The Graduates (2008)

Director:

Ryan Gielen

Writer:

Ryan Gielen (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Careful, we don't want to learn from this...

Plot:

Four friends head to Senior Week in Ocean City, Maryland, to celebrate high school graduation. |

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Sex | Camel Farm | Clitoris | Satire

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Rob Bradford	...	Ben
Blake Merriman	...	Andy
Nick Vergara	...	Mattie
Mike Pennacchio	...	Nickie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Celina Carvajal	...	Inga
Tom Cryan	...	Tom
Josh Adam Davis	...	Josh
Holly Lynn Ellis	...	Meredith Snarky
Josh Folan	...	Jesse Swomley
Matthew Hadley	...	Cal
Dennis Hill	...	Steven Wright
Tony King	...	Redneck
Max Lodge	...	Stuart
Mitch Lovell	...	Super Mitch
Stephanie Lynn	...	Annie
Meghan Miller	...	Melissa
Tyler Ramage	...	Dan
Laurel Reese	...	Megs
Brian W. Seibert	...	Brian
Lauren Toub
Logan Tracey	...	Trish
Christine Utterberg	...	Dee
Rachel Kiri Walker	...	Rachel
Nadeya Ward	...	Beth-Anne
Zak Williams	...	Mike 'The Resonator' Resniski
Katy Wright-Mead	...	Chelsea

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Filming Locations:

Ocean City, Maryland, USA

Company:

Believe!

Trivia:

Sound Mixer Carmine Picarello makes a cameo appearance on a hotel balcony for a party.

Quotes:

Mattie: [Ben tries to hand Mattie a box of condoms] I only sleep with virgins.

Soundtrack:

I Never Was A Cool One

Realistic, light-hearted fun

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.