The Bride!
Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined. From TMDB
247 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
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The performances of Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale are widely praised, even by those who dislike the film. [1][2][3]
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Maggie Gyllenhaal is going for something here, but the problem is that The Bride! has far too many things going on at once and never capitalizes on any of them; even the romance isn’t constant. The idea of these two born-again corpses having nothing together is this half-baked idea drowned out by Frank’s sobbing dick and the bride constantly reminding everyone with a pair of eyes and working ears that she’s an …
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Full review: https://fandomwire.com/the-bride-review/ Rating: A- "The Bride! establishes itself as one of the year's most unique experiences, where Maggie Gyllenhaal's bold vision and a vibrant punk-rock aesthetic are anchored by the visceral performances of Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Encompassed in Hildur Guðnadóttir's somber score, the movie transforms gothic horror into a profound reflection on loneliness …
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This is a gripping bride There have been quite the number of brides over the years, and this one is weirder and stranger than most others. It is violent, dark, harrowing and off-putting, while being very pretty moving at the same time. It won't be for everyone, and that's fine, but it is a lovely movie. Note that the dance-number in the middle is absolutely a nod to Young Frankenstein (which is probably just the …
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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s new movie The Bride is incredible btw. A gothic/lower east side in the 80’s/wild imaginative, filthy blast. Midnight Halloween screenings for years to come.
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Just watched The Bride!, the splashiest, most demented possible meditation on female rage and the male loneliness epidemic. Perfect plane movie, a little bloated but KUDOS to Maggie G’s audacity
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The Bride! grossed $13 million in the United States and Canada and $11 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $24 million. Multiple publications labeled the film a box office bomb, with projected losses for Warner Bros. reaching as much as $100 million. In the United States and Canada, The Bride! was projected to gross $16–18 million from 3,304 theaters during its opening weekend. The film earned $3 million on its opening day, including $1 million from Thursday previews. It ultimately bombed in its opening weekend, only grossing $7.3 million in the United States and Canada, where it placed third behind Hoppers and second-week holdover Scream 7, and $6.3 million elsewhere for…
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60 of 247 · most liked firstHoppers dominated at the box office with the biggest opening for an original animated movie since Coco in 2017, with $46 million. Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride bombed with just $7.2 million. And did Scream 7 have a 72% drop? You bet it did theplaylist.net/hoppers-pops...
neutral · AI labelView post →For Cosplay Day on @jococruise.bsky.social, Krissy went as the bride in the 2026 film The Bride! directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She crushed it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Bride Of Frankenstein. Liked it more than the first movie honestly. The monster was even cuter here and I want a buddy road trip movie about him and the blind man.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Directed by James Whale
neutral · AI labelView post →A bride accidentally falls into a centuries old deathtrap and discovers its previous victim in a jumpscare in the French horror film THE BRIDE OF THE HAUNTED CASTLE (1913). Considering that Captain Picard had the same problem, this seems to be a specifically French pitfall.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nancy Meyers at a Father of the Bride Q&A just said she’s shooting a new movie in May! For theatres not streaming and starring Kieran Culkin!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bride! plus the new Pixar movie Hoppers is not quite Barbenheimer (Bridenhopper, maybe?), but combined with the second weekend of Scream 7, it does feel like an increasingly rare example of studios doing what was once routine--trying to serve all audiences reasonably well in a single weekend.
neutral · AI labelView post →Maggie Gyllenhaal’s new movie The Bride is incredible btw. A gothic/lower east side in the 80’s/wild imaginative, filthy blast. Midnight Halloween screenings for years to come.
positive · AI labelView post →Don’t look up actors’ ages. I’m watching Father of the Bride from 1950. I was curious as to how old Spencer Tracy was when this movie was made. I am currently 9 years older.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) By Ruiz Burgos
neutral · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE is far from perfect, but it’s basically a weird little indy film that somehow got an $85 million budget from a major studio while being completely out of its fucking mind. I’d rather see flawed madness than perfect mediocrity.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE BRIDE!’ has opened with $7.3M domestically. The film is expected to be one of the biggest box office bombs of 2026 with a $90M budget. Read our review: bit.ly/BrideDF
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’re not on X, you’re missing a bunch of men with no chins talk about how The Bride! is the worst movie they’ve ever seen
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bride! was always going to become a barometer film that people use to make judgment calls about someone, rather than actually engaging to learn why they feel the way they do. As such, I know that I should explain myself further, but... I would prefer not to. www.slashfilm.com/2120179/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) By Chris Koehler
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Bride!, the splashiest, most demented possible meditation on female rage and the male loneliness epidemic. Perfect plane movie, a little bloated but KUDOS to Maggie G’s audacity
positive · AI labelView post →I just saw someone refer to Bull Durham as an "old movie," and to be fair it's considerably older now than The Bride of Frankenstein was when I first watched it on TV. 🤷🏻♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollywood Execs Fear Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Deal ‘Could End the Studio System’. > The script for Sinners began circulating among studios in Hollywood in the winter of 2023 and resulted in a bidding war by January last year: a wild drama-thriller cum survival-horror flick set in Jim Crow–era Mississippi featuring blues-music set pieces, steamy sex scenes, Deep South occultism and dozens of Riverdancing vampires. More central to the project’s commercial potential, it had been written, and would…
neutral · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE! stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal and director Maggie Gyllenhaal share the films that influenced their new film 👰 See which cast and/or crew member made each selection in the full list: boxd.it/RIuxq/detail
neutral · AI labelView post →Poster for THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) I love how the poster makes the movie sound like a Netflix dating show
neutral · AI labelView post →I wrote about The Bride! (exclamation point mandatory), which I like more than any movie I’ve seriously considered walking out of.
