Movie #78: The Graduate

Movie #: 78
Movie Title: The Graduate
Year Released: 1967

Director: Mike Nichols
Notable Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson

Short Description: A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #17
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: #68
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #62
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: N/A



Date Watched: 7/20/2016

Grade: 2.5 out of 5 (Satisfactory)

Rationale: The Graduate was a letdown for me because I had hyped it up after watching Dustin Hoffman’s performances in Tootsie, Rain Man, and Midnight Cowboy. Not to say he was bad in The Graduate, it’s just not on par with the others. On the other hand, Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson did a swell job coming off as seductive and alluring when coming onto Hoffman’s Benjamin Braddock. While I appreciated the original songs created by Simon & Garfunkel for the movie, they were played over and over, becoming annoyingly repetitive after the third or so time through.