Review: The Graduate

3/4

For all of the techniques that it utilizes and the subtlety of its thematic exploration, The Graduate is an interesting and respectable film. The music is what makes it enjoyable. I don't like this film all that much, and found it pretty upsetting and empty, but if I could have focused on ideas the whole way through I know I would have found much more reward in the experience. Like I said, Paul Simon's fantastic accompaniment was the sole factor contributing to my enjoyment of the film. That music saved the experience for me.