The Bride!

2026

Drama / Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 309 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 15939 15.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Maggie Gyllenhaal Photo
Maggie Gyllenhaal

Top cast

Jake Gyllenhaal Photo
Jake Gyllenhaal as Ronnie Reed
Jessie Buckley Photo
Jessie Buckley as Ida
Penélope Cruz Photo
Penélope Cruz as Myrna Malloy
Christian Bale Photo
Christian Bale as Frank (Frankenstein)
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1.14 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
R
Subtitles dk   de   us   es   fr   it   hu   nl   no   pl   pt   ro   fi   sv   cz  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
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Reviewed by 5 / 10

A mix of good weird and bad weird

Weirdness in movies is completely subjective. Sometimes I find a movie so weird and I love it. It's my kind of weird. The weirdness makes it memorable (examples, The Substance and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die).Other times I strongly dislike the weirdness, especially if it's seemingly there for no reason. It feels pretentious (Die My Love, Poor things). The Bride! Has both kinds. So it was a mixed bag for me.The performances from both leads are amazing. It's great to see the GOAT actor Christian Bale back on screen. He plays the role so well. I never knew I needed Christian Bale-enstein in my life. And the musical score in this movie is fantastic. In some parts, like the opening title card, it's epic.Things that brought it down for me include the song and dance numbers. It made it feel like a musical. And the inclusion of Mary Shelley as a character feels strange and unnecessary. I also couldn't understand large portions of the dialogue, due to some combination of strong accents and sound mixing.I didn't mind seeing this, especially in IMAX with the loud speakers and expanded aspect ratio. I just wish I liked it more.(1 viewing, opening Thursday IMAX 3/5/2026)
Reviewed by 4 / 10

Immediately Grabbed My Attention-And Then Completely Lost It By The End

Reviewed by 4 / 10

Maggie Gyllenhaal tries to create a modern interpretation of the classic but ultimately collapses under the weight of too many ideas.

Set in 1930, the story follows Frankenstein's monster, now living under the name Frank (Christian Bale). Despite his new identity, he remains deeply lonely and asks Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening) to help him bring a deceased woman back to life. The result is The Bride (Jessie Buckley), who awakens not only with a new body but also seemingly with the spirit of Mary Shelley inside her, causing two personalities to alternate control.While Frank hopes for companionship, The Bride wants something different: to explore the world and discover who she really is. Their journey quickly spirals into chaos as they attract the attention of the police and unintentionally inspire radical social movements.Gyllenhaal attempts to combine several contemporary themes, including modern loneliness and feminist ideas connected to the MeToo movement. In theory, the concept of a woman created to satisfy a lonely man questioning her own identity could have been compelling. In practice, however, the film feels overcrowded with ideas.The central premise of The Bride discovering her identity would already have been strong enough. Adding Mary Shelley's spirit only complicates things further. Jessie Buckley convincingly plays the shifting personalities, at times almost resembling a female version of Gollum, but the internal conflict rarely becomes truly engaging.Christian Bale and Buckley try to carry the film, yet the unfocused script holds them back. With a tighter narrative and fewer subplots, The Bride might have been a much stronger and clearer film.
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