Forbes

‘The Bride!’ Dives Another 70% At Box Office In 2nd Weekend

Business for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, is going from bad to worse in its second weekend at the box office. Written and directed by Gyllenhaal, The ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as deranged outlaws on the run. Middling reviews, ...
collider

‘The Bride!’ Is a No-Show at the Box Office Altar With Under 1/6 Its Budget

Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He ...
IGN

How Bride of Frankenstein Brought Horror to Life (Before Censorship Killed It) | IGN Flashback Review

IGN’s only been around for 30 years, but movies have been going for much, much longer than that. And the thing is, so many of them have never been reviewed by us. But that’s where IGN’s Flashback ...
IndieWire

How Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Uses IMAX Like No Other Film

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal tells IndieWire about developing a visual language that brings a monstrous magic to IMAX. When Maggie Gyllenhaal started prep on “The Lost Daughter,” one of the first things ...
Cinema Blend

The Bride! Ending: Christian Bale Explains What He Thinks The Last Shot Means

After years of talk about Hollywood reimagining The Bride of Frankenstein for the modern age, Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! is among new 2026 movies out this week, and it’s time to talk about the ...
KPBS

'The Bride!' divorces itself from Mary Shelley's novel to deliver a feminist tale

Actress-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal has reimagined Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel “Frankenstein” as a new film with the Bride as the central character. So it’s fitting that "The Bride!" hits theaters ...
USA Today

We're 'Bride!' or die for Jessie Buckley

Maggie Gyllenhaal unleashes "The Bride!" with Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. "Hoppers" is one of the funniest Pixar movies in ... forever? Let's mount up for Luke Grimes' new "Yellowstone" spinoff ...
Cinema Blend

From 5 Stars To 0 Stars, Critics Can Only Agree That The Bride! Is ‘Meant To Push Viewers’ Buttons’

Maggie Gyllenhaal directs Jessie Buckley in the new adaptation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Really, everything about this ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Box Office Preview: Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ to Bound Past Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’

'Hoppers' could mark the biggest opening in a decade for an original Pixar title. Conversely, Gyllenhaal's foray into Frankenstein territory isn't going over so great with critics. By Pamela ...
Houston Chronicle

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a lot of fun but is an ultimately empty exercise

About the time Christian Bale’s Frankenstein and Jessie Buckley’s Bride crash an A-list party in 1930s New York and jump-start a full-on musical number set to “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” it is clear that ...