Endearing but not quite hilariously funny-filled with beautiful blonde people

Rating: 8/10 (27 September 2017)

Both the "Princess" and her true-love are too pretty for words and could have been "drawn" by Walt Disney! That being said, a triumph for Director Rob Reiner and the supporting characters. Wallace Shawn is annoyingly funny and I would have poisoned him myself. Andre The Giant is terrific and I can't imagine anyone else in his role. He speaks with a pronounced accent and his dialog is hard-to-understand at times! Billy Crystal and Carol Kane probably would look that old today, but 30 years ago it required aging makeup. Like all movies of this type, there are memorable scenes that combine to make a classic movie. Fred Savage and Peter Falk are wonderful together as Grandfather and Grandson. The storybook plot keeps changing to accommodate the boy's "wishes". It must have a fairy tale ending! In truth, Andre's pituitary "Giantism" condition left him rather weak as he aged. Everyone was pulled up the mountain by cables. Everything is as it should be as the villains turn out to be evil, vile liars. Just remember that (according to "Miracle Max"), there is a big difference between almost dead and completely dead. Also, nothing beats a good MLT sandwich if the meat is lean and thinly sliced! Never in my life have I heard so much dialog during sword fights! Other funny "touches" include: a mumbling minister. (Is he the same "minister" used in "Spaceballs"?) Also, instead of a fiery dragon, the "perilous dark forest" has a man and woman-eating monstrous-sized rat and a hidden torture chamber in a tree! Great fun. PG-13 at-the-time but probably PG by today's standards.