Great and charming fantasy adventure

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 2009)

In a far away kingdom there lived a fair maiden Buttercup (Robin Wright Penn) and a young farm boy Westley (Cary Elwes), who were in love. But as Westley was a poor man, he decided to go to the seas in order to find his luck, but the unspeakable happened and he died, when a pirates attacked his ship. Years later the fair maiden Buttercup is to be marry the prince, the king to be, Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). And from this the true adventure begins.
The story actually begins with a sick boy, who's visited by his grandfather, who wants to read him a book, which has ran in the family for ages. This little narration, made by Peter Falk as the grand father and Fred Savage as the grandson, gives nice, warm little story of its own to the overall adventuring.
Other notable characters in the film are Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), who's searching high and low for the man with 11 fingers, who murdered his father, and a friendly giant Fezzik (André the Giant), who is eager give out a helping hand.
"The Princess Bride" is well written and fun adventure movie, that flows forwards with ease not many films are capable of. All in all, it belongs amongst the best fantasy adventures made in the 80's.