The atrociously reviewed The Bride! will not become a Norbit situation for Jessie Buckley — her Hamnet Best Actress Oscar is 100% locked and assured — zero Bride! fallout.
In the view of N.Y. Post critic Johnny Oleksinski, Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Bride! is “one of the absolute worst movies I have had the displeasure of watching in this job. Only seconds in, I regretted leaving my trusty torch and pitchfork at home.”
Den of Geek‘s David Crow: “At the risk of banality when discussing Frankenstein, The Bride! is a monstrosity of half-finished flourishes and fancies that’s been stitched together into what could charitably be called an abomination.”
Variety‘s Owen Gleiberman: “The Bride! is a stitched-skin-and-black-lipstick version of an outlaws-in-love saga. It’s like Joker 2 starring a grunge version of the Munsters, with dollops of Sid and Nancy and Natural Born Killers.”
“Pretty much everything here feels like it’s being done for effect rather than to convey real emotion. That’s the case especially with Jessie Buckley’s shouty performance in the title role. What a strange quirk of timing that the Irish actress will likely be winning an Oscar for Hamnet just as this wretched mess is unleashed upon the world.” — THR‘s David Rooney.