{"id":33422,"date":"2026-03-16T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=33422"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:34:46","slug":"the-bride-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/the-bride-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Bride&#8221; Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33422\" class=\"elementor elementor-33422\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c5866b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"4c5866b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Christian Bale), wants a bride.\u00a0 Well, he and a doctor played by Annette Bening, dig up a woman (played by Jessie Buckley) who had been killed, but who was also possessed by Mary Shelley (Frankenstein author), and the doctor re-animates her.<\/p><p>After that, some interesting adventures ensue.<\/p><p>The cast of Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Benning, and everyone else is very good.<\/p><p>Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, I highly recommend this movie, especially if you are a fan of The Bride Of Frankenstein and Bonnie And Clyde.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d9d819 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"4d9d819\" 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Like most movies this year so far, it sadly has not done extremely well at the box office. However, that does not mean that it is not a good movie. I enjoyed it very much. It&#8217;s sort of a combination of The Bride Of Frankenstein and Bonnie And Clyde. Frankenstein (played by Christian Bale), wants a bride.\u00a0 Well, he and a doctor played by Annette Bening, dig up a woman (played by Jessie Buckley) who had been killed, but who was also possessed by Mary Shelley (Frankenstein author), and the doctor re-animates her. After that, some interesting adventures ensue. The cast of Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Benning, and everyone else is very good. 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