Greatest movie for its time!

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2010)

Anybody of the Baby Boomer generation(such as myself)would simply have to love this film(in spite of the rather fatuous nit picking I've noticed in a number of the "hated" reviews of it). To begin with, it's hard to find any film in that time period that dealt better with the subject of someone coming of age being so alienated from the society around them, this reflected so well in the character of Benjamin Braddock(played superbly by the tour de force performance of Dustin Hoffman). And I'd add that the same great acting was also true for the other actors(Katherine Ross, Anne Bancroft).
This theme of alienation is also evident with the character of Mrs. Robinson(Anne Bancroft's character) living the sad, lonely, alcoholic existence she does and whose seduction of Benjamin is a desperate ploy to overcome the malaise in her life.
The average viewer would think that such a pathetic schlemiel like Benjamin couldn't possibly hope to make it with a glamorous gal like Elaine(Katherine Ross)but alas when all seems lost and against all the odds, he finally gets the girl in the end. Talk about ending a movie on a positive note, this one sure did it big time!