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Bride! review – Jessie Buckley is electrifying

‘The Bride!’ review: Jessie Buckley’s latest is one of the worst movies I’ve seen in this job

Only seconds in, I regretted leaving my trusty torch and pitchfork at home because this bride should have been left at the altar.

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The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punky revival isn’t as feminist as it thinks it is

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip

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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

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 w...

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Never ‘The Bride!’ Critics are split over Jessie Buckley’s pre-Oscar monster movie with Christian Bale

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

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The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's Beautiful, Messy Monster Movie Is An Unhinged Delight

Full of bold visuals, brutal violence, and references to all sorts of "Frankenstein" movies including, believe it or not, "Young Frankenstein," "The Bride!" is the type of movie you love both because ...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal unleashes ‘The Bride!’ in New York

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Jessie Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marisa Tomei turn heads in luxe looks at The Bride premiere in NYC

The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stitched Together The Most Fun, Feral And Fantastic Frankenstein Movie Yet

Release Date: March 6, 2026 Directed By: Maggie Gyllenhaal Written By: Maggie Gyllenhaal Starring: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening, and Jake Gyllenhaal Rating: R for strong/bloody violent content, sexual content/nudity and language Runtime: 126 minutes

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

The Bride! Review

The Bride! is guilty of overindulging in feminist buzzwords and girl power imagery; it even has Buckley's Bride jarringly screaming "Me too! Me too!" in the final act. But it never lives up to the radical display of female autonomy it promised. And therein lies the real tragedy.

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The Bride! Review: A Beautiful Abomination

Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale let their monster flags fly in The Bride!, a Frankenstein movie that amounts to pure madness.