This movie is a master class in acting.

@TeddyB-hf3ks

Күн бұрын

Eh.

He takes the suitcase… she keeps walking…. She’s done

@lindagibbs428

13 күн бұрын

Such a great movie

@kimsworld2023

13 күн бұрын

Been there done that.

@gulfbreezediver

12 күн бұрын

That part hits hard. She adjusted calculated the items in the suitcase, adjusts her plan, and moves forward in a matter of seconds. She wanted at least those things but understood that was too much to ask.

@Tina-my4vm

12 күн бұрын

I'm with her. I'm done too

@danaparfitt2491

12 күн бұрын

DONE

The way she paused and then decided the suitcase didnt matter

@osananda

14 күн бұрын

That's my favorite part/acting choice in the scene. So fluid and in the moment. Letting go of the suitcase, the only things she was talking with her, then slipping off the ring. Truly leaving with only the clothes she has own and what she started with $$ in their union. Brave.

@juliehealingleaf6211

10 күн бұрын

Also it showed he hurt her hand without regard

@Ms9mmBeretta

9 күн бұрын

​@@juliehealingleaf6211it wasn't truly to hurt her though, it was out of sheer panic, he didn't even understand what was going on and really didn't want his wife to leave him.

@duanealbers4985

8 күн бұрын

She hurt her son with no regard

@windhammer1237

8 күн бұрын

@@duanealbers4985 No one thinks of that.

How can people say Meryl Streep wasn't pretty. She's beautiful

@kimsworld2023

13 күн бұрын

I dont think I've ever seen her that young. Wow.

@Ashaliyeva

13 күн бұрын

I know, right?!? She’s beautiful! Meryl has been one of my favorite actresses since I was a little girl. 💜

@je55777

13 күн бұрын

Such fine features

@beatemuller3690

13 күн бұрын

It’s her nose I would assume

@Lilith6.6

13 күн бұрын

It's a subtle, dignified beauty. Almost statuesque.

Don't do that these days. You'll get yourself strangled. Pack up and leave while he's at work.

@Prometheuspredator

15 күн бұрын

He was not an abusive husband. He was a workalcoholic to provide for their family so she could be a stay at home mother. If he was an abusive husband she would not have been so entrusting to place their son's wellbeing into his care.

@ellzedd4113

14 күн бұрын

​@Prometheuspredator men kill women for turning them down fir dates

@supersavingswithjennifer2036

14 күн бұрын

@@Prometheuspredator have you not watched any episode of Forensic files or 48 hours ever? A lot of women have died trying to leave their husbands that don’t show signs.

@renmachado1820

14 күн бұрын

@@supersavingswithjennifer2036It’s so true

@paleo704

14 күн бұрын

@@supersavingswithjennifer2036yawn

Meryl Streep is such an amazing actress, you forget what a beautiful woman she is.

@CarpeDiem2805

18 күн бұрын

Meryl Streep is such an excellent actress that she makes you forget that she is acting.

@majabugarski386

17 күн бұрын

Đ⁷š Dustin Hoffman is an amazing actor

@karendurant9868

16 күн бұрын

Goddess

@pt5659

15 күн бұрын

Why is she ugly to you now? Shame on you

@onyxtopaz2759

15 күн бұрын

Yep, she's gorgeous ✨

This is when movies were well written and acted, and very compelling.

@marley92282

7 күн бұрын

Now they are overwrought with hyper-manic editing and non-stop musical scores to remind you that you’re supposed to be feeling things.

@sammyp9514

7 күн бұрын

@@marley92282 I think Netflix has destroyed film and TV! They are producing film worse than hallmark level right now. The Nicole Kidman/Zac Efron romance was unwatchable

@anthonyshaw3631

7 күн бұрын

People keep saying that movies were great back in the day. The movies are great today it's just harder to come up with new ideas especially when they ate but done already

@ElizaDolittle

7 күн бұрын

I was thinking about this movie today and all of a sudden, this just appears in my feed. Weird.

@jessicamellett368

7 күн бұрын

😄 Okay, old one. 😄

This movie came out shortly after my parents divorced. It left its mark on a generation.

@gulalatas9163

9 күн бұрын

i wish my parents got divorced.divorce is sometimes blessing for kids even when they dont realise it

@LayllasLocker

9 күн бұрын

@@gulalatas9163so true. There is this saying “better a good divorce than a bad marriage”.

@gulalatas9163

8 күн бұрын

@@LayllasLocker yep..sometimes divorce saves kids instead of messing them up

@zonefitzgerald

8 күн бұрын

Absolutely left a mark. Kramer vs. Kramer. The names meant a terrible time for everyone. Couldn't hear the name without thinking "divorce."

@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442

8 күн бұрын

​@@gulalatas9163 No matter which road it goes if the relationship is messed up everybody gets messed up anyway

Kramer vs Kramer … I was so young when that movie was released, but I still remember it, what a classic

@user-vf4wi2og8b

10 күн бұрын

I was too young to understand this movie, but I remember all the adults going nuts about what a huge impact this movie had.

