Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride!," starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, is new in theaters this weekend. What are Rotten Tomatoes critics saying about the film?

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein officially comes alive among a slew of new 2026 movie releases coming to theaters this weekend. If you’ve been wondering whether The Bride! is a romance between two “monsters” brought to life by electricity, we have Christian Bale’s take on the question to ponder.

Among all the directorial debuts made by actors in this century, Maggie Gyllenhaal ’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “ The Lost Daughter ” (2021) has a special place. Nominated for Oscars in Best Actress,

Her version of The Bride! is much harder to parse, and much harder to swallow. It’s a provocation and a challenge — a movie designed to prickle and puzzle the brain more than warm the heart. At times,

"The Bride!," in theaters Friday, incorporates social justice, dance and even Mary Shelley herself in a bold new take on "The Bride of Frankenstein."

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.

Jessie Buckley commands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride,' but the feminist horror movie is both conspicuously DC-coded and bizarrely behind the times.

That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill