The Bride!

Name: The Bride!
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Horror, Romance, Musical
Released: March 6, 2026
Rating: 55

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 6, 2026 | R

Summary: A lonely Frankenstein (Christian Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Jessie Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical culturalA lonely Frankenstein (Christian Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Jessie Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!… Expand

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Horror, Romance, Musical

Rating: R

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Thom Ernst

Mar 6, 2026

There is no question that Gyllenhaal packs her film with so many ideas that it can become dizzying. The themes sometimes pile up, the tonal shifts arrive quickly, and the story occasionally feels less like it’s unfolding than tangling itself into elaborate knots. Some viewers will likely bail when the plot begins tripping over its own ambitions. But the film also has an undeniable boldness. A willingness to be strange. To be excessive. To be gloriously weird. Read full review

Screen Rant Gregory Nussen

Mar 4, 2026

Maggie Gyllenhaal's second feature is an explosive representation of social disruption. A screaming cry of a film, The Bride! utilizes its literary and filmic influences - Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Bartleby, Bonnie & Clyde - to belt a clarion call against upper-crust hedonism, police complicity, violence against women, and the patriarchal system that binds them all. Read full review

Anna Smith

Mar 4, 2026

There’s a lot going on here: you never quite know what Maggie Gyllenhaal is going to throw into the pot next, but it’s always visually exciting and often funny. Read full review

The Film Verdict Alonso Duralde

Mar 4, 2026

Veers off in so many exhausting directions that it ultimately amounts to little more than sound and fury. She’s alive, alive, but she can’t maintain this pace. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Mar 4, 2026

It’s an intellectual joyride without the joy. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Mar 4, 2026

The Bride! is full of rage and feeling, striking an anarchic pose against oppression. But who it’s yelling at, who it’s yelling on behalf of, remains out of focus, the mystery of whatever Elsa Lanchester’s Bride might’ve been thinking left unanswered. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Mar 4, 2026

Leave her at the altar! She is “The Bride!,” one of the absolute worst movies I have had the displeasure of watching in this job. Read full review

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