The English version of The Graduate
The English version of The Graduate.
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Not AT ALL! Not even CLOSE! Did you even SEE The Graduate???????? Or maybe you didn't see Cemetery Junction!
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The Graduate is a classic film. This film is fairly average and won't be a classic. Any film that people try to compare to The Graduate is nowhere near as good.
sharethey run off together at the end, that's the only similarity i can divine.
shareNot at all like the Graduate, apart from that scene.
When he asked her mum for a dance, i actually did wonder if that was where it was heading, then at the end when i saw that scene again it made me think of the Graduate!
What are you on? This is NOTHING like the Graduate. Did you actually see that movie? Sheesh...
shareI don't believe you've seen either film.
shareOP is quite clearly a troll. They might as well have said: The English version of Gone With the Wind for the contentious replies that would've also got.
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I had the same reaction! But it's more of a combo of The Graduate and a million other films of the small-town working-class group of friends: Georgia / Four Friends; American Graffiti; Billy Elliot; Flashdance. Can anyone think of any more? What should we call this sub-genre?
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I thought it was more like the British kitchen sink films of the early 1960s but without either the guts of Room at the Top or Saturday Night, Sunday Morning or the surreal charm of Billy Liar. In terms of plot it was closer to Billy Liar - will people trapped in a mundane small town escape into the wider world? Not that this theme of dissatisfaction with a dull existence was confined to that genre of film, it forms the background to lots of "Swinging Sixties" films like Alfie and even later films like "That'll Be The Day".
shareIt reminded me of 'northern soul' and soul boy- def that genre of 'escape from small town' whether through music, dance, a girl etc.
It did remind of the graduate at the end, and I was worried for a second that they were going to look all uncomfortable like in t g! So was glad when they laughed and seemed happy.
But I think it was more a nod to that kind of film where they have to run off and *have* to catch that last train/ boat/ plane.
Really enjoyed the film even if a bit cheesy!
There are a lot of coming of age films like this.
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