Amazon.com Essentials:
Few films have defined a generation as The Graduate
did. The alienation, the nonconformity, the intergenerational romance,
the blissful Simon and
Garfunkel soundtrack--they all served to lob a cultural grenade
smack into the middle of 1967 America, ultimately making the film the
third most profitable up to that time. Seen from a later perspective,
its radical chicness has dimmed a bit, yet it's still a joy to see
Dustin Hoffman's bemused Benjamin and Anne Bancroft's deliciously
decadent, sardonic Mrs. Robinson. The script by Buck Henry and Calder
Willingham is still offbeat and dryly funny, and Mike Nichols, who won
an Oscar for his direction, has just the right, light touch. --Anne
Hurley
Amazon.com Essentials:
Few films have defined a generation as The Graduate
did. The alienation, the nonconformity, the intergenerational romance,
the blissful Simon and
Garfunkel soundtrack--they all served to lob a cultural grenade
smack into the middle of 1967 America, ultimately making the film the
third most profitable up to that time. Seen from a later perspective,
its radical chicness has dimmed a bit, yet it's still a joy to see
Dustin Hoffman's bemused Benjamin and Anne Bancroft's deliciously
decadent, sardonic Mrs. Robinson. The script by Buck Henry and Calder
Willingham is still offbeat and dryly funny, and Mike Nichols, who won
an Oscar for his direction, has just the right, light touch. --Anne
Hurley
