{"id":449161,"date":"2026-02-27T21:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/449161\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:41:10","slug":"the-bride-hailed-as-breathtaking-and-special-ahead-of-its-cinema-release-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/449161\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bride! hailed as “breathtaking” and “special” ahead of its cinema release next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bride! has been hailed in first reactions ahead of its cinema release next week. The new movie acts as a reimagining of Bride of Frankenstein, and sees Jessie Buckley take on the titular character, who comes to life when Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) gets a scientist to create a companion.<\/p>\n

They “revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born”, though “what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!”<\/p>\n

The UK premiere of the movie took place in London last night, and going by social media reactions from those who have seen Maggie Gyllenhaal’s movie, it looks to be a winner.<\/p>\n

The Mary Sue’s Rachel Leishman called it<\/a> “a love letter to storytelling, science fiction, movies, and so much more”, adding: “A breathtaking look at Frankenstein and his love and a truly brilliant performance from both Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Maggie Gyllenhaal made something so special.”<\/p>\n

BJ Colangelo from This Ends At Prom further praised<\/a> it as “one of the most daring and original films of 2026 and one of the best monster reimaginings of all time”.<\/p>\n

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“Most Frankenstein movies are about the hubris of man, but #TheBrideMovie takes it a step further by asking, ‘What do we do with the f**kmess they’ve left behind?'” Colangelo added.<\/p>\n

“Maggie Gyllenhaal’s #TheBride is wild, audacious, & dgaf if you like it,” wrote<\/a> The Film Maven’s Kristen Lopez. “Buckley & Bale thrill in a movie that feels like what JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX desperately wished it was. Gyllenhaal’s script has a lot of threads it doesn’t weave in perfectly. unlike anything out there.”<\/p>\n

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Fandango’s Erik Davis suggested<\/a> The Bride! “swings BIG” and is “ferocious, funny, chaotic, romantic and fueled by another knockout Jessie Buckley performance”.<\/p>\n

“THE BRIDE! feels like a love letter to classic moviegoing wrapped inside a bold, modern monster movie. Honestly, we need more films like this,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Alongside newly-crowned BAFTA winner<\/a> Buckley and Bale, the movie also features performances by Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard and Julianne Hough.<\/p>\n

The Bride! is released in cinemas on March 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bride! has been hailed in first reactions ahead of its cinema release next week. The new movie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[147950,379,162769,381,96,1156,2839,162768,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-449161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-496e2d72-073c-4e2e-bd16-39d3fa8a3bc2","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-the-bride-hailed-as-breathtaking-and-special","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}