@chateaupig826

5 күн бұрын

Impeccably acted . Great movie ❤

Meryl's character exudes the energy of a woman who is 5 mins away from taking a long walk off a narrow rooftop. And the elevator scene. Unforgettable. 🥺

@niccolea2086

15 күн бұрын

I didn’t get that from this scene

@victoriah.2083

14 күн бұрын

@@niccolea2086 You didn't? Hmm. Have you seen the movie?

@onyxtopaz2759

14 күн бұрын

U are correct. Her character felt stuck & trapped as a wife/mother. She was like in fight or flight mode 💯

@YFL.111

14 күн бұрын

​@@onyxtopaz2759what did the husband do thou?

@user-sz2ut4od6s

12 күн бұрын

@@YFL.111 He was emotionally unavailable. Too caught up in work. It was revealed in court proceedings that she had given up her job to become a stay at home mom , even though she was highly qualified. She began to feel restless and unfulfilled. What divided opinions among cinema goers was they had a 6 year old son and she left him behind with his father. After she had settled down in her new life she filed for custody of the child, this after the child had gotten over the trauma of her leaving and had bonded with his father. The movie centered around the custody case hence the name “Kramer vs. Kramer”.

Two absolutely electrifying actors in their prime. Such a wonderful movie!

@cortezconquistador

9 күн бұрын

And still are in their old age.

@music4dages

7 күн бұрын

Such a wonderful movie. That’s rich. It’s to marriage what “Psycho” is to bath time.

@chateaupig826

5 күн бұрын

The son was brilliant too ❤

@Fedkar

4 күн бұрын

Extremely overrated movie. Maryl is a great actor but in this particular film she did nothing special for an Oscar

Years ago me and two friends went on a girls night out we were all married lol i had a 5 year old daughter my two friens had children 1 had a 6 year old son and the other had an 8 year old daughter. We were excited to be out without children. We went to the movies to see this film kramer v kramer. The other movie was the elephant man. Back in them days you saw two films in the uk. After the movies we went for something to eat it was a place called berni inns you got a steak meal for a very reasonable price. Every town in the uk had a berni inn. We got a drink the waiter came to take our orders i was the last to give mine. The waiter looked at me looked at my two friends and said kramer v kramer and elephant man,right we all laughed looked at each other realised how he had guessed we had mascara around our red puffy eyes. We all 3 had cried our eyes out at the very sad 2 movies lolol. Every time i see either film i remember that night.

@scarba

13 күн бұрын

I do not remember ever seeing two films back to back or a place called Berni inn. People went to a restaurant once a year if they were lucky. Are you sure you weren’t in America?

@yavrum22

13 күн бұрын

@@scarbain the UK. not America.

@UTubeAngelique

13 күн бұрын

I got a FREE ticket to see The Colour Purple… the reverse of the ticket was The Goonies! What a time to be alive. We saw each film back-to-back… it was a really popular thing back then… it is around forty years ago though! I’d buy that for a dollar (£)🤣! UK cinema days!😂

@theRavensRed

13 күн бұрын

Aww, that's such a great. Thank you for sharing. 🖤

@anamarisela

12 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing that. Lol, I have no friends, so it made me feel good. I have never heard of the movie.❤

I was about 8 when I first saw this movie and this scene was devastating because I am a child of divorce. Everything about it feels so raw 😢

@newjerseymom

16 күн бұрын

Same, my friend, same

@taradulin211

15 күн бұрын

Same. And me too.

@Foxy_ladyYTSL

15 күн бұрын

Me also… 😢

@anndeboeck179

15 күн бұрын

When I saw this as a 10 year old girl with parents divorcing...I was so disappointed in the figure Meryl portrayed. Why did she leave her kid like that??? But 40 years on, having been experiencing life's ups and downs... I forgive her, cause I totally understand. She had to find herself again. Her feelings, her dignity, her motherhood, her strength, her worth ... because she was in that deep hole that could tip you in the deep end. And that was not an emotional place to also take your kid with you while leaving the husband. Now I see it as a hard and painfull choice she had to make. And by doing that protecting herself AND MOST OF ALL HER PRECIOUS SON.❤❤❤❤❤

@Jami-vm1zv

13 күн бұрын

Me too. The hardheaded selfishness is unbelievable.

Girl, was done DONE. She was willing to leave the marriage w just the clothes on her back. That's the strongest statement there is.

@vickywaghorn574

4 күн бұрын

I did the same walked away with my clothes and my kids lost my home, car , jewellery personal possessions (photos etc ) zero bank accounts drove a borrowed car and what I could get in it …never went back never received a penny there after (from house sale maintenance ..anything ) to this day …but here I am eleven years later kids grown I made it 😉

@sia1366

2 күн бұрын

She left her child behind too

My Mother left the house, after a huge fight, and I stayed with my father who also left . I was Alone for a whole day with my dog, I was 3 or 4 years old and I still remember crying with my arms around our dog and panicking. I spent years waking up in the middle of the night and I used to go to my parents bedroom to check if my mum was there. She never forgave herself. As a teenager I hated Meryl Streep in this role.

