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Kramer vs. Kramer
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77 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics What's this?

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
  • Summary: Ted Kramer (Hoffman) must raise his son Billy (Henry) on his own after his wife (Streep) leaves him. After a time has passed she returns, wanting custody of the boy.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Kramer vs. Kramer is a movie of good performances, and it had to be, because the performances can't rest on conventional melodrama.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    This looks, in retrospect, like nothing much more than a glossy soap passed off as serious drama.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    30
    Misogynistic claptrap about a divorced husband (Dustin Hoffman) fighting for the custody of and learning to cope with his little boy (Justin Henry) - a movie whose classy trimmings (including Nestor Almendros's cinematography) persuaded audiences to regard writer-director Robert Benton as a subtle art-house director.

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  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. adityam
    10
    This, I say, is a very good movie. Hoffman and the Boy have given enough of them for us to be convinced of the Film's Premise. Meryl Streep is silently excellent.… Expand
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