Rusalka's twenty-second film review: A time capsule of true uncertainty

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2003)

The Graduate is a total time capsule of a era that is by-gone. From the opening shot of Dustin Hoffman sitting on the plane as it descends into the haze of Los Angeles to the final scene of the bus pulling away from the church with Benjamin and Elaine looking dumbstruck on the rear seat, this film is a true American classic.
Symbolism runs rampant throughout the film, most notably in the case of young Benjamin Braddock. This film encapusulates just what teenagers and young adults at the time were certainly feeling. No one understood them and they sometimes had to go to certain places to "find themselves". In Benjamin's case he goes to the immortal Mrs. Robinson, played here by Anne Bancroft. She becomes his teacher in a way and teaches him some things that one certainly couldn't learn in a school environment! I don't want to give too much of the film away because that is half of the fun of seeing it. It is a treat.
My rating: 4 stars