@heythave

7 күн бұрын

I’m so sorry that happened to you. That must have been a terrifying experience.

@cowslane1

7 күн бұрын

Interesting you hated your mother but not your father. One left you with another adult. The other left you with a dog.

@HibaVella

7 күн бұрын

Thats terrible… :( She must have never thought ur dad would leave too! How long until they came back?

@heythave

7 күн бұрын

@@cowslane1 She did not say that.

@jasmineabdulla5719

7 күн бұрын

My heart goes for you ,feeling so sad for that toddler you ,Hoping you are a brave lady now

Those performances are so good. Like so many real life arguments, it's two people having entirely different conversations.

When a woman declares she is leaving she already thought about everything

@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442

8 күн бұрын

Like she has said she had already paid the bills and taking care of everything

@66kaisersoza

7 күн бұрын

This is why guys should never try to get a woman back. No pleas, crying or show of emotion. She planned it for months

@mateamargo1339

7 күн бұрын

Watch the movie. They express your opinion with a little sence. What about their freaking son. "Find yourself" hahaha.

@music4dages

7 күн бұрын

@@66kaisersozaExcellent point.

@teddykgb3865

6 күн бұрын

Everything except her child. She walked out on her own child. Then has the audacity to come back almost two years later, demand custody, and drag the entire family through the courts, furthering the trauma. She's a thoroughly awful person. Naturally most of the comments are applauding her actions.

This film showed what happens when a man gets so caught up in 'making a living" as he clearly pointed out, that he completely misses how miserably unhappy his wife is. Had he taken the time to really see that, she might have never found herself in such a dark place that for the good of her self, him AND their son she had to leave. From the very first scene when he comes home and she's desperately trying to talk to him, he continues to completely ignore her and what she's saying. This basically tells you all you need to know about how out of touch he was within the marriage which is why she was DONE. It tore her heart out to leave her son. But she knew she was no good to him as his mother in the state she was in. You can clearly see the painful conflict within her. Meryl so deserved her Oscar for this film...

@franceslarsen4037

15 күн бұрын

But then she tries to get her son back after he's been through hell trying to figure out why Mommy left him, finally bonded irrevocably with Dad, and then she decides she can handle everything and comes in to upset the balance, it doesn't seem that selfless to me:(

@LynnTanner-ls9kx

15 күн бұрын

I can't believe that is Meryl she's always been so beautiful I see,what is this movie called?

@ClaraSunshine

15 күн бұрын

Kramer vs Kramer ​@@franceslarsen4037

@DPhasely

15 күн бұрын

She would have still gotten sick of him if he spent more time at home and less at work. In that case, she would have told him that he is not good provider and she meets someone that works more and earns more. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

@heathermanning5368

15 күн бұрын

Kramer Vs Kramer

The writing The acting Pure art

@gutenbird

6 күн бұрын

I have to say the directing too.

I’ll never forget the scene where she gets to see her son after a long time and their boy is so happy to see her. I’ve been through something similar only HE left me and tried to take the kid too. I cried when I saw this movie. I cried more when it happened to me.

@rgtunderworldrgt7773

13 күн бұрын

Men rarely do that. Usually women do. You don't say why he left?

@alexissmith8158

12 күн бұрын

​@@rgtunderworldrgt7773 That is bs and it is none of our business why. I hope they are all fine now.❤

@cohenmandysangalang6302

12 күн бұрын

@@rgtunderworldrgt7773bs! Men do it all the time and so do women!! Your a woman hater obviously 🙄

@cohenmandysangalang6302

12 күн бұрын

Cheated didn’t he?

@NoctemAeternusMusic

7 күн бұрын

You mean after she abandoned him?

I saw this as a child. I shouldn't have. Editing to add the why: It's definitely a great movie/great performances, I was (am) just a "super feeling" kind of kid and the chaos and pain the characters went thru was overwhelming to me. It tapped into what I was seeing in my own home and it felt very scary to see that being reflected back at me.

@user-jh4un7yy2h

14 күн бұрын

My parents got divorced when I was 7, this was my favorite movie....😢

@Vskate1968

11 күн бұрын

My parents refused to let us see it. Dad would do side work as security at the drive-in so he would screen what was fit for us kids.

@wehosrmthink7510

8 күн бұрын

I have avoided this film since it came out over 40 years ago. And now I’m divorced with a son. Should have watched it, maybe.

@gethsemanehouse3844

8 күн бұрын

Same here.

NEVER LEAVE AN ABUSIVE PARTNER THIS WAY. LEAVE WHILE THEY'RE OUT.

@jtv_70

17 күн бұрын

He wasnt abusive! Have you even watched the movie?

@enuffisenuff24

16 күн бұрын

​@@jtv_70THANK YOU.

@lrose1046

16 күн бұрын

A woman leaving doesn't automatically mean she was abused... I know it's just a movie, but if u jump the gun on this than you'll do it in real life

@micheller6804

15 күн бұрын

However the actor Dustin Hoffman actually slapped her on set....

