Great coming of age story!

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2013)

'The Graduate' is a great film with a realistic storyline. Though not everyone may be able to relate to it, the story still rings true and proves that life after college is just confusing and frightening.
Dustin Hoffman does a wonderful job playing the young and naive college graduate. He gives a really believable performance and his character is easy to empathize with. With all of life's struggles and temptations, his character obviously hits multiple rough patches, but in the end gets what he thinks he wants at that point. Anne Bancroft also plays a great antagonist and her character is one of those that I honestly just loved to hate- she was just so manipulative and persuasive.
The editing in this film was especially great. I liked the quick edits they did, such as the editing that was done in the beginning with very brief cuts showing different parts of Anne Bancroft's body. However, my favorite part of the film, besides the overall storyline, was the soundtrack. As a long time lover of Simon & Garfunkel's music, having it playing in the background for a majority of the film made it that much more enjoyable. I also thought the music fit surprisingly well with the films overall mood.