{"id":3801,"date":"2009-02-14T00:27:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T08:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2010-03-20T16:28:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T00:28:53","slug":"the-princess-bride-rob-reiner-1987-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=3801","title":{"rendered":"The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987); USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Byron Potau<\/a>. Viewed on DVD.<\/p>\n

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On Valentine\u2019s Day what could be more appropriate than a film about true love?\u00a0\u00a0The Princess Bride<\/em> <\/a> is one of those universally enjoyable and likable films, so much so that it is hard to imagine that there could be anyone out there who could think otherwise.<\/p>\n

When a boy (played by Fred Savage) is sick in bed, his grandfather (charmingly played by Peter Falk) brings over a book that has been in his family for generations. \u00a0He reads it to the reluctant boy, promising a story of adventure, fighting, betrayal, and true love.\u00a0 Westley (Cary Elwes) and Buttercup (Robin Wright) fall in love and Westley leaves to make his fortune.\u00a0 When he is rumored dead, killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts, she falls into a depression for years.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) chooses her for his bride, and he and Buttercup are soon to be wed.\u00a0 But, she is kidnapped by a Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), who hopes to start a war between Prince Humperdinck and the neighboring country of Gildor.\u00a0 Accompanied by Fezzick the giant (Andre the Giant), and Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), they make off with the princess, but soon realize they are being followed by the Dread Pirate Roberts who turns out to be none other than the assumed dead, Westley.\u00a0 Will true love prevail?<\/p>\n

The film is a wonderfully classic and impeccably executed fairy tale.\u00a0 There are periodic cutbacks to the grandfather and his grandson that could be in danger of interrupting the flow of the film and taking away from its overall success. However, Fred Savage and Peter Falk are so charming in their roles that they are nearly as enjoyable to watch as the other characters.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Speaking of which, few films have had so many colorful characters that are so well played.\u00a0 Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, and Andre the Giant are all intensely enjoyable in their respective roles, due in large part to the often funny and inventive script by William Goldman based on his own book.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

There is so much to enjoy: the Fire Swamp with its rodents of unusual size, the Cliffs of Insanity, and Mandy Patinkin\u2019s famous line \u201cMy name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father.\u00a0 Prepare to Die.\u201d\u00a0 For a fairy tale such as this, the art direction is key, and, while not stunning, it still manages to satisfy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The music from Dire Straits lead member, Mark Knopfler, is perfectly in tune with the film–adventurous, rousing, catchy, and romantic.\u00a0 Rob Reiner\u2019s sure handed direction keeps the pace of the film going perfectly, and he must be given his due credit for the impeccable timing of the actors, as nearly every joke hits perfectly, as well as bringing all the different components together so well.\u00a0 If it\u2019s true love you are looking for you just might find it in this film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Byron Potau. Viewed on DVD. On Valentine\u2019s Day what could be more appropriate than a film about true love?\u00a0\u00a0The Princess Bride is one of those universally enjoyable and likable films, so much so that it is hard to imagine that there could be anyone out there who could think otherwise. When a boy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}