US EditionMovie Review: 'The Bride!' Is Possessed by Righteous Power
Maggie Gyllenhaal's film blends feminist themes with horror and camp, set in 1930s Chicago, inspiring a cult following with its bold visuals and provocative politics.
- On March 4, 2026, Mashable's Kristy Puchko reviewed The Bride!, which opens in theaters Friday, describing it as a wild, electrifying reimagining of Frankenstein.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal reimagines Frankenstein to foreground feminist themes and dramatize how patriarchal society silences women's speech by staging Mary Shelley's spirit possessing Ida, a 1936 Chicago gangster's moll.
- Through dance and vivid visuals, Dr. Euphronius resurrects Ida using chemicals that stain her skin and tongue, fueling choreographed dance numbers and a Bonnie and Clyde–style crime spree.
- Critics say the film is electrifying yet structurally unmoored, praising style while audiences and girls likely to emulate the Bride inspire a Halloween trend.
- By blending genres, Maggie Gyllenhaal, writer-director, mixes horror, humor, romance, and repulsion to reject conventions and provoke discussion about misogyny and women's speech.
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‘The Bride!’ review: Jessie Buckley’s latest is one of the worst movies I’ve seen in this job
Leave her at the altar! She is “The Bride!,” one of the absolute worst movies I have had the displeasure of watching in this job. It’s a struck-by-lightning shocker to see a big Hollywood studio’s riff on a story as old and over-explored as “Frankenstein,” starring an Oscar winner and two nominees no less, be so slathered in ineptitude.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's "Bride!" is an electric shock, making Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" feel faintly uninspired. "Bonnie and Clyde" meets "Beetlejuice" in a redemptive primal roar of strobes, kisses and shattered crystal.
‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Graverobs Mary Shelley for a Wokified, ‘Joker’-fied Folie-à-Deux Zonked on Its Own Rage
Jessie Buckley commands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride,' but the feminist horror movie is both conspicuously DC-coded and bizarrely behind the times.
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