The Graduate was an incredibly inspirational film, putting a spin on the classic coming of age story. The plot behind it proved to be very popular and inspired subplots in many movies afterwards. Most recently, Rumor Has It, was made about the family whose twisted story inspired Nichols to make The Graduate. The movie got mediocre reviews, because audiences are constantly comparing it to remarkableness of The Graduate.

When watching this movie, we realize that we have falsely pinpointed what it was that we loved about The Graduate. It was the characters of course, but more specifically, it was the way they handled their situations in the confused time in which they lived. The Graduate was a brilliant presentation of groundbreaking directing, story-telling, and acting of the time. However, there was nothing special about any of those three things in Rumor Has It.

There are also many aspects of this new movie in discord from what audiences were led to believe about the original Graduate characters. The best example lies in Kevin Costner's character, the adult Ben Braddock. Perhaps it is merely irony, but Costner, works for Microsoft, which is basically the "plastic" of today. It seems like a new and exciting technology, however staring at a computer screen all day in a small cubical couldn't be further from the unrestricted life that Braddock longed for.  

The Graduate was used as the underlying plot in hopes of drawing viewers to the new film. But the film failed miserably in living up to its standards. It leaves audiences unfulfilled, yet reminded of the enchanting original