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An instant favorite...
What can I say I loved, I loved, I loved this film!
Excellent performances, a sharp script, superb, one of the best I've seen and Mike Nichols gives a magnificent direction giving, and all of it, to give a...
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An instant favorite...
What can I say I loved, I loved, I loved this film!
Excellent performances, a sharp script, superb, one of the best I've seen and Mike Nichols gives a magnificent direction giving, and all of it, to give a daring (even for today's standards), provocative, sexy and funny film that right now, is my favorite comedy ever, and I doubt this will change.
Bravísimo!!
100/100.

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Posted oct 27, 2007 1:39 pm pt

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Classic movie, great movie. I think that this is one of Dustin Hoffman's best movies, and I certainly enjoy a lot from it. I really like the plot, though it is a little sick in some ways, it was certainly good to see all the things that were going...
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Classic movie, great movie. I think that this is one of Dustin Hoffman's best movies, and I certainly enjoy a lot from it. I really like the plot, though it is a little sick in some ways, it was certainly good to see all the things that were going around with it, from the beginning to the end, the movie was very well played and was awesome. Great job of cinema.

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Posted mar 12, 2007 8:49 am pt

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Great life story about a young man caught on the crossroad of Mother and Daughter.
He fall in love with a daughter of a woman with which he had spent months in her bed, now he have to deside how to get rid of annoying mother and proove a...
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Great life story about a young man caught on the crossroad of Mother and Daughter.
He fall in love with a daughter of a woman with which he had spent months in her bed, now he have to deside how to get rid of annoying mother and proove a young girl that he love her!
I can't tell you about this movie you ought to see it! It was the first successful role of dastin Hoffman so it is not the last reason to watch this movie!

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Posted mar 1, 2007 5:59 pm pt

• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  100
  The funniest American comedy of the year.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  100
  Dustin Hoffman gives the inspired performance that launched his movie career, and director Mike Nichols shows a gift for social satire that has never glistened quite so brightly since. [Review of re-release]

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  100
  The Graduate is a flawlessly acted and produced film. [Review of re-release]

  by Ethan Alter | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  90
  The Graduate is a delightful, satirical comedy-drama about a young man's seduction by an older woman, and the measure of maturity which he attains from the experience.

  by A.D. Murphy | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  Funny, outrageous, and touching, The Graduate is a sophisticated film that puts Mr. Nichols and his associates on a level with any of the best satirists working abroad today.

  by Bosley Crowther | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  Hoffman and Bancroft are phenomenally cast in a script co-written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham that is by turns sly, touching, and amazingly fresh 30 years later. [Review of re-release]

  by Alison Macor | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  70
  The light ribbing of conspicuous consumption in southern California and the Simon and Garfunkel songs on the sound track both play considerable roles in giving this depthless comedy some bounce. [Review of re-release]

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  50
  What was once an all-important signpost to adulthood is really little more than a simple romantic comedy whose "countercultural" message, insofar as it has one, is decidedly retrograde. [Review of re-release]

  by Robin Dougherty | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  50
  The Graduate is not subtle in its writing off of the parental generation as hopelessly corrupt. [Review of re-release]

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  40
  The screenplay, which begins as genuine comedy, soon degenerates into spurious melodrama.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »