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Kramer vs. Kramer

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams ...

7.2

42,952

Drama When dutiful wife and mother Joanna (Meryl Streep) decides to leave Ted (Dustin Hoffman), an advertising executive, she also leaves him with the responsibility of caring for their young son, Billy (Justin Henry). The situation proves to be especially difficult since the workaholic father has never really taken care of the boy and, in truth, barely knows him. Things are rough at first, but as the two become accustomed to life without ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dale Pollock Variety	"A perceptive, touching, intelligent film about one of the raw sores of contemporary America, the dissolution of the family unit."	POS
United States	Arthur Knight The Hollywood Reporter	"What this Stanley R. Jaffe production does have is wisdom, insight, compassion and an extraordinary sensitivity to present-day problems and pain."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Kramer vs. Kramer' wouldn't be half as good as it is -- half as intriguing and absorbing -- if the movie had taken sides (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Misogynistic claptrap about a divorced husband (...) Benton does manage to get some effective performances"	NEU
United States	Gary Arnold The Washington Post	"A celebration of father-son bonding that astutely succeeds were tearjerkers like 'The Champ' so mawkishly failed."	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Hugely popular on its initial release, this looks, in retrospect, like nothing much more than a glossy soap passed off as serious drama (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[A] fine, witty, moving, most intelligent adaptation (...) Mr. Hoffman is splendid (...) It's a delicately witty performance, funny and full of feeling"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"[It] remains an involving, moving and discerning study of the suffering endured by all embroiled in a divorce (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"A very solid and professional domestic melodrama, helped no end by some very fine naturalistic performances. As sensitive and as unremarkable as your average Truffaut film"	NEU

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