US EditionMovie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Is a Frankenstein Riff with a Pulse
Maggie Gyllenhaal directs Jessie Buckley in a genre-blending film exploring identity and love, backed by Warner Bros. with a budget over $80 million.
- A big‑studio spectacle arrives as Maggie Gyllenhaal unveiled The Bride!, which premiered in London last week and opens wide in IMAX this weekend.
- Seeking a larger canvas, Gyllenhaal aimed to 'burst it wide‑open' creatively after her first film made for around $5 million, embracing a visceral scale to explore the inner 'monster' theme.
- Buckley prepared intensely, giving herself a year to embody a threefold role: omniscient narrator, 1930s gangster woman, and reanimated companion to Frank, reshaping the Bride character.
- With theatrical stakes high, Warner Bros. used test screenings and studio feedback guided by co‑chair and co‑CEO Pamela Abdy, amid industry upheaval with Paramount ownership.
- Looking ahead, Gyllenhaal's shift to filmmaking suggests a significant move, with the film positioned as a major awards‑season contender and a showcase for bold filmmaking aimed at theatrical audiences.
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The good actress Maggie Gyllenhaal showed talent in her director's role in the film with the beautiful psychological drama “The lost daughter” (2021), which received three indications to Oscar, including his router. Now she returns with the excellent “A bride!”, freely inspired in the cult “A bride of Frankenstein” (1935), which has been influenced by the classic book “Frankenstein” (18), by Mary Shelley, also responsible for the router, deliver…
The Bride! (The Bride!, USA / 2026). Address: Maggie Gyllenhaal. Screenplay: Maggie Gyllenhaal. Photo: Lawrence Sher. Edition: Dylan Tichenor. Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Penelope Cruz. Rating: Suitable for over 16 years. Distributor: Warner. Duration: 126 minutes. Our opinion: regular.From its title written with signs of admiration, The Bride! is warned as an intense film, with the hig…
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Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” is a big, brash swing at a new “The Bride of Frankenstein” that struggles to cohere its many parts. But I’ll say this for it: It’s alive.
The Bride! review: Jessie Buckley let down by shoddy writing and toneless direction in ugly, irritating film
A ghastly cross between Bonnie and Clyde and Joker: Folie à Deux, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s erratic gothic romance The Bride! begins with a puzzling prologue and closes with a bone-headed finale. In the middle, a garbled story that’s constantly interrupting itself.
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