Great

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2015)

I've probably seen this film 4 or 5 times now. Every time I watch I always like it, of course there's minor flaws but it is very good. Mike Nichols does a great job, the cinematography is fantastic in this film. I don't think Mike Nichols could've taken any better actors for the roles. Dustin Hoffman playing a young awkward college graduate and Anne Bancroft playing a seductive older woman. Ben(Dustin Hoffman) knows exactly how to play his role and he does it perfectly. While searching to find himself on what he wants to do following his completion of college he seems to be stuck no knowing. Soon enough at the end of the film Ben knows what he wants and that's to be with Elaine Robinson(Katharine Ross), daughter of Mrs.Robinson (Anne Bancroft). Many things about the film were very smart and well done like slowing the soundtrack as Ben's car slows down from running out of gas and the lighting in numerous scenes is done well also. Some of the voice over work could've been done better but, that's just about the only flaw of the film. This film is about breaking from the old and in with the new. This fits the category of New Cinema all too well. This film deserves a 9.