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Graduate, The
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Classic | Comedy | Drama | Romance
Written by:
Buck Henry
Calder Willingham
Charles Webb (novel)
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 21, 1967
DVD: December 29, 1998
Running Time: 105 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels
Shy Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman) returns home from college with an uncertain future. Then the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson (Bancroft), seduces him, and the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams (Ross). But there's one problem: she's Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (MGM)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Dustin Hoffman gives the inspired performance that launched his movie career, and director Mike Nichols shows a gift for social satire that has never glistened quite so brightly since. [Review of re-release]
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ethan Alter
The Graduate is a flawlessly acted and produced film. [Review of re-release]
Read Full Review >Variety A.D. Murphy
The Graduate is a delightful, satirical comedy-drama about a young man's seduction by an older woman, and the measure of maturity which he attains from the experience.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Bosley Crowther
Funny, outrageous, and touching, The Graduate is a sophisticated film that puts Mr. Nichols and his associates on a level with any of the best satirists working abroad today.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Alison Macor
Hoffman and Bancroft are phenomenally cast in a script co-written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham that is by turns sly, touching, and amazingly fresh 30 years later. [Review of re-release]
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
The light ribbing of conspicuous consumption in southern California and the Simon and Garfunkel songs on the sound track both play considerable roles in giving this depthless comedy some bounce. [Review of re-release]
Read Full Review >Salon.com Robin Dougherty
What was once an all-important signpost to adulthood is really little more than a simple romantic comedy whose "countercultural" message, insofar as it has one, is decidedly retrograde. [Review of re-release]
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
The Graduate is not subtle in its writing off of the parental generation as hopelessly corrupt. [Review of re-release]
Time Staff (Not Credited)
The screenplay, which begins as genuine comedy, soon degenerates into spurious melodrama.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Alyssa C. gave it a10:
Classic.
Adam S. gave it an8:
Good, not great.
