‘The Bride!’ Review: Frankie, My Dear

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s time-shifting, genre-hopping riff on Mary Shelley’s creation stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as outlaws in love.

‘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 musical numbers!

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a lot of fun but is an ultimately empty exercise

A strong cast including Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale and IMAX-worthy visuals can't make up for the shallowness of the material in this Frankentstein-inspired tale.
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Movie review: 'The Bride!' an assemblage of parts that lacks cohesion

With her audacious sophomore feature “The Bride!” writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal offers a topical-ish take on “Bride of Frankenstein”: what if “the Joker” was “brat”? (To borrow Charli XCX’s ineffa
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Read up on the latest The Bride! Movie News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Another 'Resident Evil' movie? Well, yes. I believe in Victor Frankenstein. From dunes to devils wearing prada. Maggie Gyllenhaal directs the 'Bride of ...