The Graduate

Elaine! Elaine! Elaine! screams Ben from the chruch window (I could not stop laughing!). A classic scene in The Graduate, which was released in 1967. This movie is full of love, rebellion, and affairs. We witness the life of a 21 year old trying to figure out his social and academic life. Plus, what he wants his life to consist of in the future. Director Mike Nichols and writter Calder Willingham do a great job in capturing Ben Braddock's (Dustin Hoffman) character. This movie recieved an Oscar.

The main plot is Ben Braddock's journey in finding his true purpose in the world. On his way he ends up in an affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), his future love's, Elaine, (Katerine Ross) mother. After sleeping with Mrs. Robinson and obbeying her treat to stay away from Elaine, Elaine's unaware father makes Ben take Elaine on a date. After Elaine finds out about the affair, she becomes extremely mad and will have nothing to do with Ben. Ben on the other hand will stop at nothing for Elaine, who he has only known for alittle while. On Elaine's wedding day, Ben breaks in a steals her. We are left watching them in amazement as the drive away in a bus towards the sunset. In their minds, as conveyed by their emotions on their faces, they think "What do we do now?"

I thought Anne Bancroft did a great job in playing a seductive cougar and Dustin Hoffman really a 21 year old who doesn't know what he wants perfectly. I give this movie an A!