The Princess Bride
Movie • 1987 • Adventure
ReportIn 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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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Main characters DO say goodbye before parting ways for a long time
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N_ot_U
The main character's love interest threatens to hit her (almost does but restrains himself), and treats her condescendingly throughout.
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Dormant_Possum
Inigo kills the man who once injured him and killed his father when Inigo was a child.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Nuisance
Buttercup is lied to by Humperdinck, and told later that they are married despite her not having said "I do".
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Nuisance
Inigo's backstory involves a grown man killing his father and scarring his face with a sword.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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zoolover
Mention of alcoholism.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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jamieblazej
Inigo Montoya is wasted in a scene or two
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Anonymous
A grown man jumps down onto a horse, which staggers
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CJKitty12
there is a fight involving ROUS's (rodents of unusual size) which doesn't end in the rats favour...
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Is there a dead animal?
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xxeaphyr
Westley kills a ROUS (Rat of Unusual Size)
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Are there snakes?
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zoolover
There are eels though..
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Are there sharks?
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pedanther
No, but there are giant carnivorous eels that behave like the popular image of sharks.
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Assault
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Anonymous
The main love interest threatens to slap her but does not.
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Is someone drugged?
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Vicini is poisoned if that counts?
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Is someone held under water?
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Dormant_Possum
It's more of a dunk than a hold under water. It's just to sober Inigo.
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Anonymous
Buttercup is forced to marry against her will, but nothing physical happens.
Humperdinck issues a veiled threat of consummating the marriage.
Humperdinck issues a veiled threat of consummating the marriage.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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When a main character gets kidnapped they gag him
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Inigo gets slashed in the face with a sword. The wounds bleed.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Crow75
Someone is made to faint with a chokehold
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Is someone choked?
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pedanther
A character is choked unconscious while being kidnapped; it's very brief, with her losing consciousness almost as soon as her attacker's hand is around her throat. Later, there is a wrestling match in which one character subdues the other with a choke hold; this goes on for much longer.
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Is someone burned alive?
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CJKitty12
One of the ROUS's (rodents of unusual size) gets lit on fire, but doesn't die from the fire
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Is someone buried alive?
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mcmuds
There’s a scene where they fall into quicksand, but make their way out.
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Is there amputation?
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Nuisance
He doesn't go through with it, but at one point Inigo tells Fezzik to tear someone's arms off.
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Is there a hanging?
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mcmuds
There is talk about it - as a threat to the kidnappers.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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A character is choked to unconscious but he's fine in the end
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Does someone become unconscious?
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pedanther
Various characters are rendered unconscious by methods including choke holds and being thumped on the head.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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TheCassandraComplex
When Westley is being tortured it looks a bit like a seizure.
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Is someone tortured?
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ZarahInkeri
A character is tortured to death, though resurrected later on.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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N_ot_U
and there is a scene where people jump out of a second storey window, but everyone is safely caught (the comedic elements through the film make it a moment where some viewers might wonder if there's going be a comedic splat when they jump, but it doesn't happen)
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Is someone stabbed?
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pedanther
Several characters get run through in sword fights, and a character is hit by a thrown knife.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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pedanther
Yes, but it doesn't last, and he's alive and well at the end.
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Anonymous
Before the movie Inigo’s father is killed
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Does a parent die?
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fakegamer
you killed my father, prepare to die
one of the main characters father was murdered and he is seeking revenge
one of the main characters father was murdered and he is seeking revenge
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Jezebel
Spoiler alert: The beginning of the movie is literally someone getting kidnapped
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Does someone cheat?
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N_ot_U
but mostly on technicalities that aren't anyone's fault, and the situations when they come up are resolved quickly
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Nuisance
Inigo tries to appeal to his dead father's spirit at one point, there is no evidence that the appeal succeeds other than a strange coincidence that might just have been random chance.
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Are there jump scares?
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xxeaphyr
Not really jumpscares, but surprises nonetheless. (Pretty much only with the ROUSes)
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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pedanther
Part of the story involves a boat trip down a river and across a sea.
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There are daggers, but razors did not exist in this time period
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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cobble6
Buttercup and Wesley cough up sand after they get out of a lightning sand pit in the fire swamp, but there is no vomit and nothing is visual- I am severely emetophobic and the scene doesn't affect me at all, it really just sounds like coughing.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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pedanther
There are scenes of law enforcement (the Brute Squad) bullying citizens, but this is depicted as villainous behaviour.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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jayattheark1102
Not quite electro-therapy, but akin to it.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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xxeaphyr
They go to a healer, but it's more of a shack than a hospital.
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Mental Health
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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There are no confirmed autistic characters.
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JamieF
She is just about to when circumstances change
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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pedanther
There is a scene where a character's dream is initially depicted as if it's actually happening, and only revealed as a dream when she wakes up at the end of it.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Elle989
She doesn't want to live with Humperdinck so badly.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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N_ot_U
some people get buried in quicksand, but it's not shot from their POV, and you know that they're going to come out of it safely within the next moment or so
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EvieParman
Suicide is threatened
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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xxeaphyr
No more than any other action movie from the '80s would have.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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VelvetBow
Someone calls another character “a son of a bitch” in one singular instance
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Anonymous
The movie uses a grandfather telling the story to his grandson as a framing device, and sometimes they interrupt the story to comment on it, but the audience is never addressed directly, so the fourth wall remains intact.
In the original book, the equivalent framing device is that Goldman, the writer, is talking to you, the reader, about his abridged "good parts version" of the story, so the fourth wall is being broken constantly.
In the original book, the equivalent framing device is that Goldman, the writer, is talking to you, the reader, about his abridged "good parts version" of the story, so the fourth wall is being broken constantly.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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xxeaphyr
Fezzik is mocked by Vizzini for his "stupidity."
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mad_melody
There are no mentions of Jewish people.
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N_ot_U
everyone seems to be cis
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Does an LGBT person die?
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N_ot_U
no LGBT characters
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Are there fat jokes?
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Jezebel
A giant is made fun of for his size.
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Does the black guy die first?
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N_ot_U
no black characters
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Is there hate speech?
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Nuisance
+1 on the misogyny comment, it's not really what I would call "hate speech" but Buttercup is treated as a commodity by most of the characters and Westley is downright harsh with her.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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pedanther
The proposed marriage between Humperdinck and Buttercup is an area of concern: it's not specified how large the age gap between the characters is, but he's clearly significantly older (in real life, the actors were 45 and 21). Neither is actually attracted to the other: he's picked her for political reasons, and she's only going along because he doesn't give her a choice. In any case, they don't end up getting married and Buttercup ends up with someone age-appropriate.
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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TinyWatermelon2
I’m pretty sure a character says Hell
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Elle989
It's kissing, you wouldn't like it
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No, but a male character cries after being tortured in a moment played for humor.
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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pedanther
Prince Humperdinck's elderly father is depicted as having trouble following what's happening around him, in a way that might be read as related to dementia.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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mcmuds
There is a very drunk person being sobered up by putting his head in a barrel of water.
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Is there blood/gore?
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mcmuds
Sword Fight - it's not overly bloody, and no gore.
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