Joanna is an independent woman who pursues personal development. Unable to tolerate her husband Ted’s neglect and indifference, she decides to leave the family, leaving her young son in Ted’s care.
After his wife left him, Ted, a father who only cares about his work and is not good at household chores, was unable to combine his busy work schedule with taking care of his child, and was often dissatisfied by both his supervisor and his son, and was finally dismissed from the company and lost his job.
At this time, Joanna has rediscovered herself and become a well-paid designer, she decided to come back to fight for the custody of her son, both sides in the court of law in the fierce battle, and finally the judge awarded custody to Joanna.
But the movie comes to a happy ending at the end, when Joanna suddenly changes her mind and decides to let her son continue to live with his father, and Ted’s father and son finally don’t have to be separated.
Dustin Hoffman’s performance in this movie was so impressive, whether he was in the kitchen making breakfast for his son or in the courtroom arguing with his lawyer, that he won the Best Actor Award at the 52nd Academy Awards.
1979 / USA / Drama Family / Robert Benton / Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep
Plot Summary:
Mr. and Mrs. Kramer are like a normal American couple, with Mr. Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) working outside the home to earn a living and Mrs. Kramer (Meryl Streep) staying home to take care of their six-year-old son, Billy (Justin Henry Justin Henry).
As Mr. Kramer is busy working and neglecting his family, Mrs. Kramer runs away one day in anger, leaving father and son behind.
Mr. Kramer’s life is now in trouble as he has to work and take care of Billy at the same time.
Mr. Kramer is not good at household chores, and makes a lot of mistakes in taking care of Billy: the first time for Billy to fry toast, the process is very scary; Billy does not eat to eat ice cream, Mr. Kramer wants to stop but does not know how to communicate …… Luckily, with the help of the female neighbors, Mr. Kramer gradually adapted to the life of a single father.
Father and son become more and more intimate and dependent on each other.
At this time, Mrs. Kramer came back, she has been a brilliant designer in New York.
She came back to get back custody of Billy ……
