A 60's masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (1 April 2002)

Dustin Hoffman is superb in THE GRADUATE, a film about youth and lust. Hoffman plays Ben, a graduate out of college who undergoes a major internal struggle after repeated sexual escapades with a much older woman, Mrs. Robinson (the great Anne Bancroft). Not only does she
preceed him in the age area, Mrs. Robinson also happens to be the
mother of the girl that Ben fancies. Mike Nichol's direction is near- perfect, detailing Ben's solemn lifestyle, while the pop duo Simon
and Garfunkel stirs the scenery with their greatest hits "Mrs. Robinson" and "The Sounds of Silence."