@clarkness77

15 күн бұрын

Yeah behind the scenes. Has nothing to do with the actual story lol actors and characters are different people bro

Meryl Streep is a striking beauty. You look at her to grasp her beauty and you keep seeing different angles of her face that’s just breathtaking. She’s just a stunner. Even into middle and older, she’s a total stunner. What a beautiful actress.

@GreyMarano

7 күн бұрын

Do you think she’s attractive, I wasn’t sure you mentioned it? Lol

@amysue1616

6 күн бұрын

I agree. So unique. Like a beautiful painting

@deborahlpierson

6 күн бұрын

@@GreyMarano 😂

@ziauddinkhan5699

6 күн бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself.

@jacquelinedavis6607

5 күн бұрын

I saw her on the Graham Norton show. I can't remember who was sitting beside her or the discussion. But, without hesitation, she turned to him, cupped his cheeks with her hands, and kissed him. Not a swift motion, but a 3 or 4 second kiss. He was red in the face, and the high school boy appeared with immense surprise His jaw dropped revealing a body paralyzed as if time stood still. She turned around swiftly and her cheeks were red. Yet, she had a mischievous look. Still today she is a classy revered woman. Who, in seconds jostled a man into a different continuum. Once an actress, always an actress.

My parents separated when I was a child. My Mom left in the exact SAME way. When I saw this movie 🎥 it triggered SO many emotions and painful 😓 memories from my childhood. This was raw emotion and I felt her pain in my soul. 🙏🏽😇❌⭕️💔😓😢

@garyneilson3075

14 күн бұрын

"hold fast"! (1Thess.5 :21)

@coolwater55

10 күн бұрын

@@angel213fl My Mom sort of left. She went yo a Psychiatric hospital. We were told she died. One day about 9 months later, she stole us at night while Dad was shift work. Hadn't seen her for all those months.. We grabbed our bits of clothing quickly. She said we could choose our Dad or her, but she took all.of us regardless what we said. Off to bus ferry, then bus again. Went to a small dingy apartment. Another man was there. We'd never met him before. . It was a one bedroom suite. He became our " stepfather". They never married. Did I mention she was 8.5 months pregnant? We saw our biological Dad only once in 8 years. He hired a P.I. to find us. That's part of a long, very challenging childhood.

@windhammer1237

8 күн бұрын

@@coolwater55 damn that's phukt up.

@mitrafereshteh

2 күн бұрын

What's the movies name please?

@coolwater55

2 күн бұрын

@@mitrafereshteh it's in the video title.

She was an absolute beauty, which gets lost in her performance, which was sublime 💔💔

How come it’s abandonment when the woman leaves, but when the man leaves, it’s only that-he leaves.

@Francine5522

22 күн бұрын

So true. Women always slagging off other women parenting.

@luv2dancesalsa465

18 күн бұрын

Great question. Really… that’s a frikkin’ great question. * we already know the answer Ta-dah… ding ding ding. DOUBLE STANDARD

@laurelharris1081

18 күн бұрын

That's not true.

@goosefarm3602

18 күн бұрын

lol good question

@GodessIsabelRaina

18 күн бұрын

I love her reverse uno card... it's not you, it's me😂

That movie was so impactful at the time and the acting was so real. ❤😢

My mom took me to see this a few weeks after my siblings were abducted. I was even more traumatized after this. I now have a 14 yr old dog named Kramer.

@savanaerie

9 күн бұрын

I'm so sorry. If you don't mind answering, were your siblings ever recovered?

@kalyaniagrawal8708

9 күн бұрын

If you feel comfortable, pls tell us about your siblings?

@cj3126

9 күн бұрын

Your parents seem to have a dark sense of humor. Or just didn't think it through.

@snow5962

8 күн бұрын

That's a weird thing to just drop and leave no follow-up... makes me think this was an odd bid for attention. Is it for a high/satisfaction of the likes and comments... I don't think I'll ever understand how ppl get off on stuff like that. Or am I totally reading this wrong and you write comments in a 10x the zoned out way I talk?

@kalyaniagrawal8708

8 күн бұрын

@@snow5962 you are right man ..but everyone has different personality ..

Most said excuse for getting out of a relationship…. “It’s not you.. it’s me.”

@maricamaas2326

12 күн бұрын

When someone runs away from problems; instead of working through them, with growing as result; it usually is them being the problem.

@benjaminubben4436

7 күн бұрын

Thank George Costanza, inventor of the “it’s not you it’s me”

@gutenbird

6 күн бұрын

yeah but in this case it was true. She was miserable with her life.

Meryl Streep aged so beautifully ❤

When I was a little girl watching this movie I hated her so much and still do . I was rooting for Dustin’s character he looks like my dad as well . I can watch this movie over and over again for the stellar and realistic performances and still be that little girl on Dustin’s side who took over being the parent as a dad and scenes where he was the mom as well ! Brings tears to my eyes this movie ! So many things you get out of it Everytime you watch it ! 💙💙💙💙🫶🫶🫶🫶⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏😌

@dandavis8300

8 күн бұрын

Gotta understand kid, selling widgets for some big corporation is way more "fulfilling" than taking care of a kid. Hey, is this the same character as "The Devil Wears Prada"?

