Bride, Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Maggie Gyllenhaal's radical take on the Bride of Frankenstein story takes a middle finger to the patriarchy. Plus there are musical numbers!
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s time-shifting, genre-hopping riff on Mary Shelley’s creation stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as outlaws in love.
Jessie Buckley's anguished scream of a performance can't sustain an ambitious feminist opera that feels unintentionally, conspicuously tailor-made to align with Warner Bros.' neighboring DC
Meanwhile, Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) has become so agonizingly lonely in his century of undead existence that he seeks out the eccentric Dr. Euphronius (a wonderfully wry Annette Bening).
A still from the film's trailer (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros.) The first trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! was released by Warner Bros. on January 15, 2026, offering a wild and "punk rock" look at this reimagined horror classic. It shows The ...