One of the most overvalued films of all times

Rating: 5/10 (15 May 2013)

The great and classical soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel, a group of good actors and one of the most famous scenes in cinema history with Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman as protagonists cannot make up a poor, even lame plot, an incoherent and silly story full of holes and a dull direction and editing. One wonders how such a film could make its way through time to still be considered a "classic" and seemingly appreciated by a high number of people; maybe, for people in the sixties this film meant something, or touched something inside them or whatever, but nowadays The Graduate should long have been put in the bag of dated unworthy-to-watch films. The final scenes with Benjamin trying to prevent the wedding of his sweetheart and taking her with him are just shameful!. There are some very good films from the sixties, try Midnight Cowboy for instance, but skip this over-overvalued film.