'The Devil Wears Prada 2' shows a "brutally real" depiction of how the media has turned to digital journalism, leaving print and magazine journalism behind, Firstpost wrote. Giving it 3.5/5 stars, it called the film "a love letter to magazine journalism". The review further praised the film's "cutting-edge" visuals and Meryl Streep's thought-provoking and political one-liners.