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Graduate, The (1967) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Graduate, The (1967) a score of 3.3488 out of 4

based on (43) reviews

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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

The Graduate opened in December 1967, the same month the first successful human heart transplant was performed. It was a few weeks after the premiere of Bonnie and Clyde and about three months before the launching of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Among the ...read the complete Graduate movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

Movie Addict (John Ulmer)

Like Benjamin, [the film] just kind of sits there staring at you -- self-absorbed, lazy. After forty years of sulking, that is what proves clearest. ...read the complete Graduate movie review at Movie Addict (John Ulmer)

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Furthermore the characters have little depth. Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine, in what seems an instant. Their abrupt decision at the end of the picture (which I won't spoil) is now laughable, because in 1967 it offered an ...read the complete Graduate movie review at <webmaster@themovieaddict.com>

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