A wonderful love story, as well as a comedy!

Rating: Null/10 (4 July 2003)

"The Princess Bride" remains a classic to this day because of the beautiful, fantasy-inspired theme of the fair princess (Robin Wright) and her dashing young hero (Cary Elwes), but there really is more to "The Princess Bride" than this. There is also wonderful comedy smashingly delivered by the great Mandy Patinkin ("Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"), the hilarious high-voiced Wallace Shawn, and the lovable, unfortunately late Andre the Giant. Chris Sarandon and Christopher Guest are superb villians as the evil Prince Humperdink and his weaseling sidekick, the sadist Count Rugen. And if those guys weren't enough, throw in a makeup-covered-beyond-recognition Billy Crystal, cute little Fred Savage at about age 10, and a stunning array of medieval costumes, scenery and music. "The Princess Bride" is funny and romantic, adventurous and exciting. This one's a winner. It's one of my favorites. Give it a try and I think it will be one of yours, too.