Aluminum Film

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2004)

This film falls into the "commercial" category of Mike Nichols' work that he needed to finance his later experiments. Even in art, science is necessary.
'Catch-22' was better because Nichols had "experimental" style and outrageous source material. By comparison, 'Graduate' has less energy and only Paul Simon as an asset.
This is before Hoffman got real serious in his work.
Film is flimsy when it relies on fads and trends of the time.

Final Analysis = = Cinematic Dud