Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bride and Christian Bale
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Maggie Gyllenhaal's radical take on the Bride of Frankenstein story takes a middle finger to the patriarchy. Plus there are musical numbers!
The film stars Jessie Buckley as a woman who is murdered and then brought back to life as the companion of Frankenstein's monster.
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s re-imagining of the Bride of Frankenstein boasts a mesmerising Jessie Buckley performance, but there's a little too much going
Jessie Buckley's anguished scream of a performance can't sustain an ambitious feminist opera that feels unintentionally, conspicuously tailor-made to align with Warner Bros.' neighboring DC
Her version of The Bride! is much harder to parse, and much harder to swallow. It’s a provocation and a challenge — a movie designed to prickle and puzzle the brain more than warm the heart. At times,
That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill
Critics are both hugging and hating on The Bride! in almost equal measure. The film currently has a 49 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 57 percent rating on Metacritic.