Great write-up, Corndog. I first saw The Graduate about 15 (?) years ago, and I think then I either misread the ending or it just went over my head. Anyway, I liked the film ok then but didn't really see what all the fuss was about. But Uri and I watched it together last year, but both absolutely loved it and the ending is so . . . perfect. I don't know if it's that I'm more of a realist now, now that I've been married for over 10 years and have 3 children and those grand, romantic gestures and statements I thought I was making in my early college years seem pretty thin now - or, if it's just that I can read movies better than I used to - in any case, the movie, with its ambiguous ending, seems brilliant to me now. The Graduate wouldn't have been on my top 100 a couple of years ago, and it certainly is now. So glad you loved it.