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Devil Wears Prada 2, The

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Not suitable under 13; parental guidance to 14 (coarse language, themes)

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This topic contains:

  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for Devil Wears Prada 2, The
  • a review of Devil Wears Prada 2, The completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 5 May 2026.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 13 Not suitable due to coarse language and themes.
Children aged 13–14 Parental guidance recommended due to coarse language.
Children aged 15 and over Ok for this age group.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: Devil Wears Prada 2, The
Classification: M
Consumer advice lines: Coarse language
Length: 118 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

Andrea (Andy) Sachs (Anne Hathaway) has been working for a respected journalist outfit for twenty years, when the entire newsroom is abruptly sacked, by text, during an awards night. Andy is offered a job at her old magazine ‘Runway’ by the chairman Irv (Tibor Fieldman) – unbeknown to the editor-in-chief, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Miranda reacts badly to this and treats Andy with contempt and with her renowned imperious coldness. Andy has to find a way to get into Miranda’s good books. She manages to secure an interview with the ‘holy grail’, Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu) a wealthy divorcee of billionaire Benji Barnes (Justin Theroux).

Meanwhile, Miranda is having difficulty coming to terms with the digital age and the lack of readership of the printed magazine and serious articles. She is promised by Irv to take over as head of global content of the entire media content, but unfortunately Irv dies before he has made this official. Irv’s son Jay (B.J. Novak) has less of a commitment to the magazine and doesn’t follow through with his father’s plans. This leads to many shenanigans involving ownership and takeovers of the Runway outfit.

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Fashion magazines; Corporate Enterprises.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

There is some violence in this movie, including:

  • Miranda is often caustic towards Andy and puts her down in public.
  • Irv has a heart attack at a function and falls to the floor, bringing down a table with him. This crashes onto the floor, breaking all of the glasses and crockery.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

  • Nothing further noted for this age group.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

  • Nothing further noted for this age group.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged eight to thirteen, including the following:

  • A funeral is held for Irv.

Thirteen and overinfo

Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.

  • Nothing further noted.

Product placement

Numerous products and brands are named, displayed or used in this movie, including the following:

  • Aesop
  • Brunello Cucinelli
  • Chanel
  • Coach
  • Diet Coke
  • Dior
  • Fendi
  • Gaultier
  • Louis Vuitton
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Prada
  • Starbucks
  • Tiffany
  • Uber
  • United Airlines
  • Versace.

Sexual references

There are some sexual references in this movie, including:

  • Andy is asked if she has ever slept with a colleague and she replies: well maybe one, or two.

Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:

  • No nudity but models are seen in skimpy outfits.
  • A couple kiss and are flirtatious.
  • Andy and her boyfriend Peter kiss passionately and go into a bedroom.

Use of substances

There is some use of substances in this movie, including:

  • Drinking throughout the movie at various venues, at home, at functions, etc.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • F***ing (once)
  • Arse
  • Oh God
  • What the hell?
  • Pee
  • Bum bag
  • Shit
  • Bad arse
  • Bloody
  • Freaking
  • Frigging
  • Screw up.

In a nutshell

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a comedy drama that occurs twenty years from the original. The film brings together the same well-known actors, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, who all reprise their roles from the first movie. Due to its themes and coarse language, the movie is more suited to teens and adult audiences, and as such isn’t suitable for under 13s.

The main messages from this movie are to maintain your integrity and moral ethics under pressure; and that success comes at a price.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Loyalty
  • Integrity
  • Hard work.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

  • Why Miranda Priestly behaves in the way she does and how to confront such a situation. Does Andy get it right?