I will continue to update this post as the score changes.
Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter: Hot
Audience Says: N/A
| Audience | Score | Number of Reviews | Average Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verified Audience | 64% | 100+ | 3.8/5 |
| All Audience | 59% | 250+ | 3.4/5 |
Verified Audience Score History:
- 64% (3.8/5) at 100+
Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten
Critics Consensus: Concocted with all the restraint of a mad scientist's experiment, THE BRIDE! lurches in so many different creative directions that the overall effect is both sloppy and inspired.
| Critics | Score | Number of Reviews | Average Rating (Unofficial) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Critics | 59% | 171 | |
| Top Critics | 54% | 39 |
Metacritic: 56 (43 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
SYNOPSIS:
From Maggie Gyllenhaal (Academy Award-nominated writer/director of The Lost Daughter) and starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley and Academy Award winner Christian Bale comes THE BRIDE! A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world’s most compelling stories.
A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
CAST:
- Jessie Buckley as Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley
- Christian Bale as Frank / Frankenstein's Monster
- Peter Sarsgaard as Detective Jake Wiles
- Annette Bening as Dr. Euphronious
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Ronnie Reed
- Penélope Cruz as Myrna Mallow
DIRECTED BY: Maggie Gyllenhaal
SCREENPLAY BY: Maggie Gyllenhaal
PRODUCED BY: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman Keren
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carla Raij, David Webb, Courtney Kivowitz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Lawrence Sher
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Karen Murphy
EDITED BY: Dylan Tichenor
COSTUME DESIGNER: Sandy Powell
MUSIC BY: Hildur Gudnadóttir
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Randall Poster
CASTING BY: Douglas Aibel
RUNTIME: 126 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: March 6, 2026
by chanma50
2 Comments
Holy chet mane
I saw it last night in IMAX and thought it was deliciously weird with tons of literary references and hyper-stylized love for the 1930s. If you want to see Jessie Buckley possessed by the ghost of Mary Shelley, it’s very fun.
See a movie about men???
“I’d prefer not to.”