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Rating: - Come, Grandson! I'll Tell You A Tale....
Courtesy of Rob Reiner's skillful direction, and novelist and screenplay writer William Goldman, the world has been presented with a fabulous screen adaptation of the story of an adventurer(Cary Elwes), and his ladylove( Robin Wright), who is very reluctantly about to become a Princess Bride to the Crown Prince of Florin, the evil Prince Humperdinck(Chris Sarandon).
The film adds the element of narration not featured in "The'Good Parts' Version" of S. Morgenstern's "The Princess Bride", by way of an elderly gentleman (Peter Falk) reading a story to his bedridden grandson (Fred Savage), whose apprehension over some of the story's content--specifically the kissing scenes--gradually fades.
We are regaled with story story of the fictional country of Florin, where Buttercup (Wright) the most beautiful woman in the world, torments the farm boy, Wesley(Elwes), whom she eventually comes to love. He goes away to seek his fortune to provide a comfortable life for them when they marry, and Buttercup learns he has been killed by the dread pirate Roberts. She is devastated, but five years later, is betrothed to Prince Humperdinck.
The lonely bride-to-be finds consolation in her daily solitary ride on horseback. But on one such occassion, she is kidnapped by three men, the cunning leader of the group, Vizzini( Wallace Shawn), the Turkish giant, Fezzik (Andre the Giant), and the Spanish swordsman, Inigo Montoya(Mandy Patinkin), who were actually hired by Humperdinck to murder her, frame the enemy country of Guilder for the deed, and start a war. But a mysterious pirate ship thwarts these plans. After besting Montoya (who is on his own personal quest for vengeance) and Fezzik, and engaging in a battle of wits with mastermind Vizzini that results in his death, the mysterious, pirate, believed to be Roberts, lays claim to Buttercup, who initially fails to recognize him as her beloved Wesley. But when she does, their reunion is poignant, and Wesley's words, reassuring and gentle.
They survive the fireswamp, only to encounter Humperdinck and his entourage on the other side. Buttercup surrenders herself to the prince in the hope that Wesley will be spared. Wesley notices that the prince's henchman, Count Rugen (Christopher Guest)fits the description of the man Montoya was looking for.
The old adage, "The course of true love never ran smoothly" is reaffirmed in this tale. But traveling this course, we encounter many colorful characters, including Mel Smith's Albino, who helps Count Rugen carry out his torture of Wesley (as the Count makes inquiries about Wesley's feelings in calm, intellectual tones), Billy Crystal's Miracle Max, once fired by Humperdick, but whom with the encouragement of his wife, Valerie (Carol Kane), helps tip the balance in Wesley's favor, the Impressive Clegyman (Peter Cook), who is charged with performing the marriage ceremony, and Malcolm Storry's Yellin, the head of the Palace Guard who fits the book's description of that character. Anne Dyson and Willoughby Gray are the King and Queen whose kindness is once of Buttercup's few consolations in her life at the palace.
Amid an alliance formed by former foes, and a bit of humor along the way, the story is brought to its highly favorable conclusion.Striking just the right amount of humor, heart, and intelligence, this 1987 favorite has justly earned the title of "classic", and it will undoubtedly continue to withstand the test of time.

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