Summary
A story within a story about a young farmhand, played by Cary Elwes, who must go on a quest to save the love of his life, played by Robin Wright, after she is kidnapped.
For the most part I enjoyed this film. Yes, the damsel in distress plot line is played out, but I suppose when the film came out maybe it felt more fresh. That aside I found this to be an entertaining ride.
The comedy was the thing that caught me off guard, I had been expecting more of a straightforward adventure/fantasy film and as such wasn’t really expecting many jokes, but this film does have a lot of them and most of them work well. It certainly made me smile more often than not.
Additionally, I liked the meta aspects of the narrative wherein the story knows it is a story and as such is a bit more playful and knowing both within its narrative as well as its presentation towards the audience.
I think as well that Elwes and Wright have great chemistry and them together as a couple in this feel incredibly natural and rightly paired.
Overall, a lot of fun.
4/5
Pros.
The great chemistry
The jokes
The metaness
It is a lot of fun
Cons.
Some aspects of the film feel quite dated now
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