Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in this occasionally clever yet punishing hot mess from writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal.

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.

Boring was certainly not the vibe at the 2026 Actor Awards. But too much, too little, and too “bedroom ready” seemed to be ...

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

Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie is a scrappy feminist take-off on the "Frankenstein" myth that could have used more storytelling ...

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley star in this wild, messy rewrite of Bride of Frankenstein, by way of Bonnie and Clyde, punk rock, and Lady Gaga.

With the release of “The Bride!” we asked scholars, film curators and experts in Mary Shelley’s work why so few women have tackled the Frankenstein story — and the impact that has on how we make sense ...

Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal also appear in this punk-rock exhumation of a character ...

Just as much as I am a fan of Tim Burton's films, I am equally enthusiastic about his longtime partner in crime. No I don't mean Johnny Depp, but Danny Elfman, the composer for almost all of Burton's ...

Meanwhile, Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) has become so agonizingly lonely in his century of undead existence that he seeks out the eccentric Dr. Euphronius (a wonderfully wry Annette Bening) ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal turns “The Bride!” into a big, wild studio film that reimagines the Bride of Frankenstein as a voice of rebellion.

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ...