Well done combination of stories.

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2013)

The Graduate's brilliance lies in the fact that it is a combination of stories.In the beginning,we have a tale of the crossroads between youth and manhood and the confusion that usually goes with it.In the second half,we have a simple tale of romance that gets complicated by the events in the first half.Dustin Hoffman was brilliant in his profession even then.He displays the awkwardness of youth's comical,clumsy ascension into manhood with flying colors.Anne Bancroft was there to nudge him along,manipulating his inexperience for selfish reasons,thereby adding complication when Hoffman's character finds the love of his life,which happens to be Bancroft's daughter.It is a well blended mix of comedy and drama.