The Devil Wears Prada 2 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		5.0
Audio		4.5
Extras		2.5
Overall		3.5

The Devil Wears Prada 2 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman July 23, 2026

There was a special kind of magic that suffused The Devil Wears Prada, and in that regard it's maybe a little surprising that it took twenty years for some creatives to try to recreate that spell, or at least something adjacent to it. And as some wise if troubled man once said, "ay, there's the rub", because despite a game and undeniably winning cast and a plot that attempts to address a radically different media landscape than the one portrayed in the original film (as fictional as it obviously was), there's a feeling of "trying too hard" that permeates the film, at least at times. In terms of reintroducing the by now well loved (or in one or two cases, tolerated) characters, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is at a New York City journalism awards ceremony, where she's both feted with a trophy and informed via text she's been fired, along with her entire cohort at the gala. Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep) is up next, still putatively in charge of Runway, though her imperious temperament has been quelled, at least somewhat, by both employee complaints to HR and a badly sourced report in the magazine (now surviving mostly due to its digital version's "clickbait" articles) that celebrated a fashion house using sweatshop labor.

Suffice it to say there's obviously no movie if those two aforementioned characters don't get to spar with each other, so with the kind of plot machinations that frankly only happen in a film like this, after Andy's unceremonious firing, she's of course offered a job back at Runway, though in one of this film's more overt attempts at reproducing the modern media landscape, that offer comes from the parent company owning Runway, Elias-Clarke, and its often scheming chairman Irv Kravitz (Tibor Feldman). Also suffice it to say Miranda knows nothing about Andy's appointment, in just another sign of how Miranda's control issues have had to give sway to the current publishing environment. Nigel Kipling (Stanley Tucci) is of course still on hand as Miranda's all knowing aide de camp, and in a very real way a kind of Deus ex Machina during a Milan set climax.

So what of Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt), one of many antagonists Andy faced in the first film? It's twenty years on now, of course, and Emily has become a power broker at Dior, another little piece of the "Screenwriting 101" puzzle that returning scenarist Aline Brosh McKenna fitfully weaves together. The underlying tale here is one of characters attempting to navigate a decidedly choppy media environment, where no one actually reads the print edition and even the digital content doesn't offer much substance. That said, while the "professional" side of things is as much contextually part of the story here as it was in the first film, the narrative probably unsurprisingly also tends to focus on the interactions between radically different personalities.

A probably overly labyrinthine power grab to buy Elias-Clarke involves several supporting characters who might have been more artfully farcical, but who provide enough backstage drama to propel the film to its third act, where unsurprisingly former conflicts melt away and most of the characters have their kinda sorta happily ever afters. That whole corporate power grab (replacing a more putatively personal one in the first film) allows this sequel's bevy of new supporting characters to enter the fray, including Miranda's new husband Stuart (Kenneth Branagh), Emily's boyfriend Benji (Justin Theroux), and Benji's ex-wife Sasha (Lucy Liu), among several others. The entire film is undeniably easy to take, and it has enough breezy banter to sustain its running time, but there may be just a minor deficit in whatever the fashion house or publishing house equivalent of "fairy dust" might be.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Note: Screenshots are sourced from the 1080 disc in this package.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is presented in 4K UHD courtesy of 20th Century Studios and Disney / Buena Vista with an HEVC / H.265 encoded 2160p transfer in 2.39:1. Captured with the Arri Alexa 35 and finished at 4K (both data points courtesy of the IMDb), this is another fantastic looking 4K presentation at least ostensibly from the Mouse House. While there are a number of upticks in fine detail over the 1080 presentation, probably especially in such salient items as textures on fabrics and the like, it was once again the interesting highlights in the palette courtesy of the HDR / Dolby Vision grades that most instantly caught my eye when stacking this up against the 1080 SDR presentation. Rather interestingly in that regard, at least for those who may think of HDR as exploiting actually robust hues, there are even some noticeable differentiations in some of the more neutral production design choices, as in a couple of scenes supposedly at the Dior offices where whites and beiges are emphasized. That said, there are abundant examples of great palette highlights throughout this presentation, including everything from Miranda's flowing red gown early in the film (which looked a bit more crimson to me in this version when compared to the SDR presentation) to some really evocative blues and greens, at least in the backgrounds, in some of the outdoor location photography. Digital grain has been rather sparingly "applied", which to my eyes provides a much more pleasant viewing experience. There's at least a subliminal feeling of an organic presentation here which didn't have the overpowering look to the grain field that can show up on other 4K HDR presentations.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

As they tend to do, Disney features a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track on the 1080 disc, with a Dolby Atmos track on this 4K disc. I frankly wouldn't argue there's a huge difference between them, though there is clear Atmos engagement in a lot of the appealing music (including both diagetic and on screen performances from Lady Gaga), as well as at least occasional ambient environmental sounds. That said, both the 7.1 track and this Dolby Atmos track offer really beautifully designed surround activity that is evident from the get go even with music blaring under the opening credits, as several uses of traffic noises either pan or suddenly erupt from a discrete channel (as when a scooter almost runs into Andy early on). The glut of both urban and outdoor material provides a lot of ambient background surround activity, and a late montage leading up to and then including the "big runway show" has excellent immersion. Dialogue is rendered without any issues. Optional subtitles in several languages are available.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

4K Disc

• Audio Commentary by David Frankel, Aline Brosh McKenna and Molly Rogers

1080 Disc

• Level Up: Updating the Icons (HD; 5:35) features the principal cast and crew discussing the original and this sequel.


• Inside the Fashion Closet (HD; 5:58) looks at the gorgeous clothes in the film.


• Front Row Access: Shooting in Italy (HD; 4:08) documents some of the location shooting.


• Gag Reel (HD; 3:43)


• "Runway" Music Video by Lada Gaga and Doechii (HD; 3:01)


• Audio Commentary by David Frankel, Aline Brosh McKenna and Molly Rogers

The Devil Wears Prada 2 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Heidi Klum is just one of several real life celebrities who show up in quasi-cameos throughout The Devil Wears Prada 2, and some may want to borrow one of her more famous coinages from "another" Runway when assessing this sequel. Despite obvious efforts to update things, a lot of this follow up may strike viewers as being too "matchy matchy" to the first, which can only make this seem at times like, well, a department store knockoff rather than a couture creation. Still, I can't imagine fans of the first film not enjoying this one at a baseline. Technical merits are solid and the supplements appealing. With caveats noted, Recommended.