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The Bride

1985

Franc Roddam

Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown ...

4.7

322

Fantasy. Horror Sting is doctor Frankenstein in this remake of the old classic film "Bride of Frankenstein". After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".

	Media	Author	Review
		Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"A film that commands affection for its ambition and civilized sensibility, but nonetheless provokes unintended laughter."
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The crosscutting between the two plot lines is so feeble and intrusive that it destroys whatever faint narrative momentum the film possesses"
		Variety Staff Variety	"While there is deliberate humor at times (...) the intention of the filmmakers is not camp. That’s both the pic’s virtue and, at the conclusion, its downfall."
		Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune	"What a letdown! The remake of the 1935 classic 'The Bride of Frankenstein' with rock star Sting as the doctor and Jennifer Beals as the reconstructed bride is a complete failure in telling its principal story."
		Bill Cosford Miami Herald	"Truly, a modern fable in period dress...But boring. No other word for it. "
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Miss Beals's performance sinks this already muddled mess of a movie like a stone."

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