neutral · AI labelView post →I see on TCM (tcmparty.bsky.social) that they're watching The Bride of Frankenstein. Great film. Several years back I had the most jolting TIL moment when I found out that The Bride was also Katie Nanna from Mary Poppins. Elsa Lanchester is the best.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kimberly Williams’s debut performance as Annie Banks in FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991) was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Unfortunately Williams lost to Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) in the category.
neutral · AI labelView post →"First poster for Chapter 7 of Fortnite. “Yuki’s Revenge” refers to a chapter from ‘KILL BILL: VOL 1’ where Yubari’s sister Yuki traveled to America to hunt down The Bride. The chapter was never filmed for the final film" What.
neutral · AI labelView post →Karloff as the Monster from THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN(1935) a case where the sequel is better than the first film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Going to see The Bride at the AMC. Movie theaters could do really well if they didn’t seem to hate moviegoers, their employees, and the act of showing a movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →One more time from the top: Just because a movie has a political message that you agree with does to mean the movie is automatically good or that the message was conveyed effectively. THE BRIDE OF THE MONSTER was anti-nuke. I agree with it. HOWEVER.
neutral · AI labelView post →Actor John Magaro teased Maggie Gyllenhaal's THE BRIDE!, describing it as "a mix of a Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie, Young Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands. It’s just a wild, fun ride" and more: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/385053...
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks like the world has some thoughts on my brand-new @trailersfromhell.bsky.social commentary on Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! www.reddit.com/r/horror/com... Did you love the movie? Did you hate it? Check out the commentary right here, if you haven't already!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g9B...
neutral · AI labelView post →After learning that The Bride contains a disturbing amount of sexual violence, I will not be going forward with my plans to see the film.
negative · AI labelView post →The Bride! |2026 www.imdb.com/title/tt30851137 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·in 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. they give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change·
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's last 4 Promising Young Woman (2020) Sorry, Baby (2025) Strange Days (1995) The Bride! (2026) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE I liked the ideation behind Gyllenhaal's film, but it didn't cohere for me. Nope on the '85 version, too I hope we get a retelling that captures the horror of it as well as the cultural weight Something on the level of THE SUBSTANCE, RAW, or A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
negative · AI labelView post →Carole Lombard photographed by Robert Coburn. This photo session was taken shortly before she died and was intended as publicity for her next planned film, They All Kissed The Bride (1942).
neutral · AI labelView post →A fabulous original 1935 movie poster for “The Bride Of Frankenstein”.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE! (2026) Streaming: April 7, 2026 PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #TheBride whentostream.com/the-bride-di...
neutral · AI labelView post →Splendid alt movie poster for 1935’s “The Bride Of Frankenstein” by Tristan Eaton & The Hundreds.
neutral · AI labelView post →New episode up now - we talk The Bride plus the original Bride of Frankenstein! Link below. #mutantfam #horrorfam #brideoffrankenstein #jessiebuckley podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →FFC review: THE BRIDE!, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/03/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Monsters: Elsa Lanchester as The Bride
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's film The Bride! (2026)
neutral · AI labelView post →Film review – The Bride! johnnyalucard.com/2026/03/07/f...
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Night: "The Bride of Tam-tara" None of them like scary movies... 🍿😅 |W/ @lettybrillsun.bsky.social & @spaceprincessy.bsky.social | #RedsCollabs | #ffxivsnaps | #Reshade
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bride is shaping up to be a movie where even the negative reviews make it sound like something I absolutely want to see. 😂
positive · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE! (2026) Streaming: May 22, 2026 HBO Max #TheBride whentostream.com/the-bride-se...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bride! is a necessary kind of bad movie. @darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column is live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
neutral · AI labelView post →"If you see a critic describe a film as interesting, or praise the director and stars for taking a 'big swing,' you know you’re in for an 'interesting' movie. "The Bride!" is an 'interesting' movie." @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: lnk.thebulwark.com/4d5q6O8
neutral · AI labelView post →Bernard Herrmann (with scenes from "The Devil and Daniel Webster", "Hangover Square", "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The Bride Wore Black" where Herrmann composed the film score) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' was about 'The Bride!' of 'Tracktown' before the 'Redux Redux' reboot. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935). Director: James Whale. Bonus Karloff, Elsa Lanchester. Rewatching classic Universal monster sequel. Warning! The Monster demands a mate! Gonna be a Whale of a good time. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Poster for the movie, “The Bride Wore Black” (1968), directed by Francois Truffaut, starring Jeanne Moreau. Poster art by Franciszek Starowieyski (1930-2009).
neutral · AI labelView post →#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #movies The Bride! isn’t for everyone but I thought it fun.
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching: “The Bride!” (2026) Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal
neutral · AI labelView post →François Truffaut (with scenes form his film "The Bride Wore Black" featuring Jeanne Moreau) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes you take yourself out on a late night movie date and you see The Bride and it rules
positive · AI labelView post →Begun the BRIDE wars have. My review of Maggie Gyllenhaal's astonishing mess of a movie:
neutral · AI labelView post →🧵 on THE BRIDE! which is a movie designed specifically to appeal to me. I am the venn diagram of this movie.
positive · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE! is too heavy-handed? A film set only ten years after the 19th amendment, with the lengths suffragettes went through still fresh in everyone’s minds? That criticism is craaaaaap.
positive · AI labelView post →The Bitter Kitten Movie Club: THE BRIDE (2026) Join us as we dive into Maggie Gyllenhaal's somewhat confused but gorgeous feminist take on the Frankenstein mythos and talk about what worked and what didn't for us: tomandlorenzo.com/2026/06/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →But also: Bride variants from the 90s Frankenstein movie and the upcoming The Bride movie!
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