The Bride, Frankenstein and Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.
Her version of The Bride! is much harder to parse, and much harder to swallow. It’s a provocation and a challenge — a movie designed to prickle and puzzle the brain more than warm the heart. At times,
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride!," starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, is new in theaters this weekend. What are Rotten Tomatoes critics saying about the film?
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic versions.