The graduate (1967)

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[bartonfink]

Timeproof classic. Scathingly funny black comedy and touching coming-of-age story. We will never forget delightful yet anxious ending scene.

[tommycruise]

Watched this for the first time in my senior english class and while I though it started out well enough it soon went downhill. The premise is certainly interesting and Dustin Hoffman does a good job but ultimately the film dissolves into a repetitive messy chore. Also way too many music montages

[Dark Jedi Master 007]

The repetition is sort of the point.  

[Webslinger]

An all-time classic that most definitely earns its high reputation. Dustin Hoffman gives one of the best performances of his career, and the film's observations on the struggles of being a young twentysomething remain potent even after the passage of 47(!) years.

 

A/A+

[Dark Jedi Master 007]

Does anybody else feel like this film is too harsh to adults? It treats them as though they're villains/fools. As someone sort of stuck in Braddock's position, I do resent adults a little, but I realize that my resentment comes more out of my perspective/ situation, as opposed to their actions. 

[Webslinger]

Does anybody else feel like this film is too harsh to adults? It treats them as though they're villains/fools. 

 

Not really. A huge component of the film is that Ben doesn't fully understand the way the adult world works, so it makes sense that he sees adults as enemies of sorts, especially when Mrs. Robinson is set on stopping him from being with Elaine. He's not fully tuned in with the reality of the adult world, so therefore he sees them in a harsher light than he should.

[Dark Jedi Master 007]

Not really. A huge component of the film is that Ben doesn't fully understand the way the adult world works, so it makes sense that he sees adults as enemies of sorts, especially when Mrs. Robinson is set on stopping him from being with Elaine. He's not fully tuned in with the reality of the adult world, so therefore he sees them in a harsher light than he should.

Yeah, I feel that way. But I'm wondering if the film endorses that view. Near the end of the film, when Elaine and her mother were fighting during the marriage ceremony, it felt like the film might be endorsing that view. Or perhaps I was misreading it.

[Joel M]

It's also one of the most influential movies of all time. The entirety of the bittersweet dramatic comedy "genre" from mainstream dramedies, to wes anderson to the annual sundance feelgood hit can be traced back to this scene:

 

[RobinHood26]

This movie is just so hip 

 

B+ (87)