The Bride!

The film tries to be bold and pretentious, but it sorely lacks depth. It's a very long-winded narrative that leaves the effect of emptiness and is almost non-catchy.

You can praise Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale for their acting, costumes and sets, but a weak script doesn't bother you. Some kind of fashion has gone to film adaptations based on Frankenstein. Maggie Gyllenhaal still did it weaker than Guillermo del Toro.

some kind of goofy arthouse-style bullshit with a ragged, incoherent narrative. Clearly, just because you're a famous actor doesn't mean you can make movies. of the advantages of Bale's makeup, the monster turned out to be really nasty and unpleasant, which is how a living corpse assembled from different bodies should be.

A run for a ruble is a hit for a penny. It seems that this movie itself does not understand what it wants to be, which, in general, the creators are talking about in plain text at the start. Neither an action movie, nor a thriller, nor a drama, nor a horror with jokes... A ragged pace and a complete mess in a script that either forgot to bring to mind, or was mercilessly cut, or even all at once.

It is clear that all this is a feminist statement. But not only is the topic already boring, but it also turned out to be so cranberry-stamped that it reduces the cheekbones. It wasn't necessary to force the heroine to repeat the exclamation "me too!" twice. Thank you, we understood everything without that, everything is too straightforward and head-on. There are no normal men in the movie at all. Normal women, however, too, but it was hardly intended that way.

It's a shame that Buckley and Bale are showing excellent acting, which is wasted. In such a setting and with such actors, it was possible to develop a very good story and make a very high-quality movie. If Gyllenhaal wanted to show that "girls can do it too," then she failed. Maybe it's just Buckley, but it was known without Maragalit.

Would I recommend watching this movie?
I would prefer not to...

I didn't really know anything about the film, and it wasn't until I got to the cinema that I realized it was based on the story of Frankenstein again, and besides, it was practically a remake of a film from the 1930s.

To some extent, the film surprised me. It's a good idea to play with genres and mix it all into one cocktail. did it play to your advantage? xs. not everyone got it in the comments above, but as for me, it was still funny. even these ridiculous inserts with audaciously silly humor seemed appropriate. Most of the other scenes looked spectacular, and in some cases it was even creepy.

The camerawork, visuals and costumes are great. The cast and acting are just as good, everything is in its place. Buckley once again surprises and reveals his abilities in this madness. Bale is not far behind and also harmonizes with her background.

All in all, as an experiment, it looks cool, unusual, and not so bad. This is the second film in Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial career, and as far as I'm concerned, it all worked out. a bold attempt at gothic retro noir, with these feminist agendas, provocative stuff and some moments to think about.

Yes, it was too messy somewhere, which slightly spoiled the overall impression, but I don't want to find fault with that.