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The movie is about a young guy Benjamin Braddock, who just graduated college. Now he doesn’t know what he wants to do next. He is feeling pressured by his parents, because they want him to continue studying, and he doesn’t want to continue school. He is seduced by one of his parent’s friends Mrs. Robinson an older lady. He is very hesitant and resist it, but then suddenly starts an affair with her, and things get a little messed up when he falls in love with her daughter Elaine.

I really liked the acting, Dustin Hoffmann, is an excellent actor. He did a really good job portraying his character. I also really liked Benjamin Braddock’s character, a very polite, well-mannered, behaved young guy who is confused about life.

The acting was really great; all the actors really did a good job portraying their character, even the small roles. Also I really liked the soundtrack of the movie, the music in background really matched the movies and the story. It gave the movie nice feeling, as if you were there yourself.

I really like how the movie was surrounded in a rich environment. Because we know that college in America is extremely expensive, and people save up all their life just to attend college, when rich people they easily can. It somehow shows that school isn’t the answer to a good life and money can’t buy happiness.

This is an older movie from the 60’s so the film quality isn’t the best, but the camerawork is very good. I didn’t like the story; I was expecting that he would end up in an affair. It wasn’t really my taste, things just got a little too crazy for my taste.

I also wished that the movie had come a little more into his real issues, the fact that he doesn’t know what to do with his life, and his parents pressuring him, I think that would have been very interesting to see him go through. The movie focused more on his affair, rather than the

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