Review of The Graduate (1967) by Chris M — 06 Jan 2013

A recent college graduate (Dustin Hoffman) who is uncertain about his future reluctantly ends up in an affair with the wife (Anne Bancroft) of his father's business partner (Murray Hamilton). When he is forced by his parents to go on a date with the partner's daughter (Katherine Ross) and he falls in love with her, this forces the partner's wife to do whatever she can to sabotage the relationship in Mike Nichols' romantic comedy, The Graduate.

I'll give the film solid credit for one aspect, its creative cinematography and camera work. However, this aspect can't hide the fact that the chemistry between Hoffman, Bancroft, and Ross is so painfully awkward, thin, and unfunny to the point where I had to look away from the screen for most of the picture.