The Bride!

"Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride!"

2026 2h 7m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 679

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Synopsis

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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.

“Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride!”

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Cast

Jessie Buckley
Ida / The Bride / Mary Shelley
Christian Bale
Frank
Peter Sarsgaard
Jake Wiles
John Magaro
Clyde
Jeannie Berlin
Greta
Annette Bening
Dr. Euphronious
Jake Gyllenhaal
Ronnie Reed
Penélope Cruz
Myrna Malloy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Writers: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 30% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hildur Guðnadóttir. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dylan Tichenor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale and Peter Sarsgaard carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Maggie Gyllenhaal directs. Lawrence Sher behind the camera. Hildur Guðnadóttir scores. Dylan Tichenor cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 30% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
4Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Hildur Guðnadóttir. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Dylan Tichenor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale and Peter Sarsgaard carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride!".
9IMDB entry: tt30851137 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 33 themes, including "chicago, illinois", "new york city", "prostitute", "based on novel or book".
11Released under 31 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lawrence Sher
Original score: Hildur Guðnadóttir
Editing: Dylan Tichenor
Production design: Karen Murphy
Costume design: Sandy Powell
Makeup / hair: Kay Georgiou
VFX supervisor: Mark Russell
Sound: Kevin O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Stephen A. Pope
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $23,944,025
Return: 30% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Bride! (2026)

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Manuel São Bento2026-03-04
★ 8/10
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 and the search for identity. It's a triumph of audacity that places autonomy at the center of a classic myth, challenging us to embrace our own imperfections. It'll certainly be one of the most striking films of the year, becoming the "movie to beat" from here on out."
Chris Sawin2026-03-08
★ 2/10
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 entitled, calamitous shrew. The Bride! is a two-hour hodgepodge of dancing, movie-obsessed nonsense. Full review: https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/horror/the-bride-review.html
CinemaSerf2026-03-08
★ 6/10
Despite the best efforts of the pyromaniacs the creation of “Dr. Frankenstein” (Christian Bale) has survived, and now over a century later is a bit horny. Determined to find himself a companion, he visits the Chicago laboratory of “Dr. Euphronious” (Annette Bening) with his request. Well, it ends up being more of a demand really and so she reluctantly agrees to indulge in a bit of body snatching/reinvigorating. Their corpse? Well we’ve already met “Ida” (Jessie Buckley) before her demise and, personally, I felt death might have been the best thing that could have happened to this vulgar, brash and loud-mouthed creature. Revitalised, she and her new beau “Frankie” set off on some adventures around the city that start to fill in some blanks about both of their lives; involve a gangster kingpin and a dashing Hollywood movie star (Jake Gyllenhaal) upon whom he is fixated. The cops are never far away, especially as their escapades result in even more dead bodies - including a cop or two, so detective “Wiles” (Peter Skarsgaard) and his secretary “Malloy” (Penélope Cruz) are on soon their case and things take a turn for the Bonnie and Clyde. Now, there’s no denying that Buckley, especially, puts her heart and soul into her lively performance here, but I found the characterisation so un-engaging that after about half an hour of the relentlessly paced dialogue accompanying the borderline slapstick comedy I had lost interest. It takes far too long to get up and running and though it’s a grand looking production the thing just never got out of second gear as it quite literally lurched along for a long old two hours. Cruz plays as if she really wanted to be in - or maybe even thought this was - a very wordy “Dick Tracey” movie, and I found that both leading performers seemed more determined to impress us watching rather than present us with anything like a real love story. I suppose the very nature of the science behind this will allow for a sequel, but I think I will just stick with my James Whale collection instead.