Fun romantic fantasy

Rating: 8/10 (10 September 2018)

Lovely Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) is betrothed to loathsome Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) but true love, aided by a masked man in black, a Spaniard with a cunning blade, and an honourable giant, may yet win out. Directed by Rob Reiner (based on Willian Goldman's eponymous book), the lightweight story is told with humour as the heroes battle such nemeses as "Rodents of Unusual Size" or have to storm a castle while being "mostly dead", and the cast is uniformly excellent. The only part of the film that I didn't care for were the interludes with Peter Falk and Fred Savage, which I felt interrupted the flow of the story. Overall, a well-made and entertaining family film that has aged well.