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‘The Bride!’ Review: This is one wedding you’ll want to skip

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Bride of Frankenstein… What’s her story? The line, “[X supporting character in X popular franchise]: what’s their story?” has become a bit of a meme lately, thanks to ...
The News-Herald

‘The Bride!’ review: Buckley gives another monster performance in wild romp

On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for Best Actress for her terrific performance in last year’s “Hamnet.” ‘Hamnet’ review: ‘Nomadland’ director Chloé ...
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'The Bride!' Review: Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley’s Weird, Wild Romance Is the Boldest 'Frankenstein' Adaptation Yet

At just 18, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote her first and most famous novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. 208 years later, Shelley's story is still captivating us, inspiring hundreds of ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin

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. By David Rooney Chief Film ...
FilmBook

The Bride! Review

The Bride! starts with Buckley conveying Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, in an inspired sequence that is best left to be discovered than analyzed in a review like this. We meet Buckley’s ...