t already been said. Meryl Streep in an iconic performance she modeled partly on Clint Eastwood’s ability to command attention by speaking softly, plus Anne Hathaway, who to me has always been an entertaining-enough sort of “everyperson” actress, one of very few prominent stars you see regularly who isn’t annoyingly Hollywood-y. A refreshing example of how you can make movies with female casts that are emphatically not chick-flicks, and pass the Bechdel Test with flying colors, all without preaching, moralizing or ever forgetting that the main objective is just to be a good movie. Now if they could just make these about something besides the fashion industry.
