The Princess Bride

1987 99 min ★ 7.7 Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

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Cast

Cary Elwes

Westley

Robin Wright

The Princess Bride

Mandy Patinkin

Inigo Montoya

Chris Sarandon

Prince Humperdinck

Christopher Guest

Count Rugen

Wallace Shawn

Vizzini

André Roussimoff

Fezzik

Fred Savage

The Grandson

Peter Falk

The Grandfather

Peter Cook

The Impressive Clergyman

Details

Director

Rob Reiner

Screenplay

William Goldman

Tagline

"Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity. Battling Rodents of Unusual Size. Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. True love has never been a snap."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$30,900,000

Production

The Princess Bride, Buttercup Films, Act III Productions

Reviews

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bigbassdrum

July 11, 2015

★ 10/10

The Princess Bride is ultimately a story of love - of a grandather for his grandson, of Inigo Montoya for his murdered father and between Buttercup and Wesley. It is an old fashioned fairy tale in a sense, but its imagination, wit and humour stands it apart from convention. The characters are endearing and essential to the plot. The pace of the film changes up and down beautifully throughout an...

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The Movie Mob

October 8, 2022

★ 10/10

**The Princess Bride is truly a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that everyone can and should enjoy.** There is nothing quite like The Princess Bride. It’s classic, timeless, charming, clever, hilarious, well-done, and just an all-around excellent film. The Princess Bride is good, safe, fun for the whole family, filled with romance, adventure, comedy, fantasy, action, and heroism. It’s a film for ever...

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CinemaSerf

May 29, 2025

★ 7/10

Maybe not too surprisingly, a poorly young lad (Fred Savage) isn’t so keen on lying in bed being read a slushy romance about a princess by his granddad (Peter Falk) but he knows this book has been passed down through generations of the family and so decides to indulge the well-meaning gent. It doesn’t get any more scintillating for him when he is introduced to the lovelorn heroine “Buttercup” (Rob...