Fresh
The Graduate gives some substance to the contention that American films are coming of age -- of our age.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
The Graduate
This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.
1967 · 1h 46m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Overview
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Director and cast
- Mike Nichols Director
- Dustin Hoffman as Ben Braddock
- Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson
- Katharine Ross as Elaine Robinson
- Murray Hamilton as Mr. Robinson
- William Daniels as Mr. Braddock
- Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Braddock
- Buck Henry as Room Clerk
- Brian Avery as Carl Smith
- Walter Brooke as Mr. McGuire
- Norman Fell as Mr. McCleery
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The remarkably true ring of Webb's dialogue is preserved and augmented, the visual potential lifted to next power in absurdity.
John Mahoney, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
The emotional elevation of the film is due in no small measure to the extraordinarily engaging performances of Anne Bancroft as the wife-mother-mistress, Dustin Hoffman as the lumbering Lancelot, and Katherine Ross as his fair Elaine.
Andrew Sarris, Village Voice
Fresh
It's consistently fleet and funny, even as it probes the heady abandon and looming hangover that typified the decade of discontent.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Rotten
The film itself is very broken-backed, partly because Anne Bancroft's performance as the mother carries so much more weight than Katharine Ross' as the daughter, partly because Nichols couldn't decide whether he was making a social satire or a farce.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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