The Graduate

I just finished watching The Graduate and what a great movie this was. At the beginning of the movie, I didn’t think it would be anything like what I watched. I thought that the movie was going to be about a guy that just gets done with college, and goes straight to the workforce and has a family. This movie brought a lot of comedy to the classroom. I really didn’t understand the whole point of the movie, but I think the point might be that a college student just wants to relax once college is over and have a good time.

At the beginning of the movie it starts out with a normal college student coming home from school, and it seems as if Benjamin doesn’t want to do anything at his party, besides relax. Mrs. Robinson goes and finds Ben up in his room, and from the point on I could tell that she had the “hots” for Ben. She proceeds to ask Benjamin if he could possibly drive her home and Ben agrees too. Once they get to Mrs. Robinsons, she asks Ben if he could go inside and wait with her till Mr. Robinson got home. Ben and Mrs. Robinson sit down and have a drink and Mrs. Robinson tries to start small talk. The small talk worked, and then Mrs. Robinson goes upstairs and asked Ben to follow. When they are upstairs, Mrs. Robinson asks Ben to help take her clothes off.  At this time, Ben is practically freaking out and tries to leave, but Mrs. Robinson wouldn’t let him. He finally had enough and decided to go down stairs and wait for Mr. Robinson to get home.

            As the movie goes on, Benjamin act’s freely and is starting to have a good time. Mr. Robinson told Ben, “just live your life,” and that’s exactly what Benjamin did. I could start to tell that Benjamin was getting confidence and that showed. Benjamin goes to the Tart hotel, where he decides to call Mrs. Robinson and ask her to join him at the hotel. Mrs. Robinson accepts his invite and goes to the hotel. In the meantime, Benjamin starts acting very strangely around the worker at the front desk and I found it somewhat amusing. Benjamin rents out a room at the hotel for him and Mrs. Robinson. It was Benjamin’s first time in this situation so he was very nervous and it was funny. I bet most of you readers could guess what happens next.

            As the movie goes on, it basically consists of Benjamin and Mrs. Robinson meeting up at the hotel nightly and have a “good time” between themselves and wouldn’t let others know. As everything is starting to go good, Mrs. Robinsons daughter Elaine comes home. Mrs. Robinson told Benjamin to specifically not to hang out with Elaine. Benjamin’s parents insisted that he hang with her so they do. Mrs. Robinson was very mad about this, but as the date started Benjamin was very short with Elaine and you could tell he didn’t want to be there. He brings her to a strip club and she runs out crying. Benjamin follows her out and apologizes to her. They go to the movies and Benjamin starts to like her. Ben decides to ditch out on Mrs. Robinson and pursue a relationship with Elaine. Mrs. Robinson was very mad about this and tells Benjamin she will tell Elaine everything, but Benjamin called a bluff on it. Ben personally told Elaine about the affair with her mom and she tells Benjamin to never talk to her again. Elaine goes back to college and leaves Ben heartbroken. Ben wouldn’t let the love of his life leave him, so he goes to Elaine’s college and creeps on her daily. He finally builds up the confidence to talk to her, but she was in a relationship with another boy. Ben and Elaine talk about life up in Ben’s room, and at this moment Ben hears that Mrs. Robinson told Elaine that she was “raped” by Ben which is a huge lie. Elaine and her boyfriend run off to get marry, but Benjamin wouldn’t give up. He searches all over for the wedding and finally finds it. He was able to stop the marriage and run onto a bus with Elaine by his side.

            Overall I would give this movie a 4-5 stars because I thought that it was very comical and it kept me interested. Anyone that’s looking for a good movie to laugh at, I would highly recommend that you watch this movie.