The Graduate

1967 107 min ★ 7.6 Drama, Romance, Comedy

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

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Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Ben Braddock

Anne Bancroft

Mrs. Robinson

Katharine Ross

Elaine Robinson

Murray Hamilton

Mr. Robinson

William Daniels

Mr. Braddock

Elizabeth Wilson

Mrs. Braddock

Buck Henry

Room Clerk

Brian Avery

Carl Smith

Walter Brooke

Mr. McGuire

Norman Fell

Mr. McCleery

Details

Director

Mike Nichols

Screenplay

Calder Willingham

Tagline

"This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$104,945,305

Production

AVCO Embassy Pictures, Mike Nichols Productions, Lawrence Turman Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

February 10, 2023

★ 7/10

Dustin Hoffman is great in this as the impressionable twenty-one year old "Ben" who falls prey to the wiles of the woman immortalised by Simon & Garfunkel. "Mrs Robinson" (Anne Bancroft) is married to the husband of his father's business partner. She is sexy, alluring, sophisticated - and he, well he is just young, naive and horny. Their assignations proceed with few problems but in parallel, his ...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

October 28, 2023

★ 4/10

**A good example of a film that was extremely notable in its time, but that is not very relevant today.** This film is considered by some to be one of the best that US cinema has given us. It is also the film that catapulted to fame the discreet Dustin Hoffman, one of the most consistent and solid actors of his generation. There is no doubt that he deserved the status, in this and other films t...