The worst "classic" of all time

Rating: 2/10 (9 November 2002)

I watched this film and I wondered how. HOW! How could "The Graduate" be a classic? This movie is a really dumb and utterly depressing piece of work. I decided to vote for this movie on the number of actual qualities it possessed. The movie is deeming qualities of this film are the awesome performances of Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross and the incredible score by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle. Besides that, "The Graduate" is not a classic. It royally sucks and I can't believe this movie reached the heights that it has.
This is where I rant for several hundred words. The real reason this movie bites is because of Dustin Hoffman's character. He is a stalker and there is nothing beyond that. I have no sympathy for him. He is a brainless moron who needs to be beat with a chunk of cinder block. He uses his second head as opposed to his first and that is really a stupid thing to do. By doing that, he screws himself over as well as the woman he loves and her father too. It is extremely sickening to see this.
Another aspect was Mrs. Robinson herself. She is evil and willing to cheat upon her own husband with a younger man. She also blames the young man for the problems she has caused. In my mind, adultery is repulsive and since she doesn't want to take responsibility for her own actions, it is even more repulsive.
Thirdly, innocent people are hurt because the actions of the two aforementioned. Katharine Ross' character is unfairly hurt. She is dragged across hot coals in this. In reality, she would have dumped the brainless moron and found someone else who actually cared for her. The scenes she played out with Dustin Hoffman were really eerie. Realistically, she would have called the police and they would have dragged him away.
Fourthly, the dichotomy of reality and unreality in "The Graduate" is really messed up. At first, the story has an extremely realistic edge to it but the last third ends up unrealistic. I was hoping that Hoffman's character would have been the loser but it doesn't happen. The object of affection in the film finds it cute that her cracked in the head suitor is chasing after her. She is an absolutely rational adult and she should comprehend that she isn't a teenager and what this man is doing isn't cute. It is really deranged and beyond the norm.
Overall, this is a sad excuse for a film. It should never have reached the level that it has. It is overrated, sickening, and above all wrong. I despise adultery and I sometimes despise the fact that emotion overrules logic. "The Graduate" give sympathy to a main character who doesn't honestly deserve it. I wish the guy would have picked up his shattered heart and moved on with life but it didn't play out that way. I give this sad film a 2 out of 10! Thanks goodness for the sane music!
Here ends my rant!