To me, this movie is perfection.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry and Jane Alexander star in this 1979 drama based on the novel. Hoffman (Rain Man) plays Ted Kramer, a New York dad who fights for custody of his young son, Billy (Henry) after his wife, Joanna (Streep) leaves them. Alexander plays Margaret, Ted's friend & neighbor. Hoffman is terrific in this, I think it's one of his best performances and Streep and the rest of the cast are good as well. I recommend this good 70's drama.

One of the best movies of the 70's. They just don't make them like this anymore. Dustin and Meryl were super good as was little Justin Henry. They made it all come together. An un happy subject matter for sure, but it touches the heart like most films of this ilk do not.Would have liked a bit more background on who watched the boy during Teds work days as he didn't leave early every day to pick him up from school. Should have had scenes like that, and moreover, scenes of Ted and Joannas parents. Surly they were young enough to have had parents who could have helped or at least fit into the scenario. Nothing was even mentioned of them. Minor quibbles to be sure, but it would have made the film a tad bit more realistic.

This best picture academy award winning film really is deserving of that victory. It's got everything that a great film needs to succeed. First of all, the acting is great, I mean spot on! Meryl Streep shines the most out of all of them, she deserved that best actress Oscar oh so much! She plays the wife of Dustin Hoffman and mother of a 6 year old boy. She decides to leave her husband because she is so unhappy. Her very emotional performance as Joanna is one of the best performances I've ever seen in a movie period. Dustin Hoffman also gives a great performance. His character spends the vast majority of the movie trying to be a better father to his son, learning how to take on both responsibilities of his soon to be ex-wife and his. I also adored the child actor that plays their son in the movie, one of the youngest academy award nominees ever! He is such an impressive young actor, it's amazing to me to see child actors be so professional seeming and mature in their on screen performances. The script for this film is written with such great detail. It really focuses on the father-son relationship, and it also hones in on Joanna and why she left and why she wishes to reconnect with her son after leaving. Love and family is at the heart of this movie. I absolutely adore this film and I suggest it 100%! 9/10 for Kramer vs Kramer.

Kramer vs. Kramer is an outstanding movie with a very well developed storyline and a brilliant cast all around. It's a dramatic, and at times very surreal, film that deals with the subject of divorce in the most blunt way possible, showing how a couple can simply wake up one morning and realise they don't love each other anymore, and fight for the custody of their child, it's dramatic and it never cuts corners or tries to be sweet, it's just life. The plot is very slow moving at times, which is my only real issue, while it's nice to have a slow pace that mostly consists of dialogue, there comes a time when we want the plot to develop, there's a very long period where we don't see or hear from Meryl Streep's character, and are left feeling very anxious. The performances are magnificent and this type of film couldn't have been good without that, Dustin Hoffman, one of my favourite actors, shines in this role, he could definitely relate to Ted Kramer and played him very naturally, he bottles up his emotions, which is just as powerful as crying, his scenes with his on screen son Justin Henry are the highlight of the movie, there is a real love and bond there as Hoffman is forced to become a real father figure. Meryl Streep also shines in all her scenes, she's a miserable, emotional wreck and it can be seen in every moment she is on screen. A powerfully acted and surreal masterpiece, Kramer vs. Kramer still holds up today and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good drama. After their marriage falls apart, a couple fight for the custody of their son. Best Performance: Dustin Hoffman