A horrible situation, a fantastic film.

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2010)

The Graduate is a classic that involves a horrible situation, but it's a great film. And when I say great, I mean great. The Graduate, nominated for best picture in the 60's, deserves to be called a classic. I was never once bored by this movie. It's funny, to some extent romantic, to some extent creepy, and definitely, in the final act, dramatic.
Mike Nicols has directed some of the best work I have ever seen. Though The Birdcage didn't do fantastic, it is the funniest movie I have ever seen. Closer, starring only four stars, is fantastic no matter how many people are in it. And The Graduate. I also loved the soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel. Funny that my two favorite songs by Simon & Garfunkel are sang throughout the entire movie.
This is quite a story. It's a shame too. It's a movie about mistakes. Mistakes are happening through the entire film. From the beginning, in which Mrs. Robinson, and until the end. In which Ben realizes and his new lover realize that what they have just done was an awful idea. The lead character, Ben, is a real creep. I am not sure about this, but I believe that what he does in the end of the film is for spite.
The film is about a newly college graduate named Ben Braddock(played excellently by Dustin Hoffman). Ben is worried about what he is going to do with his future. One night, he is asked by Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, to take her home. so when he does that, she tries to seduce him.
At first, Ben hates the idea. Then eventually the two of them have sex and the two of them start to secretly see each other. Mrs. Robinson doesn't really care about Ben's feelings. She just uses him for sex and so then she can have him all for herself. Ben eventually starts to get tired of this, so he is soon put in a position in which he has to take her daughter Elaine out on a date. and he falls in love with her. That is when problems start.
The song, Mrs. Robinson, sung by Simon & Garfunkel, is really sarcastic. The lyrics" Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves" is really being sarcastic. Cause Mrs. Robinson is a big bitch. And because of her selfishness, all of their lives are ruined.
I expected The Graduate to be funny. Oh my God how I was wrong. It starts out as a comedy, and then slowly turns into a drama. This is a fantastic film. This is one movie classic that nobody can miss. If you start watching it, at first you won't be too interested, and eventually, you'll be seduced by it.
The Graduate: A+