Word: brides
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Surprisingly, this trio of fine actresses is eclipsed by a bit player, Norma Dell'-Agnese, as a teenage novice on the day she is accepted into the order. An innocent ecstasy suffuses her face as she becomes a "bride of Christ"; she has found release in her surrender to the Saviour's discipline. Her radiance explains the deepest mysteries: God is love, and sisterhood is beautiful. --By Richard Corliss
...these creatures. She may be scared, but never out of her wits. Jeffrey De Munn nicely underplays the independent scientist trying to set things to rights. The rest of the cast is not as strong, but Barwood effectively hurtles the action down its dark and twisting course. THE BRIDE...
...Sting, where is thy sting? For unfathomable reasons, the rock star has been cast as Dr. Frankenstein in The Bride. This is less a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein, the most joyously self-satirizing horror movie ever made, than a radical revision of it. In this version, the good doctor is no longer obsessed with challenging God for the secrets of the universe. He is now moodily in love with the mate (Jennifer Beals) he created for his original monster, who has run off with the circus. Since neither Sting nor Beals seems capable of full human animation...
Even the invitations were cryptic. Printed on shocking-pink paper, they read, "Please come to Madonna and Sean Penn's birthday party Aug. 16. Please be prompt or you'll miss the wedding." Those on the select mailing list understood the reference: the bride would turn 27 on her wedding day, and the bridegroom 25 the day after. The card instructed guests to phone a special number to find out where the supersecret event would take place. Not even the chic caterers knew where to deliver their delights (pizza and curried oysters, Madonna's culinary favorites) until the very last...
Outside, on Wildlife Road, 100 more reporters and photographers waited, hoping to catch a glimpse of the bride and bridegroom, or at least of some of the 200 guests. They included Pop Artist Andy Warhol, Actress Rosanna Arquette (who co-starred with the bride in Desperately Seeking Susan) and Brat Pack Members Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson. TV Talk Show Host David Letterman was also there, as were Cher (in purple hair), Diane Keaton, Record Producer David Geffen and Penn's friend Timothy Hutton. But the reporters never saw Madonna or Penn enter or leave...