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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
Originally Warner Bros had planned a 2025 release for Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘s The Bride! but wisely moved it to this year and out of the way of del Toro’s masterful film, not that they share a whole lot ...

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The Bride! Review: Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale Shine In A Flawed Frankenstein Reimagining
'The Bride!' Review: Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley’s Weird, Wild Romance Is the Boldest 'Frankenstein' Adaptation Yet
‘The Bride!’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Critics Split On Monster Movie Redux
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, is new in theaters this weekend.

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The Bride! Review: Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale Frankenstein Movie Is Enchanting
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip
The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stitched Together The Most Fun, Feral And Fantastic Frankenstein Movie Yet
If they had, they likely wouldn’t have known how to handle themselves around the whirlwind of Jessie Buckley’s constantly in-motion character, who adopts several different personas throughout the movi...

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

'The Bride!' divorces itself from Mary Shelley's novel to deliver a feminist tale

Actress-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal gives voice and agency to the iconic "Bride of Frankenstein" in the 1935 classic.

The Best Frankenstein Easter Egg In The Bride! Reveals Just How Smart The Movie Truly Is

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! makes multiple references to Frankenstein films of the past, but one Easter egg proves how smart she and her movie truly are.

The Bride Rotten Tomatoes Score: How It Stacks Up Against Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein & Other Modern Adaptations?

A look at the Rotten Tomatoes score of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride and how it compares with Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and other modern takes on Mary Shelley’s classic

The Bride! Review

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‘The Bride!’ Is a Monster Mash-Up of Sex, Violence, Resistance, and Ideas. Many, Many Ideas

Maggie Gyllenhaal's radical take on the Bride of Frankenstein story takes a middle finger to the patriarchy. Plus there are musical numbers!

‘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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‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Goes For Baroque in Messy, Misguided Post-Modern Monster Movie [D]

When the opening frames of The Bride! displays introductory text establishing that Mary Shelley wrote her classic Gothic tragedy, Frankenstein, on a dare, it feels like needless table-setting.