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Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2011)

Mike Nichols didn't earn my esteem. At least until I saw The Graduate. Locked and forgotten below movies such as Closer or Charlie Wilson's War, this one comes out very comic and surprisingly interesting. I pictured a annoying drama and a so-called comedy but maybe by accident, it ain't. The Graduate introduces you Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman). He's a twenty year-old who's just graduated and is very unsure about his future. His parents throw a party, inviting all their friends. Suddenly, a Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), married to a business partner of Ben's father, asks Ben to drive her home. Later at her home, she tries to seduce Ben. She eventually succeeds, but Ben falls in love... with her daughter(Katharine Ross). The topic is quite silly actually, but the movie is very enjoyable. A little less than two hours, though it could a little bit shorter, as it has one of the silliest endings of the story of the cinema. And I mean it. Dustin Hoffman does a very impressing job. Definitely my favourite between all his roles. Again, awesome music, that I think to have been written specifically to this movie, written by Paul Simon, performed by the same plus Art Garfunkel. It's very good. Go figure, its single knocked The Beatles' White Album out of the charts top. Won one Oscar for the directing, and earned three other nominations, for each of the three main actors. 8/10