Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Warner Bros Ambition can be a curse as much as a blessing. And it dooms The Bride! , a revisionist take on James Whale’s 1935 Universal horror classic that—with every flamboyant twirl, guttural scream, and punk-rock flourish—aims high and falls short. Putting a (literally and figuratively) exclamatory feminist spin on its hallowed source material, writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film features bold performances from Oscar-winner Christian Bale and soon-to-be Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley ( Hamnet ), along with a couple of bright, shining moments that cut through the dreary dimness. Read more at The Daily Beast.