Kramer vs. Kramer

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Jayzon Mar 17 One of the best films of all time See more BGM E @Expose 18h I was shocked by the horrendous screenplay. The abusive father Hoffman is playing is nauseating. I remember liking it when it was first released but it hasn’t aged well. Hoffman plays a narcissistic, fake parent. What in the world? Dreadful. If this is what parents were like in the 70s, it explains a lot about our society. See more Daniel M @RT53097422 Apr 2 This film has several core film memories from whisking eggs, getting a job in 24 hours, a father running with an injured son in his arms and lastly the line, "We're gonna be okay." Hoffman and Justin Henry are spectacular. Streep is good, her character, Joanna, is underwritten. Joanna is unhappy she hasn't gone back to work and being a mother is now the expectation. She abandons her child so she can regather herself and go find work? Something tells me Ted would have been okay with Joanna going back to work. Sometimes it takes a woman to leave for a man to wake up, but that doesn't justify the abandonment. And Ted surely wouldn't have had a relationship with Billy if Joanna hadn't left. Hoffman's energetic performance shows a hardworking and distant father with a beautiful arc. I was certainly motivated to go to work the next day. See more Zane T @ZaneThind Dec 9 A very emotional film that will leave you in mostly tears. It's also very well acted and boy do you feel sorrow when you always hear Hoffman saying "I'm alright" with a smile on his face because you know that's not true. See more Amirtaha N @RT88958760 Aug 14 My first lead Hoffman performance and I am officially a fan. Justin Henry probably gives one of the best child performances of all time. Streep has less screen-time than I expected but she's phenomenal nonetheless. The screenplay and editing are so perfect and work together flawlessly; for a divorce movie it's surprisingly watchable and light and the exact simplicity of it all makes the emotions hit MUCH harder. The nude scene was hilarious and performed to perfection by both actors. The ice cream scene is crazy in how quickly it snaps from comedy to dead serious and it feels fully natural. The hospital scene? Heartbreaking. Hoffman's monologue to Justin Henry about why his mom left him? Devastating. Streep's court monologue? Real powerful stuff. My only gripe would be more of Meryl and her side of the argument. I'm not saying her performance doesn't sell it, but a bit more of her would have made the court scenes hit even harder. Up until the point her character re-enters the film it was an absolute homerun; but after she comes back to the frame it just feel like a big chunk of the movie that should be there in the third act is missing. Apart from less-than-expected Streep, this is almost perfect. Definitely a must-watch; I'm this close to bumping it up to 4.5 See more Phillip M @RT57795093 06/17/2025 I don't know how I got to my mid 50s before watching this film. It's heartbreaking and honest and expresses a story that is as much played out today as it was in 1979. A classic. See more Read all reviews

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