The Graduates

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The Graduates

2024

1h 27m

Drama

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A powerful and sharply introspective coming-of-age drama, THE GRADUATES follows a young woman, Genevieve (Mina Sundwall), as she prepares to graduate high school after a tragic event. As she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community searching for ways to heal, they turn to each other to find hope and a way forward.

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The Graduates authentically explores grief and survivor's guilt through understated performances and a deeply felt sense of absence.

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Nov 6, 2024

Peterson’s script is frustratingly single-note and occasionally bends toward unearned sentimentality. Still, “The Graduates” feels true to its milieu.

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

Nov 1, 2024

3/4

A tender coming-of-age drama, the kind of movie that’s heavy on emotions but quietly so.

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Pat Brown

Slant Magazine

Oct 29, 2024

3/4

While Hannah Peterson, with her emphasis on quiet moments and mementos mori, effectively suffuses The Graduates with a mournful absence of life, she also reminds us of the warmth that can be so typical of high school.

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Codie Allen

Geek Vibes Nation

Jul 18, 2025

8.5/10

The Graduates offers a healing balm to an audience yearning for understanding. It reminds us that while the wounds may never fully heal, the act of sharing our stories can bring solace, connection, and hope in the most unexpected ways.

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Valerie Kalfrin

AWFJ.org

Nov 25, 2024

With its nuanced performances and compassionate eye, this delicate film shows how, as one character says, we’re all going into the unknown—and we keep moving forward, taking those we loved and lost with us.

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Monique Jones

Common Sense Media

Nov 25, 2024

This drama is a sensitive examination of how grief can turn lives inside out.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Jul 20, 2026

Sunderwall should be a star but there is nothing new here.

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Greg R

@itsgregsworld Mar 1, 2025

It was okay. Not great. Just watchable.

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A powerful and sharply introspective coming-of-age drama, THE GRADUATES follows a young woman, Genevieve (Mina Sundwall), as she prepares to graduate high school after a tragic event. As she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community searching for ways to heal, they turn to each other to find hope and a way forward.

Director: Hannah Peterson
Producer: Saba Zerehi, Taylor Shung, Jessamine Burgum, Josh Peters
Screenwriter: Hannah Peterson
Distributor: The Future of Film is Female
Production Co: Pinky Promise
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 27m

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