Jessie Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Bride

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Never ‘The Bride!’ Critics are split over Jessie Buckley’s pre-Oscar monster movie with Christian Bale
Now here comes The Bride!, a bold new take on the Frankenstein mythos from writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Christian Bale as the long-dead doctor's creature and your next Best Actress w...

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip
The director and ‘The Bride!’ Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley dare you to meet your monster
‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The ‘Frankenstein’ Story And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other
Considering there have been an estimated 187 cinematic takes on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, and about 20 of them zoning in on the Bride Of Frankenstein in one w...

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‘The Bride!’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Critics Split On Monster Movie Redux
The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stitched Together The Most Fun, Feral And Fantastic Frankenstein Movie Yet
Maggie Gyllenhaal on How She Crafted Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale’s Looks in ‘The Bride!’
In creating Buckley’s look, “We knew that it had to be iconic, and at the same time I wanted it to be very real and very human. She wears one dress for the entire movie — that dress, how do you sweat ...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is out this Friday: Everything to know about the gothic romance set in 1930s Chicago
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin
Smithsonian Magazine

In ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ the Monster’s Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

Directed by James Whale, the 1935 movie and its prequel, a 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, laid the groundwork for the modern horror genre
The New Yorker

“The Bride!” Exclaims but Never Explains

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.