Inconceivably Great!

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 1999)

The Princess Bride is a terrific movie, great for those times when you're feeling down or unhappy. It picks the spirits right up, and that's a wondrous thing for any film to do. Excellent performances all around from Carey Elwes as our hero, a pre-Forrest Gump Robin Wright as the princess, and Fright Night's devilish Chris Sarandon as the malevolent Prince Humperdinck. But, the standouts are definitely the late, great Andre the Giant as the thoughtful Fezzik, the wonderfully annoying Wallace Shawn as the "evil" genius Vizzini, and the true scene-stealer, Mandy Patinkin as the avenging swordsman Inigo Montoya. A great family film, a good date movie, and all around a terrific movie-going experience.
Highly recommended!