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Rob Reiner Made a New Kind of Fairy Tale

On Sunday, when it was reported that the filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had been stabbed to death at their home in Los Angeles, the news seemed so senseless and baffling, so at odds with Reiner’s lovable image, that it didn’t properly compute. Who could possibly want to kill Rob Reiner, that big comedic Teddy bear, the closest thing America had to a collective dad? The subsequent revelation that the Reiners’ son Nick was allegedly responsible for their deaths is as terribly sad as it is sordid.

The news was especially jarring because Reiner’s relationship with his own famous father had always seemed so enviably affectionate. Reiner was born in 1947, in the Bronx, the oldest child of the comedian Carl Reiner and the actress and singer Estelle Reiner. (Estelle would later achieve cinematic immortality in Reiner’s classic film “When Harry Met Sally,” as the woman who deadpans, “I’ll have what she’s having,” after Meg Ryan simulates an orgasm at Katz’s Deli.) Publicly, the Reiner men made an adorable couple. A 1979 issue of People had the cover line “Famous Fathers, Loving Sons,” next to a photo of Carl pinching Rob’s cheek. Especially in Carl’s later years, they liked to pose with their arms around each other, their bald heads pressed warmly together like two big speckled eggs. During COVID quarantine, in 2020, Carl participated in a star-studded online reënactment of Rob’s movie “The Princess Bride.” In the final scene, Rob, tucked under the covers in bed, plays the role of a young grandson, and Carl plays his grandfather. “As you wish,” Carl says, with a tip of his fedora, when his large adult son, with moving plaintiveness, asks if he can come back to read to him the next day. Carl died soon after, at ninety-eight.

The Princess Bride

Showboating is not to be encouraged in Hollywood types; the exception that proves the rule in The Princess Bride, in which screenwriter William Goldman indulges in a non-stop cavalcade of clever dialogue, scenes turned on their heads, and ingenious narrative improvisations. It’s a story about the art of storytelling, and smarty-pants thinkers from Umberto Eco to Italo Calvino would approve of the post-modern take on the classic fairy-tale offered here. A pleasure for kids, it’s also worth commending to adults looking for a break from the norm; the late Rob Reiner’s film offers a unique sense of humour that made it a word-of-mouth classic.

5 Years Ago, Rob Reiner’s Most Beloved Fantasy Turned Into an Unexpected Miniseries

Rob Reiner was a creator who had the finger on the pulse of what audiences enjoyed. He was a versatile director, not confined by any one genre in particular. His career had many hits and, more importantly, many classics that have stood the test of time. The Princess Bride remains one of his best, uniting the talent and chemistry of Cary Elwes and Robin Wright as the iconic Wesley and Princess Buttercup. The fantastical story follows lovers who are tragically separated after finding each other. When Wesley’s (Elwes) ship is attacked by pirates, Buttercup (Wright) vows never to love again. Years pass, and she agrees to marry the vile Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) only for the love of her life to return. Full of romance, revenge, and ROUS’s, the film was a crossover hit.

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