Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bride and Movie Review

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‘The Bride!' review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's genre mashup feels stitched together
About the time Christian Bale's Frankenstein and Jessie Buckley's Bride crash an A-list party in 1930s New York and jump-start a full-on musical number set to "Puttin' on the Ritz," it is clear that d...

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Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse
The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's Beautiful, Messy Monster Movie Is An Unhinged Delight
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!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The ‘Frankenstein’ Story And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other
Jessie Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marisa Tomei turn heads in luxe looks at The Bride premiere in NYC
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip
He’s someone born to be played by Christian Bale . Bale makes him winningly dim but just aware enough to have a conversation, with a sluggish, post-lobotomy voice that sounds like Bale doing his imper...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is out this Friday: Everything to know about the gothic romance set in 1930s Chicago
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin

‘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.
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Among all the directorial debuts made by actors in this century, Maggie Gyllenhaal ’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “ The Lost Daughter ” (2021) has a special place. Nominated for Oscars in Best Actress,

'They’re Taking A Big Swing.' Christian Bale Actually Thought He Had ‘The Wrong Script’ When He First Read The Bride

It’s the kind of original take that we don’t see a lot of in big budget filmmaking these days, and perfectly illustrating that point is the fact that its originality led star Christian Bale to think that he had gotten his hands on a “wrong” script.

Oscar-favourite Jessie Buckley shows why she’s one of the best in a weird and wild monster movie

Maggie Gyllenhaal has transformed Frankenstein’s Bride into a bizarre modern spectacle starring the Jessie Buckley that is taking on Wuthering Heights. With a weird monster movie and the return of Ghostface, horror rules on the big screen this week. Starring: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Penelope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal.

"With All Due Respect," Christian Bale Says 'The Bride!' Sets the Record Straight Where Mary Shelley Got It Wrong

The stars discuss the tonal tightrope, the creation of The Bride and Frank, how Mary Shelley got it wrong and the importance of strong scene partners.