The Bride of Frankenstein has been a staple in film history for years but as Maggie Gyllenhaal has said, she wasn’t really had a lot to say. In fact, she had zero lines. But you probably instantly thought about the Bride when I mentioned her, right? That’s why The Bride! is such a necessary take.
Gyllenhaal’s punk rock take on the Creature’s Bride puts Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley in her very stylish orange boots. The Bride! isn’t just another adaptation meant to shock audiences but add nothing to the conversation. Instead, Gyllenhaal manages to mix in nods to Mary Shelley herself that really makes this adaptation more than just another vision of Frankenstein.
