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The Graduate (VHS - 1967)

The Graduate (VHS - 1967)

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Rated 4.5 Star Review out of 20 reviews

Featuring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, see full cast

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CanadaSucks
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4 Star ReviewStill very watchable- but I have to agree that it ...

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Posted Sep 10, 2007 - Still very watchable- but I have to agree that it is somewhat dated and slightly (only slightly) overrated. . .still, a time-capsule film that is still worth watching. . ."are you here for the affair?"

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4 Star ReviewI like this film a good deal, particularly the per ...

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Posted Sep 10, 2007 - I like this film a good deal, particularly the performance by Anne Bancroft, but I found, on my most recent viewing, that the film does not stand up to the passage of time as well as I would have thought.

Not that its bad, by any means, its just that it falls a fair ways short of great.

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5 Star ReviewI was in college when this film entered release. Â ...

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Posted Sep 10, 2007 - I was in college when this film entered release.  I had a friend who dared me to go to it stating that if I didn't like it, he would reinburse me for the ticket.  I went, and I really enjoyed it, and I continue to enjoy it over the last forty years.  

The sound track was first rate, and Dustin Hoffman, Ann Bancroft and Katherine Ross were perfect.  Everything clicked in this flick including some great character actors.  I strongly recommend that you watch it, dear reader.  It does have some 1960's blah, blah, blah, but little enough that it should not annoy you to any great extent.

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2 Star Review"are you trying to seduce me" blah blah ...

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Posted Sep 10, 2007 - "are you trying to seduce me" blah blah

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5 Star ReviewI saw this in the Steinbeck theater on Cannery Row ...

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Posted Aug 23, 2007 - I saw this in the Steinbeck theater on Cannery Row when I was about 19 years old. The movie had been out fairly short time and had generated lots of buzz on the street. The theater was fairly new and had an excellent sound system for that era. No one knew who any of the actors were (a few might have seen Anne Bancroft before) and Dustin Hoffman was way too odd looking to be a product of Hollywood. The movie blew me away at the time and made me much more appreciative of Simon and Garfunkel who were close to being obsolete at that time being a leftover from the dying folk music era. I believe the first Monterrey Pop festival was that same summer so you can see where the music and the culture were headed. Dustin Hoffman went on to defy the critics who said he'd never be a leading man or any kind of star. As for me it started a life-long love of Anne Bancrofts' work. Here's to you Mrs. Robinson.

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5 Star ReviewGreat movie! The cinematography, direction, script ...

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Posted Jun 23, 2003 - Great movie! The cinematography, direction, script, and soundtrack really propelled this movie. Very true to the cynicism in the dating scene, the difficulty for young men to relate to the world (parents, women), cool metaphors (Christ in the church, the fishbowl, him in the scuba gear, Ms. Robinson in the hallway after he spills the beans - all symbols of alienation) - the hip style of this film is superb. Copied by movies like Ferris Bueller. Very dark, chic, hip, urbane, funny, witty. I like movies that leave you wondering. They symbolize where men and women are headed in the future and what they ultimately will mean to each other. I also like how we never really know what's in his head - he's more a symbol than a character. All of that and the soundtrack leave a haunting image.

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5 Star ReviewAn all-time classic. I saw it for the first time ...

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Posted Dec 26, 2002 - An all-time classic. I saw it for the first time today and was completely dazzled, all the way from chilling start to slick, dynamic (and even more chilling) end. If you want a romantic flick that doesn't pile on the sentimentality then this is the place to start heading. One very big puzzlement that arose while watching this powerful and enthralling film, in which a young man finds himself falling in love with the daughter of the woman with whom he is having an affair, was just why so many people always refer to it as a comedy. I thought it was a lot more serious and haunting than funny. The obscure angles from which many sequences were shot were well done and added to the general unease, which Hoffman was successfully able to transfer to the viewers via his character's own fear and insecurity. And the ending was amazing - a real andrenalin inducer that rounded off the perfect film and brought it to a poignent but at the same time uplifting close. Heck, this film is worth watching for the brilliant sound track alone - I only have to hear 'The Sound of Silence' and it makes my heart skip a beat.

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5 Star ReviewBegan a new era of Hollywood movies. I love Simon ...

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Posted Jun 13, 2002 - Began a new era of Hollywood movies. I love Simon and Garfunkle's tune, the performances, and the overall feel of the movie. A true classic and it's in my Top 20. Not only that, it's hilarious!

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Jimi Capra
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3 Star ReviewThe American Film Institute have this film in thei ...

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Posted Apr 28, 2002 - The American Film Institute have this film in their top 10 or 20 movies of all time, i think thats over doing it. it's not a great movie, it does not deserve 5 or 4 stars 3 stars is good.

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h_dawkins
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5 Star Reviewalthough never as good or as funny as the critics ...

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Posted Jan 22, 2002 - although never as good or as funny as the critics make out , this sees a young dustin hoffman provide an intelligent performance. wonderful soundtrack , some good laughs and incredible symbolism

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4 Star ReviewHumor, romance, and drama combined dosn't seem lik ...

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Posted Jan 15, 2002 - Humor, romance, and drama combined dosn't seem like a bad idea, but after seeing the movie, you realise that it could have been a little better.

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5 Star ReviewGreat movie with chemistry, character study, aweso ...

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Posted Nov 21, 2001 - Great movie with chemistry, character study, awesome cinematography, and the deliciously evil martyr, Mrs. Robinson played meticulously by the talented Anne Bancroft

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5 Star ReviewA low starter, but an excellent finish. One of my ...

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Posted Sep 25, 2001 - A low starter, but an excellent finish. One of my favorites, with a fantastic hoffman and a beautiful ross. btw, the soundtrack an d especially scarborough fare is the best there is next to the good the bad and the ugly.

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Molfan
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4 Star ReviewA real funny movie. Dustin Hoffman is a young man ...

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Posted Aug 28, 2001 - A real funny movie. Dustin Hoffman is a young man just graduated from college who is seduced into an affair with a middle aged woman who is a friend of the family. Anne Bancroft is good as Mrs. Robinson and so is Dustin Hoffman as Ben. the movie has it's twist when Ben ends up liking Mrs. Robinsons daughter istead> The very ending is good.It also has a very good soundtrack with songs from Simon and Garfunkel.

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4 Star ReviewI like it because it's funny with some decent song ...

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Posted Jul 27, 2001 - I like it because it's funny with some decent songs. I saw Rainman before this. Dustin Hoffman had the same blank stare in both.

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  • Mike Nichols Director:
  • Dustin Hoffman
    Anne Bancroft
    Katharine Ross
    Murray Hamilton
    William Daniels
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Brian Avery
    Walter Brooke
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  • Lawrence Turman Producer:
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