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‘The Bride!' review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's genre mashup feels stitched together
About the time Christian Bale's Frankenstein and Jessie Buckley's Bride crash an A-list party in 1930s New York and jump-start a full-on musical number set to "Puttin' on the Ritz," it is clear that d...

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin
The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stitched Together The Most Fun, Feral And Fantastic Frankenstein Movie Yet
The Bride! Review: Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale Frankenstein Movie Is Enchanting
The Bride! is a swooning, soot-streaked fever dream of a movie, the kind that feels less like a retelling and more like a resurrection.

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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
Jessie Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marisa Tomei turn heads in luxe looks at The Bride premiere in NYC
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip
He’s someone born to be played by Christian Bale . Bale makes him winningly dim but just aware enough to have a conversation, with a sluggish, post-lobotomy voice that sounds like Bale doing his imper...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is out this Friday: Everything to know about the gothic romance set in 1930s Chicago
Maggie Gyllenhaal unleashes ‘The Bride!’ in New York

‘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: Buckley gives another monster performance in wild romp

On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for Best Actress for her terrific performance in last year’s “Hamnet.” She’s already getting a jump on the race

Is The Bride! A Love Story? Christian Bale Has Some Harsh Thoughts About The Romance Genre

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein officially comes alive among a slew of new 2026 movie releases coming to theaters this weekend. If you’ve been wondering whether The Bride! is a romance between two “monsters” brought to life by electricity, we have Christian Bale ’s take on the question to ponder.