Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Just saw it. It’s wonderful. You all should see it. Even @Gary Blanchard
The Bride!
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jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
No “!” so you’re not looking at the same film.
Inconceivable!Was she a princess?
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Critics are not fond of The Bride!
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Candice McMillan
Seattle Refined
Her character may be an icon of feminism, but Buckley's scattered portrayal can't shake the inevitable flatline of this tortured renaissance.
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Armond White
National Review
So much absurdity occurs in The Bride! that Gyllenhaal might as well have included bloopers.
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Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
Maggie Gyllenhaal takes an unflinching approach, throwing in action, crime drama, romance, thrills and lots of references to monster movies. But this scattershot approach blurs the film's plot and themes, which stubbornly refuse to coalesce.
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Whang Yee Ling
The Straits Times (Singapore)
This feminist horror opera is all aimless passion with an emphatic exclamation mark.
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Johanna Fateman
4 Columns
...monsters, rape-revenge, a nineteenth-century woman writer—I really mean it when I say that I would absolutely love this movie if everything about it were different.
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Patrick Beatty
ABC4 Utah
"The Bride" takes bold moves in its story, but falls apart in its execution.
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Candice McMillan
Seattle Refined
Her character may be an icon of feminism, but Buckley's scattered portrayal can't shake the inevitable flatline of this tortured renaissance.
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Armond White
National Review
So much absurdity occurs in The Bride! that Gyllenhaal might as well have included bloopers.
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Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
Maggie Gyllenhaal takes an unflinching approach, throwing in action, crime drama, romance, thrills and lots of references to monster movies. But this scattershot approach blurs the film's plot and themes, which stubbornly refuse to coalesce.
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Whang Yee Ling
The Straits Times (Singapore)
This feminist horror opera is all aimless passion with an emphatic exclamation mark.
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Johanna Fateman
4 Columns
...monsters, rape-revenge, a nineteenth-century woman writer—I really mean it when I say that I would absolutely love this movie if everything about it were different.
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Patrick Beatty
ABC4 Utah
"The Bride" takes bold moves in its story, but falls apart in its execution.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
The critics are kinda wrong in this case. It’s really good. But it does require the audience to roll with it. It’s a frankenmovie—tons of allusion and pastiche and it’s definitely doing some pomo feminist stuff AND just trying to be a romp, sense-making be damned.
I mean, is it literally depicting Mary Shelley exactly as she was or as she is usually depicted? Of course not, but the movie in no way pretends that is what it is doing. And it’s not a direct adaptation of Frankenstein that misses every single point like Del Toro’s absolute turd that is nominated for Best Picture.
It’s a glorious punk rock fever dream for people who like books and movies.
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Audiences are much more forgiving of the experience. I’ll give it a whirl when it comes to streaming.
