Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
7.890%89%
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 2, 2025
Honestly, I was little disappointed by this on my first time watch. Hoffman and Streep are both really excellent, but the script feels very much a product of it’s time. Portrays Hoffman as a nurturing empathetic father and Streep as a neglecting mother. Perhaps groundbreaking at the time in it’s depiction of nontraditional gender roles, it doesn’t have the same impact with a 2023 lens. Also the courtroom scenes felt very exaggerated and overdone. Probably not a fair comparison, but since they’re compared all the time, I can say I liked Marriage Story much, much more.