The Benchmark For Fairy Tale Movies

Rating: 10/10 (27 September 2012)

The Princess Bride is a romantic comedy adventure film based on the novel of the same name by William Goldman.The movie features Cary Elwes, Robin Wright,Mandy Patinkin,Chris Sarandon,André the Giant,Christopher Guest,Fred Savage,Wallace Shawn,Billy Crystal and Carol Kane.It combines comedy, adventure, romance, and fantasy. It was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman. The story is presented in the film as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson, thus effectively preserving the novel's narrative style.
The screenplay offers a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale depicting stable boy- turned-pirate Westley's journey to rescue Buttercup, his true love, away from the evil prince, whom she had agreed to marry five years after learning of what she had believed to be news of Westley's death. With help from Prince Humperdinck's disgruntled former employee Miracle Max, swordsman Inigo Montoya, and a very large man named Fezzik, the star- crossed lovers are reunited.
This is a delightfully postmodern fairy tale.It is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel- in-distress story and makes it fresh.The Princess Bride has often been copied, but never equaled.Thus,it has proved to be the benchmark for fairy tale movies.