‘The Bride!’ Is a Monster Mash-Up of Sex, Violence, Resistance, and Ideas. Many, Many Ideas

Maggie Gyllenhaal's radical take on the Bride of Frankenstein story takes a middle finger to the patriarchy. Plus there are ...

The Bride! review: Maggie Gyllenhaal doubles down on everything Poor Things did with Frankenstein

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley star in this wild, messy rewrite of Bride of Frankenstein, by way of Bonnie and Clyde, punk rock, and Lady Gaga.

‘The Bride!’ Ends On a Darkly Comic, Oddly Hopeful and Literally Musical Note

Shelley finds Ida, a woman on the verge in Depression-era Chicago, and worms her way into her brain. She gives her the push ...
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The Bride! review: Jessie Buckley let down by shoddy writing and toneless direction in ugly, irritating film

Folie à Deux, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s erratic gothic romance The Bride! begins with a puzzling prologue and closes with a bone-headed finale. In the middle, a garbled story that’s constantly interrupting ...
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The Bride! Review — Jessie Buckley Delivers Back-to-Back Powerhouse Performances in the Year’s Best Film to Date

In The Bride!, with a screenplay and direction by Gyllenhaal, we're transported to a 1930s Chicago reimagined through a ...