Release Date
March 6, 2026
Director
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Writer
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cast
Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Penélope Cruz
Studio
Running Time
126 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong/bloody violent content, sexual content/nudity and language
What is The Bride about?
From Maggie Gyllenhaal (Academy Award-nominated writer/director of The Lost Daughter) and starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley and Academy Award winner Christian Bale comes THE BRIDE! A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world’s most compelling stories.
A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
A stitched together menagerie of monstrously ambitious ideas, The Bride is brimming with life and macabre romance, even if its constant electric shocks won’t reverberate with everyone. Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride is a vision fully realized, a beautiful yet hideous creature that is hard to describe, even when it has been seen.
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