A ferocious Jessie Buckley and a heartbreaking Christian Bale star in a bold film of "huge scope and ambition" that is "loaded with surprises".
Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie is a scrappy feminist take-off on the "Frankenstein" myth that could have used more storytelling juice.
Considering there have been an estimated 187 cinematic takes on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern ...
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 ...
Maggie Gyllenhaal presents her take on the story of author Mary Shelley and her creations Frankenstein and his Bride.
Discover why critics are divided over Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, featuring Christian Bale’s six-hour makeup transformation and Jessie Buckley.
With Bride of Frankenstein In 1935, director James Whale brought to life more than just a would-be wife for his first monstrous creation. He helped electrify a Hollywood playbook that Marvel, DC and ...