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

The ‘Hamnet’ star reunites with her ‘Lost Daughter’ director on this playful and imaginative yet somewhat baffling experiment ...

The Bride! Review

The Bride! is in theaters on March 6. Frankenstein's lightning-streaked bride has been an enduring image on screen ever since James Whale, the director of the original 1931 Frankenstein film, ...

‘The Bride!' review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's genre mashup feels stitched together

Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in a reimagining of "Bride of Frankenstein" that's part horror, musical, noir and ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal builds her own kind of monster with the ultra-alive 'The Bride!'

Starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, 'The Bride!' is a bold retelling of 'Bride of Frankenstein' from writer-director ...

‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein Flop

Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in the actor-director’s confused, semi-satirical film that sets its Gothic story in ...
Screen Daily

‘The Bride!’ review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale spark in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s high-voltage horror

Gyllenhaal's audacious remake of 1935's 'Bride Of Frankenstein' also stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Penelope Cruz ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ the Monster’s Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

Directed by James Whale, the 1935 movie and its prequel, a 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, laid the ...
WBUR

A feminist 'Bride' for Frankenstein

Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s gonzo revisionist take on James Whale’s 1935 “Bride of Frankenstein” is a "hellzapoppin’ cacophony of silly ideas and mad movie love, overhauling the queer-coded ...