‘The Bride!’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Critics Not Entirely Electrified

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?
The New Yorker

“The Bride!” Exclaims but Never Explains

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.
Roger Ebert

The Bride!

Among all the directorial debuts made by actors in this century, Maggie Gyllenhaal ’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “ The Lost Daughter ” (2021) has a special place. Nominated for Oscars in Best Actress,

Maggie Gyllenhaal Says Brother Jake Gyllenhaal Made Her Laugh 'So Hard' She Cried on “The Bride!” Set (Exclusive)

"It was just such a pleasure working with him," Maggie tells PEOPLE of directing her brother Jake in 'The Bride!'

‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Graverobs Mary Shelley for a Wokified, ‘Joker’-fied Folie-à-Deux Zonked on Its Own Rage

Jessie Buckley commands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride,' but the feminist horror movie is both conspicuously DC-coded and bizarrely behind the times.

'The Bride!' Is an Intellectual Joyride Without the Joy

That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill