In the world of fairy-tale royalty, that's very much as it should be. That's all right there's a lot more of the story left, and the look-alike blond Buttercup (Robin Wright) and her true love Westley (Cary Elwes) are on the dull side anyway. The film version has been streamlined even more drastically, so that the heroine - an innocent beauty named Buttercup -has been introduced, disappointed in love and affianced to the wrong man before the first five minutes are over. ''The Princess Bride,'' which opens today at the Beekman and other theaters, was adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel, which purports to be a conveniently abridged version of a children's book the author loved in his youth. Even the little boy, who's a tough customer, is eventually won over. It also has a delightful cast and a cheery, earnest style that turns out to be ever more disarming as the film moves along. But ''The Princess Bride'' has sweetness and sincerity on its side, and when it comes to fairy tales, those are major assets. ''THE PRINCESS BRIDE'' is framed as a story told to a sick little boy, and the child is thoroughly skeptical -who wouldn't be? Here is a full-length fairy tale full of fanciful characters, madcap adventures and a lot of other things surely not to every taste.
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