A rhyming giant, a fencing Spaniard bent on revenge, a miracle man and an infamous pirate are just a few characters that make up the peculiar cast of The Princess Bride.

The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, is a delightful tongue-in-cheek fairytale that anyone can enjoy. It is an adventure that includes everything from sword fighting between two fencing masters atop the Cliffs of Insanity to a battle against a giant rodent in the Fire Swamp.

The Princess Bride's story begins in 1987, the year the film was made, with a grandfather reading his grandson a bedtime story.

The story is first a simple love story with Buttercup, aka the Princess Bride, played by Robin Wright-Penn, falling in love with the farm boy Westley, played by Cary Elwes. However, no sooner do they find true love than Westley must sail away, and Buttercup soon hears the news that her dear Westley has been killed.

Fast-forward five years, and Buttercup has been forced into an engagement with the detestable Prince Humperdinck, played by Chris Sarandon.

Buttercup is kidnapped as part of a plot to start a war between two enemy states, and the adventure, as well as the comedy for the audience, begins.

A man in black begins the pursuit as the captors try to flee with Buttercup, which leads to one of the best scenes in the movie, when the man faces Mandy Patinkin in a fencing match. It is not only an impressive bit of choreography with the swordplay, but is also a wonderful dialogue between two of the wittiest characters in the movie.

After fencing with a Spaniard, battling a sportsman-like giant and matching wits with the leader of the captors, the man is finally revealed as Buttercup's one true love, Westley.

Buttercup's fiancée, however, catches the pair and, unbeknownst to Buttercup, has Westley thrown into the Pit of Despair.

Insurmountable obstacles separate the two, and the future seems grim. However, with a miracle and a couple of friends from his adventures, Westley might be able to save his own true love and live happily ever after. Don't let the classic fairytale structure fool you; The Princess Bride is a hilarious mix of wit, satire and swordplay.

This movie is so spectacular because the humor is so dry. I giggle with mirth every time the leader of the captors yells, "Inconceivable," for at least the fifth time and Patinkin says in return, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." It is absolutely my favorite line of the movie, and it is delivered perfectly. I know I for one have put it as my away message many a time.

On top of the amazingly clever lines, the story itself is just pure brilliant absurdity that you can't help from getting caught up in and falling in love with.

Not only do the comic aspects of the movie always make me laugh, but the romantic in me sighs hopelessly as I watch the brave Westley chasing after his true love, conquering all obstacles in his path. When Elwes says to Buttercup, "Death cannot stop true love, all it can do is delay it for a while," I just melt.

The cast works wonderfully together. Elwes, as Westley, delivers his lines with the perfect amount of drollness that captures Westley's dry humor and irony.

Patinkin, as Inigo Montoya, the vengeful Spaniard who is part of the crew that kidnaps Buttercup, is flawless, not only in his comic role, but in the short scene in which he is serious and bent on revenge as well. The other actors are fine, but nothing fabulous.

The Princess Bride is a comedy, an adventure story, a romantic tale and a fantasy. It has something for everyone.