10 Times Film Critics Actually Changed Their Mind

3. Peter Bradshaw Walked Back His Original Negative Review Of The Devil Wears Prada

The Guardian's chief film critic Peter Bradshaw delivered a less-than-flattering two-star review of Meryl Streep's Oscar-nominated 2006 dramedy The Devil Wears Prada, where he praised Streep's performance but didn't have much else nice to say:

"Now, I'll be the first to admit I don't 'get' fashion, but to intimate its ephemeral pleasures to the non-believer and non-understander, I think you'd need a more astringent and detached - and a funnier - movie than this."

However, in 2016 Bradshaw responded to a reader asking if he'd ever changed his mind about a film he reviewed, and he replied that he watched The Devil Wears Prada on TV years after reviewing it and "really enjoyed it."

ha yes. The Devil Wears Prada. Didn't like it much at the time — saw it later on TV and really enjoyed it

— Peter Bradshaw (@PeterBradshaw1) September 21, 2016