Hilarious, rebellious, and risqué.

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2010)

This crazily interesting film is a great adventure into the changing mentality of the 60's, full of cleverly funny moments and creative use of editing and sound. The standout moments in the editing comes during the montage of Ben's affair with Mrs. Robinson, where he walks through doors and jumps out of his pool and ends up in the hotel or in bed. The shots create a sense of unity between Ben's monotonous life and his love affair. There is a notable shot which utilizes sound, or the lack of it, to perfectly illustrate Ben's feelings; when Ben is dragged out in his scuba gear by his father, there are cuts to POV shots from inside the suit, these shots include only the sound of the suits re-breather and represent Ben's feelings of his disconnection from the world of his parents. The final scene is also iconic, as Ben and Elaine triumphantly elope, the camera continues to film them for some time during which they seem to realize what radical things they have done and seem a bit uneasy about it all, which is a fitting allegory for the times.