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

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
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'The Bride!' blows up the usual 'Frankenstein' formula – Review

'The Bride!' is loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's novel 'Frankenstein.' The film starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale arrives in theaters Friday, March 6. Maggie Gyllenhaal's wildly imaginative movie puts a punk-rock twist on 'The Bride of Frankenstein.

Thanks to Mary Shelley, 'The Bride!' finally speaks her truth

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" puts a spin on a horror classic. And she found monster inspiration in a literary giant and a 1930s actress.

‘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.