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Here's one of the best movies ever made, and so easy to watch. Nothing is really disagreeable when you just want to get involved in a film but not be overwhelmed with carnage or suspenseful mind games.
The Princess Bride dishes up so much humor in just about every scene that you almost forget it's also a fairy tale. This isn't just cute comedy for the family. This is the kind of comedy that represents what comedy was and should still be. It's not all cynical, in fact, a lot of it is just intelligent and light. Between the performances and impeccable timing of the cast, to the lush and lavish set design and costuming, it's really going to be an exercise in futility to find something inherently wrong with Rob Reiner's best film.
The writing is a shining star in Reiner's adaption of the book, and the screenplay is written by the original author in Goldman. His sense for humor decorates every pitfall and narrative post, and it's a thing to behold because I really cannot remember this film being as good as it is. I've seen it several times since its debut on Nelson Home Entertainment VHS back in 1988.
The Princess Bride
(1987)
Director: Rob Reiner
(1987)
Director: Rob Reiner
Here's one of the best movies ever made, and so easy to watch. Nothing is really disagreeable when you just want to get involved in a film but not be overwhelmed with carnage or suspenseful mind games.
The Princess Bride dishes up so much humor in just about every scene that you almost forget it's also a fairy tale. This isn't just cute comedy for the family. This is the kind of comedy that represents what comedy was and should still be. It's not all cynical, in fact, a lot of it is just intelligent and light. Between the performances and impeccable timing of the cast, to the lush and lavish set design and costuming, it's really going to be an exercise in futility to find something inherently wrong with Rob Reiner's best film.
The writing is a shining star in Reiner's adaption of the book, and the screenplay is written by the original author in Goldman. His sense for humor decorates every pitfall and narrative post, and it's a thing to behold because I really cannot remember this film being as good as it is. I've seen it several times since its debut on Nelson Home Entertainment VHS back in 1988.