A 2005 American Romantic Comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Jennifer Aniston as a woman who learns about a possible connection between her family and The Graduate, and sets out to discover what the truth is.
The film also stars Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Jenkins, Christopher McDonald, Steve Sandvoss, Mena Suvari, and Mike Vogel.
It was released on December 25, 2005.
Tropes for the film:
- Alliterative Name:
- Beau Burroughs.
- Blake Burroughs.
- As Himself: George Hamilton makes a non-speaking appearance as himself.
- Gossip Evolution: This is what sets off the plot. Sarah hears that her mother ran off with another man a week before marrying her father, then hears that this incident helped inspire the movie The Graduate with Sarah's grandmother being personally identified as Mrs. Robinson. The plot is Sarah's quest to determine if the rumor is true.
- Love Father, Love Son: Takes a it level further than The Graduate, after Beau manages to have sexual relations with three generations of women.
- Tagline: "Based on a true rumor".
