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The Bride!: A Feminist Frankenstein That Plays Like a Lost Remnant of Woke Culture

A cinematic time capsule from before the vibe shift.

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From 5 Stars To 0 Stars, Critics Can Only Agree That The Bride! Is ‘Meant To Push Viewers’ Buttons’

Maggie Gyllenhaal directs Jessie Buckley in the new adaptation.

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Bride!’ - MOTHERF*%#ING geometry

Following Guillermo del Toro’s stunning take on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” last year, here comes the bride...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal says she was asked to tone down specific scenes in The Bride!

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Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘pulled back’ the sexual violence in The Bride! after test screenings disturbed viewers

Director said that with the amount of brutality against women happening worldwide, it’s important to show it ‘in a way that is very hard to watch, because it is very awful’

The Independent UK

The Negative Reviews for ‘The Bride!’ Being Mostly From Men Is….Grossly Predictable

The difference is just....odd.

The Mary Sue

Christian Bale on exploring the more "comedic" sides of Frankenstein's monster in new sci-fi horror The Bride: "He's rotting, he stinks to high heaven, and he can't die"

Exclusive: The Bride's Peter Sarsgaard and Christian Bale unpack their unlikely "gentlemen" in Maggie Gyllenhaal's monster movie

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Frankenstein Couldn't ‘Lick Black Vomit Off The Bride’s Neck’ And Other Wild Studio Notes Maggie Gyllenhaal Received

The Bride! pushed some boundaries…

Cinemablend

New horror-romance The Bride earns mixed first reviews, as critics call it everything from "a modern classic" to a "wokified, Jokerfied Folie-a-deux"

It's a monster mash-up of opinions

Total Film

The Bride! star Christian Bale 'cherry-picked' from previous Frankenstein depictions

Christian Bale has revealed that he took his favourite bits from previous portrayals of Frankenstein into his depiction of Mary Shelley's famous monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal's new movie The Bride!.

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7 best Christian Bale movies, ranked

In honor of his latest movie, we explored Bale's memorable filmography.

Tom’s Guide

Is The Bride! A Love Story? Christian Bale Has Some Harsh Thoughts About The Romance Genre

The new movie reimagines The Bride Of Frankenstein.

Cinemablend

The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stitched Together The Most Fun, Feral And Fantastic Frankenstein Movie Yet

A masterpiece on every level.

Cinemablend

Christian Bale Has a Message for Whoever Takes on Patrick Bateman: “Whoever Wants to Give it a Shot, Give it a Pop”

My name is Patrick Bateman...

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Evening Standard

The Bride! review: Everybody do the monster mash!

4/5 Jessie Buckley is a graveyard smash in this balls-to-the-wall retelling of Mary Shelley’s feminist fever dream

The Guardian - UK

The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley is electrifying as frizzy-haired, black-tongued monster’s wife

The actor has a blast as bride to Christian Bale’s lonely creature in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s darkly comic and gleefully bizarre reimagining of the 1935 film

Inverse

91 Years Later, The Definitive Horror Sequel Just Got The Reimagining No One Asked For

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a stylish, garish, and soulless "sequel" to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The Independent UK

The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punky revival isn’t as feminist as it thinks it is

3/5 The ‘Hamnet’ star reunites with her ‘Lost Daughter’ director on this playful and imaginative yet somewhat baffling experiment

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The Mary Sue

‘The Bride!’ Review: A Joyful Celebration of Female Rage and Adaptations

Punk rock love is the best kind

The Independent UK

The director and ‘The Bride!’ Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley dare you to meet your monster

Maggie Gyllenhaal turns “The Bride!”

Total Film

The Bride's violence was "pulled back" after test screenings, but director Maggie Gyllenhaal stands by what was kept in: "This isn't the Stormtrooper version of killing people"

Maggie Gyllenhaal says she was "taken to task" on The Bride's violence following early test screenings

Total Film

Christian Bale says it's a "bold choice" to remake American Psycho: "Whoever wants to give it a shot, give it a pop!"

Luca Guadagnino's remake still hasn't found its Patrick Bateman

The Independent UK

Jake Gyllenhaal reads meaningful note sister Maggie left for him in Late Show couch

Jake stars in his older sister’s new movie, ‘The Bride!’

Total Film

Penelope Cruz says it was "a pleasure" to "express a lot of rage" in new horror-romance The Bride: "Through a character like that, you can release so many things"

Exclusive: New monster movie The Bride allowed Penelope Cruz to "express" a lot of things she's "not been able to say as a woman"

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Maggie Gyllenhaal was asked to make big change to The Bride

Following test screenings, Maggie Gyllenhaal was asked to tone down the violence in The Bride.

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