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100Kramer vs. Kramer is a movie of good performances, and it had to be, because the performances can't rest on conventional melodrama.
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100Kramer vs. Kramer is, essentially, a television movie that was raised into the feature category by the excellence of the execution.
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100Kramer vs. Kramer is one of the most sensitive and least judgmental film about relationships ever made in the United States.... One of the important films. [15 Dec 1979]
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90Kramer vs. Kramer is densely packed with such beautifully observed detail. It is also superbly acted by its supporting cast, including Jane Alexander, Howard Duff and George Coe.
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90Kramer vs. Kramer is a rare movie that finds its tone, its focus and its poetry in its very first image.
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90Kramer vs. Kramer is a perceptive, touching, intelligent film about one of the raw sores of contemporary America, the dissolution of the family unit.
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75Even when its emotions run a bit out of control, Kramer vs. Kramer is a strong and positive film. Its performances are first-rate, from Hoffman and streep down to Howard Duff (as a divorce lawyer) and a terrifically talented lad named Justin Henry, who visibly matures in his portrayal of Billy, the contested kid.
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60This looks, in retrospect, like nothing much more than a glossy soap passed off as serious drama.
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30Misogynistic 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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