Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! has certainly made a splash in theaters. The revisionist take on the classic Bride of Frankenstein tale has had audiences talking, and while reviews are mixed, there is one thing that viewers can agree on: Rage is a focal point of the film, especially amongst women.
Arguably, that is also one of the strongest aspects of the film. It’s an ambitious, bloody, monstrous nightmare of a film that’s successful in some ways, less so in others. Stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale are the beating dead hearts of the film in a shockingly tender revised look at the iconic relationship. The Bride is the woman we all are inside, the one fed up with men thinking they have ownership, tired of being forced to play their little games.
