The Graduate, a clever movie, filled with underlying themes and a witty plot.

Rating: Null/10 (24 November 2003)

I watched The Graduate in the fall of 03, in film studies class. I thought it was a clever movie , almost ahead of its times, with underlying themes and a witty plot. This movie, although made in 1967, is still interesting to the teenage eye. The representation of the 60's era was shown through a upper middle class suburban family. So in other words there were no hippies and the closest thing to drug addiction was Mrs. Robinson addiction to cigarettes. Dustin Hoffman(Benjamin) plays the character of a young, gullible, confused,hormonal graduate that has had everything just handed to him all his life. He is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (played by Anne Bancroft), she is much older and is also one of Benjamin's parents friends. They get tossed around in what seems to be an endless affair, getting a hotel room almost every night.*Spoiler* Later on Benjamin is actually engaged to be married to Mrs. Robinson daughter, not under her wishes of course.*End Spoiler* This was a classic scandal for a movie made in the 60's! Simon and Garfunkel made all the music in the graduate, most of it fitting perfectly into the scene in the movies. Although repeating `Scarborough Fair' so much, got to be pretty annoying, it still set the 60's theme very well. Overall, The Graduate was impressive ,timeless movie that can appeal to all