@Lexi_gem

7 күн бұрын

@@dandavis8300 children are not a distraction from more important work they are the most important work

@johanndaart7326

6 күн бұрын

​@@Lexi_gemI like your perspective on this. Other women in the comments seem to blindly applaud her leaving. I haven't watched this movie, so I don't know the context, but in real life, situations are usually not one-sided. Men might be on husband's side, women on wife's, but we are human beings and we should be judged for our behavior, not by our sex.

@gogo.horrorshow

5 күн бұрын

My mom walked out on us just like this. To “find herself.” Well. She did. That betrayal left an irrevocable wound on my soul. I’m an adult now. Married. A proud mother. I couldn’t even imagine. This woman, my “mother”… will never know her grandchild. To protect our peace. Actions have consequences!

@Lexi_gem

5 күн бұрын

@@johanndaart7326 exactly ! I am well known for empowering women but I empower men too when they are feeling down ! I don’t say well you are a men and I’m working for women ? No . I understand everything that Merle character is feeling but I’ve been Dustin too ! I know how he feels here and it’s not what people are getting at all they see him taking her suitcase in an abusing way ? I don’t see that here . These performances are so amazing I can’t tell everything here but reading the comments is amazing how everyone is resonating in a different and such personal ways and the young ones too that just stumbled on this ? They are like I’ve never seen Merle young ! 😆 Kramer vs Kramer was a big hit for me as a child not preteen I saw it as a child on TV

One of my favorite movies of all time. Kramer vs. Kramer. Many have commented and made assumptions that he was an abusive husband. No...he was a workalcoholic so she could stay home to raise their son. If he was an abusive husband and father she would not have so easily entrusted him to take care of their son.

@Queenofdacastle

12 күн бұрын

I have never understood ppl who leave for that reason solely.

@cohenmandysangalang6302

12 күн бұрын

@@Queenofdacastleditto

@JJ-iq8mi

12 күн бұрын

I think you have misinterpreted the comments.

@indigolotus22

12 күн бұрын

He was neglectful and did crush glasses in anger around her. Abuse starts out that way.

@drugreen123

12 күн бұрын

Emotional neglect IS abuse.

Fun fact: In the 70s women couldn’t have credit without their husband’s permission.

@leahwhiteley5164

25 күн бұрын

I had a masters degree and a high paying finance job and a credit card at a well known large retailer at the time. The ones that had Christmas displays and parades. I got married in 1978. My husband had just graduated and gotten a job leas than a month before. At that time, cards had one name on them and then you added names to your account that could use your card. When that person used your card the clerk would call upstairs and confirm the user was approved. We went down town to the main store to the service desk and I ask them to add my new husband to my card. They refused. They said that I needed to cancel my card and take out a new card in his name and add my name to HIS account. I politely refused. She said it was store policy. I ask her if she had a pair of scissors I could borrow. She handed me a pair. I cut up my card in front of her and said, if now that I'm married you think he owns me you are sadly mistaken. You tell your superiors that we will never have a credit card from you. During the whole encounter, my husband never said a word. As we left, he said, I've never been prouder of you. 46 years later, We've never had one of their credit cards and I never will. I still shop their occasionally and anytime one of the sales people try to get me to sign up for a card, I tell them my story. Young women are in disbelief. F U Famous Barr, now Macy's. I hold a grudge.

@barbaral743

21 күн бұрын

I think that ended in 1974, but you are correct

@sookibeulah9331

20 күн бұрын

I agree, but in someways it’s become too lax when the problem was it was one-sided and unfair. A married couple are jointly responsible for any debts their spouse takes on. I have three female friends who are struggling to get out from under massive debts accumulated by their ex-husbands, which are legally 50% theirs. Edit: I’m sure some husbands have been financially damaged too by their spouses debts.

@traceybiles2061

19 күн бұрын

She gave them back

@user-uj1ix8zl6j

18 күн бұрын

I had credit cards in his name that I was forbidden to use. Yep…I left him with 4 children I knew he was better equipped to raise than I. He always told me. I had a complete breakdown later but I made a life for myself without him giving me more than the down payment on a car. He’s now living in a high cost end of life situation. He’s in the free living area now. He will go to assisted living in the same location and get end of life care there, too. It cost him $1,000,000 to get in the door. I’m living in Senior low cost housing. We don’t have a pool or yoga classes or any kind of anything. The residents got together and took an empty room and invited everyone to come and do crafts there. Mornings. Afternoons and evenings. Two hour blocks. Meet people and do something creative. Some people go out and walk together. Some read and discuss what they read. Some watch a movie on the big screen and make popcorn. Some have restarted playing Bingo. $.10 a card/game. We’ve made our own version of “Riverwoods” for a lot less money.

Two legends now

@GREGWATSON-lc8cc

17 күн бұрын

Tough when woman you love leaves you😢

I would like to rewatch this one as an adult as now I understand how much courage it takes to leave someone like this.

