And Mandy Patinkin is deliciously hammy as the man who wishes to avenge his father's death by killing his six-fingered murderer. Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant and Christopher Guest(who bares a mere resemblance to Tim Curry's Cardinal Richelieu) were very good too, as is an unrecognisable Billy Crystal.

Chris Sarandon is a little annoying, but he has some delicious throw-away lines, so you warm to him, especially when Westley insults him at the end.

Cary Elwes is a very charismatic lead as Westley, and Robin Wright gives a very spirited performance as Princess Buttercup. The story was simple, but very well-developed, with a few surprises here and there. The film itself is beautiful, with lovely sets and costumes, matched with a funny and touching script, not to mention quotable. Rob Reiner is a very good director indeed, directing films like Stand By Me and all that. It is well designed, well directed and well acted. Though he's lost when the heroes split up without a plan, Fezzik shows that he is capable of thinking for himself when he finds Prince Humperdinck's white horses.Princess Bride is something that is really special. In the preparations to storm the castle, Fezzik shows that he's perfectly happy to follow directions. Fezzik reconnects with Inigo in Florin City and is able to quickly and skillfully soak the brandy out of Inigo's body. He loses and when he comes to later, he forgets the rhyme that Inigo made up for him to remember what he was supposed to do. When Vizzini tells Fezzik to kill Westley, Fezzik demonstrates that he prioritizes fairness over anything else by challenging Westley to a proper fight. This damages Fezzik's already low self-esteem. Though Fezzik enjoys having a friend in Inigo and making Vizzini happy, Vizzini is verbally abusive and tells Fezzik that he's incapable of thinking for himself. There, Vizzini recruits him to be a part of his criminal organization. Because what Fezzik hates most in the world is being alone, he's distraught when the circus fires him and leaves him in Greenland. After his parents die, Fezzik fights as part of a circus troupe until people start booing him again. Fezzik is miserable and scared, as he hates fighting and hates it even more when audiences boo him. When Fezzik's father teaches him to throw a punch and ends up with a broken jaw, he and Fezzik's mother decide to train Fezzik to be a pro wrestler. The one thing that he loves is making up rhymes, which he does both out loud and in his head.

Despite his size, Fezzik isn't violent and was bullied mercilessly as a child. He's the size of a giant and was the size of an adult by the time he started kindergarten. Fezzik is a kindhearted Turkish man in the story of The Princess Bride.

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