Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bride
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A 1930s gothic romance set in Chicago? Say less. Maggie Gyllenhaal puts a feral, punk rock spin on a beloved cultural figure in her forthcoming film The Bride!. The actor let her creativity run wild in the movie, which she wrote and directed. The film ...
Barbie and The Bride are equally misunderstood pop culture figures. It shouldn't surprise anyone that their films serve as companion pieces to each other.
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'The Bride!' review: Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale drive Maggie Gyllenhaal’s wild monster romance
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s bold, unruly vision as a director finds its pulse in Buckley and Bale’s performances.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's radical take on the Bride of Frankenstein story takes a middle finger to the patriarchy. Plus there are musical numbers!
Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale share their perspectives: "Is that a happy ending? I don't know."
Walking into The Bride! , I honestly had no idea what kind of movie I was about to experience. The trailers looked intriguing, and I am a huge fan of the Frankenstein story, and I needed to see what this new vision of that story delivered.
Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal also appear in this punk-rock exhumation of a character only briefly introduced in Mary Shelley’s novel.
Viewers leaving the theater early might miss a brief credits sequence involving Detective Wiles and Lupino. Here’s a closer look at the scene and its significance.
The film stars Jessie Buckley as a woman who is murdered and then brought back to life as the companion of Frankenstein's monster.