@Jami-vm1zv

13 күн бұрын

She was a selfish self-centered dirtbag

@taracitti9113

12 күн бұрын

That’s not courage. That’s selfishness. If she wanted out , she should gave gone about it the right way without traumatizing her whole family. Only a narcissist, self absorbed bitch leaves like that. She didn’t deserve to have her child back. She’s not a mother. Mothers don’t abandon their children!!

@sandylee7868

12 күн бұрын

Yes, watch it again. I just did. It's a good movie...with different perspectives. You got her's, his, and the little boy's...then he becomes friends with the neighbor. She actually teaches him empathy & gives him the love his wife was hoping for.

@NiKiMa023

12 күн бұрын

Same. I haven’t seen this since it came out, I was a little then

@sandracaballero6101

12 күн бұрын

What’s it called

Great movie. Strong performances by both Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.

@joanrichter1891

16 күн бұрын

I’m embarrassed to say I can’t remember the name of the movie? I did see it but I can’t remember. Please do tell!

@harperz9779

16 күн бұрын

​@@joanrichter1891Kramer vs Kramer is the name of the movie.

They were both SO good in this

Surely, one of the greatest actresses of our time. I have watched her BECOME dozens of different people.

@heythave

7 күн бұрын

Yep, from the author in Out of Africa to the fashion editor in The Devil Wears Prada.

@gutenbird

6 күн бұрын

One of? Hmm. I'm pretty sure no-one could make a compelling case for anyone being better.

Everybody talking about Meryl. Dustin was not chopped liver. Excellent performance from both. Very powerful movie. Shows how depressing a bad marriage and divorce can be.

@markdavies9117

Күн бұрын

Agree. They are both among my favorites of all time. I did notice his eyes and his swallowing when this clip showed him. It said so much.

Shoulda just left a note. 😂

@Pango5697

5 күн бұрын

A text. This is 2024😂

AMAZING actors!!!

Meryl Streep is amazing.. And a kind of beauty one can never tire of looking at.. And a kind of talent one can never tire of watching.

I didn’t understand Joanna as a child and thought she was the bad guy. Now as a grown married woman I understand this movie is a misogynistic ploy to make a hero out of a man who is forced to step up and simply parent his child… Great acting still. EDIT: AND be actively engaged in the running of his household.

@Jami-vm1zv

13 күн бұрын

She was a selfish self-centered dirtbag

@nicolab2075

12 күн бұрын

Interesting, I don't see it that way. I see it as showing how inept he was at first, and how his relationship with his son developed because he was suddenly having to actually look after him for the first time.

@crc5795

12 күн бұрын

@@nicolab2075 I think we’re saying the same thing but your pov offers more grace.

@nicolab2075

12 күн бұрын

@@crc5795 Haha, yeah maybe 😊

@iannicholls796

11 күн бұрын

Ya great take, all these years later you get to see the world you self centered boomers created with your broken homes.

She trusted him to give her son the best life. The life she was not mentally prepped to give him. ❤

@Mario_N64

15 күн бұрын

Then she should have remained out of the picture

@Jami-vm1zv

13 күн бұрын

She was a self-centered dirtbag

@franklydarling....7244

12 күн бұрын

She had no job and no money.

@eugeniollamera771

11 күн бұрын

Agreed it's a great movie. But I don't admire her character like some people do, she is a classic example of the troubles that would plague our society a few years after. When you have children you must be ready it's not a game that doesn't mean you should stop improving yourself but there's somethings you must let go of and this goes for man and woman.

@transcendcapitalism

11 күн бұрын

@@eugeniollamera771calling her a “classic example of troubles…that plague society” is misogynistic hateful ignorant nonsense

A truly difficult but beautiful film.

@Highznberg

8 күн бұрын

Well said

The interplay between these two is amazing. 100% believable. So much nuance and commitment on both sides. 👏

This was such a heartbreaking (and ultimately heartwarming in some parts) movie. I was just a teenager when this movie came out and still I felt the awful heartbreak😞. Both Dustin and Meryl were soooo good looking ... wowz.

So glad to see these two amazing actors again from one of my favorite movies; even in this difficult scene. Whoever posted this, thank you!

That scene where he slapped her.... I was shocked, speechless, stunned..... it still haunts me.

@brunobettati

24 күн бұрын

So was she; Hoffmann slapped her with no previous rehearsal. It made her hate him for real.

@dlross173

24 күн бұрын

@@brunobettati I know- when she revealed he threw the slap in, I was thinking if it were me, I would have slapped back harder, got him on the ground, and went ape crazy on him. She's so professional.

@elizabethr4107

22 күн бұрын

​@@brunobettati* she

@stuartwax1633

22 күн бұрын

The best improvised scene was when he knocked the wine glass out of her hand. Great movie. Great cast....

@melsafken764

19 күн бұрын

Improvising abuse. Wtf

She was gorgeouuuuuuuuuuuussssssss❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

According to Meryl, shortly before this scene, Dustin slapped her across the face - supposedly to get her into character. When she tells the story, you can tell she was not pleased with his actions.

