Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' Is a Frankenstein Riff with a Pulse

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! Is a Monstrous Mess

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! swings for a radical, genre-bending reinvention of Bride of Frankenstein. But the result is a messy, overstuffed film that makes an awkward attempt at feminist relevance.

Movie review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" is a big, brash swing at a new "The Bride of Frankenstein" that struggles to cohere its many parts. But I'll say this for it: It's alive.

Wake Up, I Think Maggie's Got Something to Say to You: “The Bride!”,

If possible, Maggie Gyllenhaal's intensely watchable, intensely problematic revisionist salute is an even nuttier achievement than Young Frankenstein, if not always nutty in appreciable ways.

The Bride! Opens in Theaters to Mixed Reviews - Hudson Valley Press

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire (**1/2) He yearned for a bride. He got one. But is she too complicated? Will fate let them be? Restlessness, chaos and bodaciousness permeate The Bride! The overdeveloped script, by writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter), has glitches that the direction mirrors. Tonal issues and a main character that’s enigmatic on paper and screen are the cause. Sci-fi author Mary Shelley gives the same gifts to thi…

The Bride! Review – Less Than The Sum Of Its Parts

The Bride! is a big swing, but Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second directorial effort lacks spark. You’d think Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film as director, The Bride!, would be right up my alley. Feminist film noir Frankenstein riff? Lovers on the run with a side helping of resurrection? Hook it into my veins immediately, sir. But no, and it’s a shame. There’s a lot to admire here, much of it production design, make up, and costuming. It’s a gorgeous fil…