12 Amazing Films The Critics Hated
5. The Graduate
This romantic drama is really everything right with the genre- witty, well-performed, sexy, and full of fantastic music. However, there was somewhat of a lukewarm response to the perceived focus on comedy within the movie-“this kind of movie-making shifts values, shifts focus, shifts emphasis, shifts everything for a sure-fire response. Mike Nichols’ ‘gift’ is that be lets the audience direct him; this is demagoguery in the arts.”