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

Jessie Buckley goes big in The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal's messy, audacious punk rock monster mash that overcomes its flaws ...
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Jessie Buckley’s The Bride! Is Monster Movie Meets Feminist Battle Cry

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar-nominated actor and second-time director, is the latest to take up the tale of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. Opening Friday, “The Bride!” joins the roughly 400 other ...
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Film round-up: March 5, 2026

And yet, this slow and poker-faced medieval panto is a smash hit in South Korea. With extended sequences of rice-worship and ...

'The Bride!' Is an Intellectual Joyride Without the Joy

That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill ...

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

Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal also appear in this punk-rock exhumation of a character ...

Jessie Buckley and Maggie Gyllenhaal talk birthing ‘The Bride!’ with a howl of pure female rage

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar-nominated actor and second-time director, is the latest to take up the tale of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. Opening Friday, “The Bride!” joins the roughly 400 other ...