Kramer vs. Kramer

1979 105 min ★ 7.6 Drama

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.

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Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Ted Kramer

Meryl Streep

Joanna Kramer

Jane Alexander

Margaret Phelps

Justin Henry

Billy Kramer

Howard Duff

John Shaunessy

George Coe

Jim O'Connor

JoBeth Williams

Phyllis Bernard

Bill Moor

Gressen

Howland Chamberlain

Judge Atkins

Jack Ramage

Spencer

Details

Director

Robert Benton

Screenplay

Robert Benton

Tagline

"There are three sides to this love story."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$106,260,000

Production

Columbia Pictures, Stanley Jaffe Productions

Reviews

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Ahmetaslan27

April 20, 2023

★ 7/10

**The struggle of women in the 70th of the last century** To what extent can a simple social story and a familiar family problem such as separation or divorce. To what extent can it represent and reflect the condition of an entire society, the culture and morals of this society, and the social changes that occur to it. The events of the film tell about the story of the divorce and struggle of t...

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r96sk

January 10, 2024

★ 9/10

Much more heart than expected! <em>'Kramer vs. Kramer'</em> is a film I've heard of for as long as I can remember, though I didn't actually know much about it itself... a quick glance at Wikipedia and I saw that they class it as a "legal drama", which is obvious given the title. With that, I was waiting for a long court battle to start so was surprised to see it not arrive until the final 30 or...