Graduation fingerprintStrong craft, a touch of humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Much of it is about growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, politics, and the mind
Standout performances, dialogue, and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Graduation is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Much of it is about growing up.
Emotionally, it's melancholic and moving. Much of it is about growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, politics, and the mind
Its world is built around everyday modern life, politics, and the mind.
Standout performances, dialogue, and characters
The performances, dialogue, and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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A father will do anything to save his daughter's future
Overall: Similar vibe.
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Graduation is included with a subscription to Philo, Sundance Now, and Metrograph in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.3 and Metacritic 84). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: strong language.
2 h 8 min
Graduation runs 2 h 8 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Graduation higher (84) than audiences (74). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.0 times its budget.
It was made in Romanian. Produced in Romania, France.
+14GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Graduation in 28 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 16 storytelling tropes for Graduation, including Coming of Age Story, And the Adventure Continues, Money to Burn.
7.3
