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The Princess Bride

Play trailer 2:32 Poster for The Princess Bride PG Released Oct 1, 1987 1h 38m Kids & Family Adventure Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience.
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A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh.

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Chris Chase New York Daily News 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 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 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. Rated: 5/5 Oct 23, 2017 Full Review Derek Malcolm Guardian 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 Full Review Armond White National Review What’s unacceptable about this threadbare fantasy is its contemporary irrelevance. Reiner and Goldman betray the instructional tradition that fables and legends pass on. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk a charming and utterly disarming swashbuckling fairy tale that is also a smart, funny satire of swashbuckling fairy tales Rated: 4/4 Oct 8, 2023 Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness ... there is no bad version of "The Princess Bride." There is only what you take away from it. Sep 19, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Susan This movie is an absolute classic. As the grandfather says, it has romance, pirates adventure, Magic, revenge, and justice! Beautifully shot, the actors are great. The dialogue is witty – no reason not to love this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/25 Full Review Christina Not watching this in the theater isINCONCEIVABLE! ) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/25 Full Review Michael B The book was required reading in my honors English class in 1988 so of course we got to watch the movie after we finished the book, and I have re-watched the movie every year since. We have made sure all of our kids got to watch it as well. As a family of movie quoters this is pure gold. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/25 Full Review Melissa M It would be inconceivable to miss this movie. It's a family friendly film. A true classic. It's got action, adventure, romance, and comedy. It's got everything from rodents of unusual size, fire swamps, sword fighting, electric eels, and a six-fingered man. And the most noble cause of all true love. It's a shame they don't make more movies like this. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/25 Full Review alan g One of the best action romcoms of all time. A joy to watch. Great acting. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review thiago s Filme legal pra cacete, o roteiro é legal, o filme mostra um avô que conta uma história para seu neto, e nessa história está iñigo montoya junto com vizzini e o grandalhão fezzik (André the giant), os 3 vão fazem uma jornada mas só iñigo montoya quer vingança, depois o iñigo enfrenta um mascarado de espada vs espada e iñigo perde mas não morre, e o mascarado enfrenta o grandalhão fezzik e o mascarado faz fezzik desmaiar, e depois engana vizzini por tomar uma bebida e vizzini desmaia, depois o mascarado consegue ganha a garota amarrada pelo 3 e depois beija ela, depois os dois continuam na jornada e a garota volta para o seu rei, e a garota pediu para levar o mascarado(Westley) em segurança para onde ele veio, mas o principe não cumpre o que ela pediu, e torturou Westley, depois iñigo e fezzik retorna a consciência e vão atrás do Westley e encontra ele desmaiado em uma caverna subterrânea, depois os 3 iñigo montoya, fezzik e Westley vão atrás da princesa, iñigo atrás de vingança, depois os 3 conseguem entrar no castelo e iñigo mata alguns capangas e depois iñigo diz (meu nome é iñigo montoya, voce matou meu pai, prepara-se para morrer) e o conde Rugen correu e depois eles tem a luta na parte de baixo do castelo e o iñigo diz a frase várias vezes e depois mata o conde Rugen, na parte de cima do castelo a princesa encontra na cama Westley e o príncipe vê tudo e fica na cadeia, depois todos Westley, a princesa, iñigo e fezzik vão embora de cavalo e Westley e a princesa dão o beijo e acaba a história e o avô se despedi do neto, com tudo isso, eu recomendo esse filme vale a pena assistir. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience.
Director
Rob Reiner
Producer
Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
Screenwriter
William Goldman
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Act III Communications, Princess Bride Ltd., Buttercup Films Ltd.
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 1, 1987, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.9M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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