1979 · drama
Kramer vs. Kramer
Directed by Robert Benton1h 45m1979
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Our read: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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Neutral, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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