Mandy Patinkin, an actor not known for humor, is particularly wonderful as Inigo, a Spaniard out to avenge the death of his father at the hands...

| Feb 9, 2018

It's an adventure which reaches back to golden-age Hollywood and the devil-may-care world of Douglas Fairbanks or Tyrone Power playing Zorro, or Errol Flynn playing Robin Hood.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 23, 2017

The Princess Bride easily transcends expectations, as a fantasy that has a few pertinent things to say about the genre, including the odd fact that the heroes of such things are often prettier than the heroines.

| Feb 17, 2016

A unqualified success that blends New York wit with timeless storytelling; a risky piece of filmaking that never feels so.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 7, 2014

As you watch this enchanting fantasy, feel free to be thrilled or to giggle, as you wish.

| Jun 28, 2013

Patinkin, the most dazzling movie swordsman since Errol Flynn, steals the movie with his athletic grace and delivery of lines like: "My name is Inigo Montoya! Prepare to die!"

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 28, 2013

Patinkin's performance is especially touching. He can say, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die" -- and make you laugh, cry and cheer at the same time. The movie, two hours of pure enchantment, has the same effect.

| Jun 28, 2013

For parents who have felt as if they were approaching the Cliffs of Insanity while enduring the inanities of standard kiddie pictures, The Princess Bride may be a godsend.

| Jun 28, 2013

Heroic fantasies, we often feel, should be lighter than air, hot as dragon fire, fast as a sword in sunlight. And that's mostly what we get from the delightful The Princess Bride -- along with some bracing humor and foolery.

| Jun 28, 2013

The film works well enough, providing its fair share of laughs and thrills, and in technical terms it is by far Reiner`s most professional job of direction.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 28, 2013

Shall we re-wind and give it another spin? As you wish...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 7, 2013

A film of remarkable forwardness, honesty, and humor, built, like all fairy tales, around one message, summed up late in the script: "True love is the greatest thing in the world."

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 13, 2007

Based on William Goldman's novel, this is a post-modern fairy tale that challenges and affirms the conventions of a genre that may not be flexible enough to support such horseplay.

| Aug 13, 2007

Rob Reiner's friendly 1987 fairy-tale adventure delicately mines the irony inherent in its make-believe without ever undermining the effectiveness of the fantasy.

| Aug 13, 2007

The leads are vacuous; the absurdities sometimes forced and obvious.

| Jun 24, 2006

One of those rare satiric gems, like The Court Jester and Galaxy Quest, that doesn't just send up a genre, but honors it at the same time.

| Original Score: A | Jan 7, 2005

This material might easily have lent itself to broad parody or become too cute for its own good. But Mr. Reiner presents it as a bedtime story, pure and simple.

| May 20, 2003

[A] whimsical, comedic fairy tale.

| Mar 10, 2003

This witty modern fairy tale by William Goldman is resoundingly satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 2, 2002

Children can see it as a bright, frothy adventure while adults will appreciate the subtlety and the sheer wit.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2001