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The Bride! First reactions are hyped: "What Joker: Folie a Deux wished it was"

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip

Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie is a scrappy feminist take-off on the "Frankenstein" myth that could have used more storytelling juice.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! Is a monstrous mess

Jessie Buckley achieves such a fine and daring visual effect as the reanimated Bride that for a little while there, I thought writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal might really have locked into something ...

‘The Bride!’ Ends Warner Bros.’ 9-Movie Winning Streak at the Box Office After Divisive Reviews

The Bride! has broken a 9-movie streak for Warner Bros. at the box office after divisive reviews.

‘The Bride!’ Is the Latest Example of a New Wave of Feminist Horror — Experts Break Down What It Says About Women and Control

Experts break down the history of Frankenstein’s Bride, from Mary Shelley to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!,” and why the ...

‘The Bride!’ Ends On a Darkly Comic, Oddly Hopeful and Literally Musical Note

Shelley finds Ida, a woman on the verge in Depression-era Chicago, and worms her way into her brain. She gives her the push ...

Thanks to Mary Shelley, 'The Bride!' finally speaks her truth

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" puts a spin on a horror classic. And she found monster inspiration in a literary giant and a 1930s actress.