This movie came out right about the time my husband left me and our 3 yr old son see ya bye was all i got i was and still can relive it after 50 yrs it was defistating i never knew what i d id still dont guess you can stop loving someone i never did how sad 😢

@triciacooper9317

21 күн бұрын

I feel the same. My ex retired from his job…he was miserable and decided it was my fault that he was unhappy. After 16 years, Left me like I was garbage with barely a word. He left me for a girl in our circle of friends. Everything was gone in my life overnight. I’m still in shock. I don’t understand how people can just walk out like you never existed.

@kathleendubois7128

21 күн бұрын

​@@triciacooper9317 ❤❤ same

@kathleendubois7128

21 күн бұрын

❤❤ most terrible destruction

@melsafken764

19 күн бұрын

​@@triciacooper9317 Take him for everything you can. Did u work while he went to school? Get alimony. Get new clothes & new friends. Enjoy life, your free!

@margaretgarana911

19 күн бұрын

I’m so sorry

How to not leave an abusive or controlling partner. You do not tell them. Just leave. Send it in a letter or tell them on the phone...we still live in a society where partners are told they own us. We are not cattle or slaves. Please do not live like one.

@scribblewoman

19 күн бұрын

Yep. Send a text when you are out and safe. That's all you owe them.

@chiefswife1212

19 күн бұрын

YET...so many women still change their last names to his😂😂😂😂this was established as ownership😂😂😂😂😂

@TBWL829

19 күн бұрын

Did you ever watch this movie?

@juanitaensign8100

18 күн бұрын

@pennyc11 I wonder have you ever been married 🤔 do you have little ones 🤔 I think unless you walked in our shoes just like ANY situation ya gotta h a very a little empathy don't ya think ????????

@fionam3735

18 күн бұрын

Very well said and I agree so not tell them you are leaving make life easier on yourself and just go. You know when you know!

This movie distroyed me my oarents were divorcing when i saw this i was 7 or 8 probably . Looking back the acting is amazing thats why it affected me so strongly even then .

This was such an emotional movie.

I remember when that movie came out. I thought it was very depressing.

@2_pencil

24 күн бұрын

I was a teenager and two older women were sitting near me and were really hating on Meryl Streep’s character. You’re right. It was a depressing movie about a broken family.

@those_eyes

20 күн бұрын

Me too! So very sad!

@andreawood991

19 күн бұрын

Abuse is depressing 😞

@kateruterbories2692

16 күн бұрын

It is very depressing.

@windhammer1237

7 күн бұрын

@@andreawood991 There was no abuse. Try watching it before commenting. O wise one.

I saw this movie right after my wife left me. It was so depressingly close to home. I realize now it was the best thing that could have happened to me.

Did this exact thing. Had the apartment waiting, full fridge stocked. Kept existing utilties under my name since they've always been, and transferred them to my new apartment. Paid whatever expenses on my end that was left in any balances to any accounts we shared. Left any and all keys, receipts and gifts. Changed my number, turned off my location. Had the Uhal rented and loaded up while he was at work. Didn't see him or communicate with him until after the divorce hearing..... And he still thought he had a shot at redemption.

@coolwater55

10 күн бұрын

@@softball4evalex wow, hats off! That's one organized parting. It was fast to write, buy am sure was a time consuming effort, especially while keeping ot secret..

@jimkelly4214

9 күн бұрын

I like to get his side of the story. Not that it matters in Family Court.

@katherineferrett6524

8 күн бұрын

⁠@@jimkelly4214oh look, it’s the “Devil’s Advocate” man here to mansplain that there’s two sides to every story when she’s literally just saying what actions she took to when she left and absolutely nothing about her exes behaviour.

@Vinny.X

8 күн бұрын

So basically you're a coward and took the coward way out, never mind that abandonment like that shows no class or concern for the pain it causes. I'm glad I never broke up a relationship like that.

@coolwater55

8 күн бұрын

@@Vinny.X She paid her full share, and made sure all was in order before she left. People do this out of integrity. And likely because the partner would stop them, coerce, or threaten them for leaving. This is not about a normal relationship. It's an escape from someone who can't take no for an answer. Likely dangerous.

You never tell a man your leaving him in person, NEVER.

@dreamarcher4018

12 күн бұрын

I'm a woman, and unless he is physically abusive and any other way than in person is cowardly!

@derrickhewitt6171

11 күн бұрын

An abusive one, yes, but many times that's not the case.

@rozchristopherson648

11 күн бұрын

NEVER. Even a non-violent one can snap under those circumstances and become violent.

@LukeLovesRose

11 күн бұрын

Always assuming the worst of us. How would you all feel if we only expected the worst of you?

@a.m.308

11 күн бұрын

@@LukeLovesRose You guys are already doing that though. How many podcasts do you guys have calling us 304s with nothing to offer, gold diggers and even saying we’re not capable of love?

Merly Streep is one of a kind 👼🫶🏼😉💕👼💫

I first saw this film when it came out in theaters in 1980. I remember thinking how selfish she was! This clip alone shows how self-absorbed he is, not taking anythin seriously and feeling self important. Boy how times change i was 20 yrs old then vs 64 now i was very young and naive.

