‘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: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip

Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie is a scrappy feminist take-off on the "Frankenstein" myth that could have used more storytelling ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! isn’t as feminist as it thinks it is

The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punky revival isn’t as feminist as it thinks it is - 3/5 The ...
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Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse

Just months after Guillermo del Toro presented his lavish “Frankenstein,” Gyllenhaal, in her follow-up to her excellent 2021 ...
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Jessie Buckley’s The Bride! Is Monster Movie Meets Feminist Battle Cry

In Shelley’s novel, Dr. Frankenstein, suffering some tardy pangs of conscience, and eager to get rid of the problem he created, agrees to make his monster a mate if it means they disappear together.

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!' Is an Intellectual Joyride Without the Joy

That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill ...

‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Graverobs Mary Shelley for a Wokified, ‘Joker’-fied Folie-à-Deux Zonked on Its Own Rage

Jessie Buckley commands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride,' but the feminist horror movie is both conspicuously DC-coded and ...

Why the Monsters of ‘The Bride!’ Don’t Look That Monstrous

Maggie Gyllenhaal explained her creature-creation philosophy when it came to designing looks for Christian Bale and Jessie ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal builds her own kind of monster with the ultra-alive 'The Bride!'

Starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, 'The Bride!' is a bold retelling of 'Bride of Frankenstein' from writer-director ...

What’s Jessie Buckley doing in a kinky, shallow spin on The Bride of Frankenstein?

Jessie Buckley, on the cusp of near-certain Oscar glory for Hamnet, is on altogether more berserk form in The Bride!. Wildly arresting as she is, she can’t stop it from being a confused mess. This is ...