The Graduates

2010 "Careful, we don't want to learn from this..."
4.4| 1h37m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 21 April 2010 Released
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Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.thegraduatesmovie.com/
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Four friends head to Senior Week in Ocean City, Maryland, to celebrate high school graduation.

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SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
james00769 I feel like this movie didn't know exactly what it wanted to be. Also, it seemed to bend the truth a little too much in its trailer. Almost posing as a throw back to 80s sex comedies, but then ending up being another indie movie about finding yourself. I felt like it tried too hard to develop some characters that didn't need to be developed, and thus all of the characters ended up without real depth. I think if the movie just focused on the four main characters then it would've been much better.Some forced moments were 1) When the hot girl goes to the bar with her alcoholic boyfriend and sees an ugly old drunk woman in the bar. As if she were looking into the future. This was hit over our head and not needed. Because the movie never sets up this character as someone to care about.2) The divorce of the main characters parents. He finds out they are getting a divorce and it really messes him up....for one scene. Then it is completely forgotten about and never brought up again. I'm not really sure why it was brought up in the first place.Those are the two that jumped off the screen for me, but there were others in the movie. Like the creepy friend of the older brother. What was the point of him? He came in and out of the movie and never added anything. or the guy that made Josh realize there is more to life than partying at beach week. Only to end up being miserable as well later in the film for a scene between him and another character that is mostly irrelevant. How come those two get a moment together? Is the message that you are going to be miserable no matter what you decide to do with your life?Having said that (Curb Your Enthusiasm joke anyone?), this movie was enjoyable to watch. Mainly because I loved some of the performances. Josh Adam Davis as the older brother was perfect. He added a little Will Ferrell to the character that really made it memorable. (Watch him explain the "brushing back the hair" phenomenon with Will Ferrell in mind and you'll know what I am talking about.) Blake Merriman was hilarious in the movie. His acting was so understated which made his character more believable. I'd love to see Nick Vergara in something else to find out if he was actually acting or just playing himself in this movie. I really enjoyed him in the scene where he teaches Nickie a lesson about acting stupid and starting fights. I would also like to see Rob Bradford in another role as his performance was at times really grounded and believable and other times forced. Which leads me to believe that the director may have been forcing his vision on Bradford instead of letting the actor create a believable character throughout the film.
usacheer1493 i might be a little biased living in ocean city and basically knowing everyone in that movie but it was great! it had good composure,all the elements, i would so see it again, loved it! It was cool seeing people in a movie and being able to see them at a party the next day! but it's not even that the actual movie was great me and my friends watched it and we all loved it! the entire movie we would just name exactly were and would be like oh hey we were there the other day etc. it was a good movie and really fun to watch as an local. i loved it! all the actors we're very good as well! this movie is definitely not what i would have expected of a low-budget film made in ocean city Maryland! it greatly exceeded my expectations though!
rainbowmorningglory Though independent and "low budget", what others have deemed "staged" and "faked" (perfect "in frame" shots), seems to be a disguised complement on the quality of camera work for an "amateur" production!The characters are realistic representations of people we all knew (maybe even were) throughout high school.The cast seemed well selected (from looks/costuming/etc) for their "parts". The main characters, are not the "beautiful", "popular", "jocks"..... they are the other ones, the ones that weren't "popular" per se', but weren't outcasts.Remember that beautiful girl that everybody wanted? How about the "nice girl" who fell in love with her best friend? Or (my favorite) the "dead beat" older brother who still is scarred from his first time having sex.Yes, there are a few clichés but really.....they're clichés for a reason. BECAUSE THEY'RE REAL!!!!All the characters I could put names to my former schoolmates.This was all-in-all a fun, nostalgic romp through what was an otherwise traumatizing time.
cbarris3-16 I'm 39, happily married, three kids, all between 5-10 years old. I watched the sneak preview on a Saturday night sitting in my pj's and laughed out loud probably twenty times. To the point my wife actually watched a little. She watched up to the point where Nickie said he wanted to dunk the girl's head in the toilet, she left at that point.I think you have to step back and watch the whole thing without thinking about Superbad or the other high school comedy movies that come out because this is a different thing, this is an old school film not a new school movie. Something really special here, and I know because I keep saying "alright, I gotta go inside and get ****ed up real quick, then I'll drive you wherever you want..." It's a smart-alec comedy, which I like.