Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” is a big, brash swing at a new “The Bride of Frankenstein” that struggles to cohere its many parts. But it’s alive, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review. Just months after Guillermo del Toro presented his lavish “Frankenstein,” Gyllenhaal has set her sights on reimagining 1935’s “The Bride of Frankenstein.” But in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” the shock-haired Bride is only on screen for a handful of minutes. Gyllenhaal has refashioned the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocted a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury. As played by Jessie Buckley, she's both a victim of male control and a reanimated avenging angel.