In 1930s Chicago, groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious brings a murdered young woman back to life to be a companion for Frankenstein's monster. What happens next is beyond what either of them could ever have imagined.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, Annette Benning, John Magaro
Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
Metacritic: 57 / 100
Some Reviews:
IndieWire – Ryan Lattanzio – 'C-'
“The Bride!” is full of rage and feeling, striking an anarchic pose against oppression. But who it’s yelling at, who it’s yelling on behalf of, remains out of focus, the mystery of whatever Elsa Lanchester’s Bride might’ve been thinking left unanswered.
The Bride! is not tidy, and it doesn’t try to be. It’s chaotic, passionate and occasionally shocking. It’s a twisted romance about two damaged beings colliding in search of wholeness. And while it may leave you rattled, it’s highly gripping. It is such a good watch precisely because it takes risks. By the end, you’re left with the sense that you’ve witnessed something wild, tragic and strangely beautiful.
While the movie doesn’t quite work — it lumbers along and blows fuses; it has lots of flesh and blood but not enough storytelling spine — there’s a spark of audacity to it. It’s alive in ways that del Toro’s “Frankenstein” was not. In her second feature, Gyllenhaal, the actor-turned-writer-director (“The Lost Daughter”), has come not to embalm the “Frankenstein” legend in classical taste but to reimagine its perversity. “The Bride!” is a bit of a pastiche (it echoes movies from “Joker: Folie à Deux” to “Thelma & Louise”), but it’s also a debauched fairy tale with teeth.
RogerEbert – Tomris Laffy – 3 / 4
While Gyllenhaal tries to bring the monster inside all of us out of the shadows, she errs on the side of the basic that feels out of step with the world that Mary Shelley conjured up. Still, “The Bride!” is big and risky in a different way, a fantastical creative explosion you can’t look away from.
New York Post – Johnny Oleksinski – 0 / 4
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. Yet, only seconds in, I regretted leaving my trusty torch and pitchfork at home.
by ChiefLeef22
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Bale looking like Guy Pearce in Lawless
Saw it last night. It’s overall well made, stylish, a great performance from Jessie Buckley. But the feminist overtones of the whole thing veer into girlboss territory at times and the Penelope Cruz subplot bangs you over the head with the themes the main story is already conveying. It also borrows a little too much from Joker 2019. 7/10
>It’s a twisted romance about two damaged beings colliding in search of wholeness.
*Frankenstein: Folie à Deux.*
The aesthetic looked fun, though I’ll admit the reviews are about what I expected
Really I’m just here for big forehead Christian Bale
50-60’s on Metacritic and RT is honestly a big W in my eyes.
This had disaster written all over it since the reviews were held back til now, but it sounds like a fun, albeit messy time.
I’ll take average over trash as a good consolation prize.
I don’t have any hope that this movie will be good but I am a little optimistic that it will be bad in an endearing way. Seems like a big swing from a director with a clear vision that doesn’t quite land the plane. I tend to like those kinds of movies more than most
didn’t have much hope in this after I saw the “here comes the motherf***ing bride” tagline in the trailer lol
Comparing it to Joker 2 is a big oof.
Netflix is squealing with delight right now 😂
This movie looks like hot garbage.
Down to 54% on Rotten Tomatoes: YIKES
Let’s be real here, New York Post is obviously going to be upset by a movie that is apparently metaphorically about marginalized groups being oppressed.
Saw Jessie Buckley’s looney comments about cats, & now I’m passing on this one. Booo, lady! Cats are infinitely more entertaining than this turd.
I don’t really have any interest in this movie and don’t plan on seeing it, but I have a feeling Johnny Boy’s reaction is a bit over the top and unjustified