The Bride!’s costume designer had to be frank with Maggie Gyllenhaal. Resurrecting the classic monster tale was no small task for the director, who oversaw countless details while building out her ...

Through all of its muddled schlock, Gyllenhaal’s film never once loses its distinctly feminine ambition, and that makes “The Bride!” a far more faithful “Frankenstein” adaptation than any made by a ...