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100
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Wall Street Journal Julie Salamon
The movie has its own genuine charm and one hilarious high: Billy Crystal & Carol Kane are simply wonderful. [24 Sept 1987, p.24(E)]
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100
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Cary Elwes is marvelously funny as the hero. [25 Sept 1987]
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90
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Los Angeles Times
It's Patinkin who scores a special triumph. In his role there's a poignant strain of weariness beneath the leaping bravado, a pain under the braggadocio. [25 Sept 1987]
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90
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
As a good fairy tale should, The Princess Bride teaches but never preaches. It's a lively, fun-loving, but nevertheless epic look at the nature of true love.
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88
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It is filled with good-hearted fun, with performances by actors who seem to be smacking their lips and by a certain true innocence that survives all of Reiner's satire.
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80
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Mr. Reiner seems to understand exactly what Mr. Goldman loves about stories of this kind, and he conveys it with clarity and affection. [25 Sept 1987, p.C10]
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80
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
A percolating comedy. The laughs may not tear your belly up, but they're constant and they dovetail with the story.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr
Reiner's penchant for hip little riffs -- Billy Crystal as a yiddish wizard, etc. -- dilutes primal power in favor of genial fun.
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75
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USA Today Mike Clark
Crystal is such a panic - and normally uptight Patinkin is so attractively relaxed as a Spanish swordsman - that Bride's charms just can't be ignored. [25 Sept 1987]
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Kinda cute, occasionally amusing and very, very slow... I just wish [it] had more momentum, more oomph. [9 Oct 1987]
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