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A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh.
Chris Chase New York Daily News Mandy Patinkin, an actor not known for humor, is particularly wonderful as Inigo, a Spaniard out to avenge the death of his father at the hands... Feb 9, 2018 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian It's an adventure which reaches back to golden-age Hollywood and the devil-may-care world of Douglas Fairbanks or Tyrone Power playing Zorro, or Errol Flynn playing Robin Hood. Rated: 5/5 Oct 23, 2017 Full Review Derek Malcolm Guardian The Princess Bride easily transcends expectations, as a fantasy that has a few pertinent things to say about the genre, including the odd fact that the heroes of such things are often prettier than the heroines. Feb 17, 2016 Full Review Armond White National Review What’s unacceptable about this threadbare fantasy is its contemporary irrelevance. Reiner and Goldman betray the instructional tradition that fables and legends pass on. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk a charming and utterly disarming swashbuckling fairy tale that is also a smart, funny satire of swashbuckling fairy tales Rated: 4/4 Oct 8, 2023 Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness ... there is no bad version of "The Princess Bride." There is only what you take away from it. Sep 19, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
Brady S Finally a movie with worse props than my high school play. It’s great to see Cary Elwes as a fantasy hero defying a twisted prince again. Watch as buttercup is saved by Columbo who faithfully narrates to Fred savage. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/13/24 Full Review Micah H Every line uttered is iconic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Leo O ...as you wish. A wonderful story for the ages. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review Chris G “Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles…” This has remained my all time favourite since 1987, this is a PERFECT film! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Gerald H Wonderful. Period. 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Dustin H Few things in this world can be truly called perfect. This is one of them. If you can't find something in this movie to fall in love with, you have no soul. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience.
Director
Rob Reiner
Producer
Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
Screenwriter
William Goldman
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Act III Communications, Princess Bride Ltd., Buttercup Films Ltd.
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 1, 1987, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.9M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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