Published May 2, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT

Colossal is one of Hathaway's less-seen efforts of recent years, but it's one of her best

Anne Hathaway made a kaiju movie that's like a dark flip side to The Devil Wears Prada

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In The Devil Wears Prada 2 , the 20-year-anniversary sequel to 2006’s hit fashion-world comedy , once-hapless protagonist Andy (Anne Hathaway) mentions that she’s spent much of the time since the first movie away from New York City, traveling the world as a journalist on assignment, “chasing stories.” That’s an unusually cheerful starting place for a legacy sequel, a form that often demands beloved characters start out unfulfilled or disappointed with their lives.

Though the sequel is up front about the dire state of the media industry, it’s clear that Andy has been relatively lucky during these intervening years.…