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Graduation

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Graduation

Released May 2, 2008

1h 29m

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Four teenage friends plan to rob a bank to help one's family member.

Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 0.5/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Graduation, a borderline dramedy with somewhat interesting relationship crosscurrents among four friends facing life after high school, squanders audience goodwill with its tediously judgmental treatment of anyone who isn't flush with youthful promise.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 2, 2008

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

Graduation isn't some daring amalgam of traditional movie categories; it's simply all over the place.

Rated: 2/4

May 2, 2008

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Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

The movie is pretty dull and generic. None of the kids feel like real people, just cardboard cut-outs of stock characters.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 4, 2008

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Brian Chen

Filmcritic.com

so unrealistic and poorly thought-out it's insulting to the entire heist genre.

Rated: 1/5

May 24, 2008

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Travis Nichols

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Unlike 2005's pitch-perfect teen heist movie Brick, Graduation misses nearly every note it tries to hit.

Rated: C

May 1, 2008

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If more critics would have rated it, it would have easily been a high 70s or low 80s film on the tomatometer. The acting is decent, the script-writing and story is really solid, the cinematography is great for being an indie film. The only thing that this film really needed is a better soundtrack and this could be a really excellent film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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A mediocre movie that strains believability. I just didn't buy the too clever premises that the story puts forth.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

pretty dull and generic

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Surprisingly good. Solid plot and actually kept me interested and even anxious at times.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Very talented cast. Witty. Clever. Very well done....

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Surprisingly good for a teen film. It is cleverly written and perfectly executed, and has a talented cast of no-name young actors. This movie manages to be fun, dramatic, and suspenseful. Definitely a worthwhile experience.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Synopsis

Four teenage friends plan to rob a bank to help one's family member.

Director: Michael Mayer
Producer: Robin Bradford, Bob Degus, Scott Hanson, Jane Sindell
Screenwriter: D. Cory Turner
Production Co: Graduation Film Production LLC, Blumhouse Productions, Blueline Films, Hanson Film Group
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 2, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 29m

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