The
Bride! 2026
- Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian
Bale, Annette Bening, Penelope Cruz, Peter Saarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal
- Why? Buckley and Bale
- Seen: 26 May 2026
Mary Shelly (Buckley) is long dead but is now trying to write the story that has been trying to get out since Frankenstein. She takes possession of Ida (also Buckley), making her behave oddly at a party.
1936
Chicago. Frankenstein’s creation (Bale), now called Frank, seeks out Dr
Euphronius (Bening) for help in creating a bride. His loneliness is agony.
By now
Ida is dead. They dig her up and…
Many viewers hated this film. A few loved it. I’m one of them. It’s intelligent, tender, funny, sad, wild, feminist, quite a brilliant spin-off of the Mary Shelley classic. It’s much more entertaining than del Toro’s 2025 Frankenstein. Buckley and Bale prove once again that they can do anything.
4 ½ * of 5
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