The Bride!’s Immense Failures Are Fun, Actually

Box Office: "The Bride!" Keeps All Its Theaters Even Though They're Empty, New Colleen Hoover Panned But Makes $1.9 Mil

We thought “The Bride!” was already in the Dominican Republic getting a divorce. But Warner Bros. is keeping Maggie Gyllenhaal’s flop in theaters, no cuts, even though they’re empty. Whoops! “The Bride!” made $370,000 yesterday. It still hasn’t passed $9 million after a week! All those empty rooms — maybe they can just show Tiny […] The post Box Office: “The Bride!” Keeps All Its Theaters Even Though They’re Empty, New Colleen Hoover Panned But …

Feminist Monster Film "The Bride" Is Biggest Box Office Bomb Of 2026

Feminist Monster Film "The Bride" Is Biggest Box Office Bomb Of 2026 According to polls, around half of the US population identifies with feminism and feminist activism (though, this stat is in steep decline among Gen Z men).  But if this is truly the case and there is such a large population of feminist allies out there in the ether, why don't they ever show up to movie theaters to support films with blatant feminist messaging?  The obvious con…

Feminism vs. Feminine Mystery in Film: ‘The Bride!’ and ‘Little Trouble Girls’

Two recent films offer views of feminism and femininity at odds with one another and demonstrating how vacuous Hollywood’s understanding of both has become.

The Bride!’s Immense Failures Are Fun, Actually

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ immense creative failures are fun, actually. It’s such a swing-for-the-fences tonal smorgasbord that it demands to be seen in theaters. Perhaps more than once.