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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip
It’s a scrappy punk feminist tragicomedy of l’amour fou, a renegade take-off on the “Frankenstein” myth.

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The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's Beautiful, Messy Monster Movie Is An Unhinged Delight
'The Bride!' Review: Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley’s Weird, Wild Romance Is the Boldest 'Frankenstein' Adaptation Yet
The Bride! Review: Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale Frankenstein Movie Is Enchanting
The Bride! is a swooning, soot-streaked fever dream of a movie, the kind that feels less like a retelling and more like a resurrection.

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‘The Bride!’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Critics Split On Monster Movie Redux
The director and ‘The Bride!’ Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley dare you to meet your monster
‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The ‘Frankenstein’ Story And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other
In that version directed by James Whale who also did the classic 1931 Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester played the title role but had little actual screen time and little voice.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is out this Friday: Everything to know about the gothic romance set in 1930s Chicago
Maggie Gyllenhaal unleashes ‘The Bride!’ in New York

Is The Bride! A Love Story? Christian Bale Has Some Harsh Thoughts About The Romance Genre

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein officially comes alive among a slew of new 2026 movie releases coming to theaters this weekend. If you’ve been wondering whether The Bride! is a romance between two “monsters” brought to life by electricity, we have Christian Bale’s take on the question to ponder.
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The Bride! First reactions are hyped: "What Joker: Folie a Deux wished it was"

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Is The Bride! a Remake of Bride of Frankenstein? New Movie's Origin Explained

Discover if Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is a remake or a new Mary Shelley adaptation. Explore how the film gives the character a fresh perspective.

THE BRIDE Is What Going to the Movies Is All About (Review)

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride is a beautiful Frankenstein story that captures what going to the movies is all about; here's our full review. The post THE BRIDE Is What Going to the Movies Is All