The Graduate

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Critics' Reviews

100
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The funniest American comedy of the year.Read Full Review »
90
The New York Times: Bosley Crowther
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.Read Full Review »
50
Boston Globe: Jay Carr
The Graduate is not subtle in its writing off of the parental generation as hopelessly corrupt. [Review of re-release]Read Full Review »
50
Salon.com: Robin Dougherty
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]Read Full Review »
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Time: Staff (Not Credited)
The screenplay, which begins as genuine comedy, soon degenerates into spurious melodrama.Read Full Review »
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