‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin

Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal also appear in this punk-rock exhumation of a character ...

‘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 juice.

New horror-romance The Bride earns mixed first reviews, as critics call it everything from "a modern classic" to a "wokified, Jokerfied Folie-a-deux"

The new horror-romance is being called everything from "a modern classic" to an "unholy mess", earning it a 60% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a ton of comparisons to DC's Joker 2 in the days leading up ...

First Reviews for The Bride! Are In – Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Monster Movie Worth It?

Discover why critics are divided over Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, featuring Christian Bale’s six-hour makeup ...
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‘The Bride!’ review: Buckley gives another monster performance in wild romp

On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for Best Actress for her terrific ...

‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The ‘Frankenstein’ Legacy And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other

Considering there have been an estimated 187 cinematic takes on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, and about 20 of them zoning in on the Bride of Frankenstein in one ...