On Rotten Tomatoes, Graduation has a rating of 95%, based on 138 critics, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Graduation marks yet another well-written and powerfully acted look at morality and societal decay from writer-director Cristian Mungiu."[9] On Metacritic, Graduation holds a score of 84/100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[10]