Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Graduate


Title: The Graduate
Year: 1967
Director: Mike Nichols
Lead: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft
Rated: PG for Sexual Content (today would be pg-13)

A college graduate is seduced into having an affair with his fathers business partner, Mrs. Robinson.

This movie was fantastic, it was very funny, and very dramatic. Dustin Hoffman has some very funny lines like, "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me." or "Oh no dad, its completely baked". Its a very funny plot, a college grad has an affair with his dad's business partners wife who is two times older than him, however, he falls in love with her daughter. Its considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. This was Dustin Hoffman's first role and he does fantastic. The ending is great too, the last 30 minutes are very cool and quite funny. The last shot of this film is very cool also (as pointed out by my film teacher) Ben and Elaine's faces go from utter elation to absolute confusion. That's all I'm going to say, your going to have to watch it for yourself. Its funny, dramatic, and definitely worth the watch. The Graduate won an Oscar for Best Director. 9 out of 10

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