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Women fighting back: ‘The Bride!,’ ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,’ and ‘Sisa’ in focus

It’s so unfortunate that Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial release, “The Bride!,” didn’t manage to capture the interest of the movie-going public. A quick internet search shows that it only ...
Forbes

‘The Bride!’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Critics Split On Monster Movie Redux

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Bride! also earned a “fresh” critic score from Caryn James of the BBC, who writes in her ...
IGN

The Bride! Review

The Bride! is in theaters on March 6. Frankenstein's lightning-streaked bride has been an enduring image on screen ever since James Whale, the director of the original 1931 Frankenstein film, ...
IndieWire

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

Jessie Buckley's anguished scream of a performance can't sustain an ambitious feminist opera that feels unintentionally, conspicuously tailor-made to align with Warner Bros.' neighboring DC properties ...
Los Angeles Times

Maggie Gyllenhaal builds her own kind of monster with the ultra-alive ‘The Bride!’

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film behind the camera is an inspired reinvention of “Bride of Frankenstein” starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as monstrous lovers on the run. “The Bride!” follows ...
We Are Movie Geeks

THE BRIDE! – Review

If you love classic movies, THE BRIDE! is pure delight, fun with a brain that is a treat deluxe for those who love both classic movies and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s original book “Frankenstein.” ...