‘The Bride!’ Movie Review with John & Vin | Cosmic Circus Reviews
John and Vin are back at it again, this time with a discussion about The Bride! starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. The film was directed and written by Maggie Gyllenhaal and based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, with cinematography by Lawrence Sher, edited by Dylan Tichenor and music by Hildur Guðnadóttir.
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The Bride! (2026) discussion timestamps
- 00:00 – Intro and story concept for The Bride!
- 02:30 – Jessie Buckley’s performance(s) in the film
- 04:00 – A confusing story and geography
- 07:30 – Jessie Buckley’s “heavy lifting” with a bad script and inconsistent themes
- 09:00 – Christian Bale as Frankenstein
- 10:00 – What is the point? Too much is left out or confusing to make much sense of the story
- 15:00 – Easter eggs and Julianne Hough of Dancing with the Stars
- 15:40 – Is The Bride! a multiversal story?
- 17:07 – The potential that was missed in The Bride!
- 19:40 – Joker 2 parallels
- 20:30 – Could Jessie Buckley’s Oscar chances for Hamnet be hurt by The Bride!?
- 22:45 – A weird mix and mess of inconsistent themes
- 24:00 – Other 2026 films so far…
- 26:00 – Outro
- 27:25 – Outtakes: Vin’s villain origin story
Also check out Joshua Mbonu’s full written review here: The Bride! Is A Bizarre, Messy Swing You Can’t Look Away From
