One of the True Pinnacles of Movie Comedy Greatness

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2004)

As any avid movie watcher will surely acknowledge, direction has rarely played an important part when making a movie comedy. A la Monty Python, it doesn't matther how well the scene is lighted or from what angle the camera is facing just so long as the audience can see the knight get decapitated.
Not to insult the Python. They are brilliant comedians. But with "The Graduate" Mike Nichols truly exhibits his brilliance for the rest of the cinema world. Just one of the many examples adhering to the above argument is the scene in the film where Ben is ambushed by Mrs. Robinson. What an inspired piece of camera-work. The shots are flashing from Mrs. Robinson's naked body to Ben's horrified face, and in the meantime you hear Mrs. Robinson propositioning Ben wheras Ben can only stammer "Oh, my God".
This is truly one of the greatest comedies of all time, and I am pleased that it has been acknowledged as so.