@maricamaas2326

13 күн бұрын

They both seem equally self-absorbed; this instead of humbling themselves, and working out their problems - in the best interest of not only their child, but also towards each other's benefit.

@Sapphire979

10 күн бұрын

You’re a perfect example of how age does not automatically equal wisdom!

@jimkelly4214

9 күн бұрын

You were right the first time.

@guerralg63

5 күн бұрын

I held the same belief as you in 1980, and I still do today. However, I always felt he was as much at fault for the failure of that marriage as she, and neither had much concern for the child until the breakup. She walked out on her son, which is inexcusable, and he didn't cherish and value his marriage to keep this from happening.

Lack of communication

Powerful script and powerful acting from the greats. I miss these Hollywood days.

Relatable. You can make requests and complaints for years that go unmet and then when you're finally done, they're so clueless and arrogant that they are actually surprised.

@ZoneZero-sm9jv

6 күн бұрын

@crispycritter143 weird

@BillBarr4President

2 күн бұрын

make requests....here we go. i bet you are perfect and each and every way though.

@ZoneZero-sm9jv

2 күн бұрын

@@BillBarr4President wdym?

Great actors

This movie features some of the most spectacular acting scenes between two people - two brilliant actors and the way they handle the dialogue and the physicality of their emotions = amazing. The later scene in the restaurant is also amazing.

This is such a great movie,in my opinion a classic.

She's so beautiful ❤

Not judging I’m speaking of personal experience with a medically fragile boy who has had 4 heart surgeries- we were abandoned as if we are dead

@cindyadams9264

20 күн бұрын

According to the movie… she came back and the movie ended understanding that both would be loving parents…separately.

@garyneilson3075

14 күн бұрын

"hold fast"! (1Thess.5 :21)

@desireemcnicol6155

13 күн бұрын

That is so brutal to have to experience. I worked in disabilities and it was quite common to see fathers walking out. Apparently some can't endure the grief. They don't feel capable. It's not a reflection at all on the worth of you and your little boy. They don't feel worthy and frankly they are cowardly. God the father will not abandon you.

@TerriMagoo

13 күн бұрын

@@desireemcnicol6155 Thank you for that tender mercy !

@maricamaas2326

13 күн бұрын

​@@cindyadams9264 Flawed understanding to think one can be a loving parent, after tearing a child in two.

I was only between 6-8 when Kramer VS Kramer came out but for some reason it was my absolute favorite movie as a kid. I watched it on Beta at my other mom's house whenever I was there. Over and over again. I have literally seen it hundreds, if not thousands of times😅

@Theoriginalgreenring

2 күн бұрын

Same?!! I got hype when they started rerunning it on TV. 😂

Hey guys he wasn’t abusive just go Watch the movie

Joanna (Meryl Streep's character) abandoned her son and left him without mother. At least she could just visit him from time to time on weekends. She was just a selfish coward, not ready to have chidren and take responsibility for her actions! If it was a husband to sit at home, do a housework, taking care of a son, while a wife would work to provide them living, and then a husband would leave his wife and son, just to find himself, then eventually coming back and suing for a custody - he would clearly become a negative charater. Everyone would call him a scoundrel, and noone would ever have any compassion over his character, though the most of a female audience have a great sympathy for the character of Meryl Streep (Joanna Kramer)

Excellent film. Excellent performances.

This was the type of movie put out in the 70s to convince women that the grass is greener on the other side. Us kids were supposed to suck it up.

@theemperorsnaked2760

7 күн бұрын

Yes, very selfish act & totally destructive to the children. Dr.Laura days suck it up, be kind to each other, even if it's just pretend, & stick it out until the last child has moved out. Once you have kids, they must come 1st. I did not do that & it was devastating. We learned being selfish in the 70/80's was the right thing to do. It wasn't.

@goblinsRule

7 күн бұрын

Yes, someone has to take the fallouts from the feminism and free spirited, it's always the children.

@Lexi_gem

7 күн бұрын

@@samwiseg7380 very true the I need to go find myself era 😏

I watched that movie 3 times and bawled every time

Brilliant film scene from two great actors 😊

Tell me what i did - seriously is he kidding. No clue whatsoever.😢

@GypsyGirl317

20 күн бұрын

That's what I was thinking. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😅

@pippishortstocking7913

19 күн бұрын

🙄 um.. Clairvoyance isn't real. She didn't communicate her feelings and dissatisfaction to him.

@maggiv5401

16 күн бұрын

@@pippishortstocking7913 I can’t remember the details of the movie. Is that true? Had she never let him know that she was dissatisfied? Because normally women give men lots of notice and the men are still surprised when they leave.

@haltersweb

14 күн бұрын

@@maggiv5401 per Meryl Streep her character really never told him she was unhappy. In interviews she said she played her character with this secret: “I’d never really loved him.” So her husband truly was blindsided in “Kramer vs Kramer”.

@maricamaas2326

13 күн бұрын

​@@haltersweb That could make sense then why she could have acted as cold and heartless? However, do not buy it. 'Never really loved him/her' usually is simply a lame excuse for not being faithful and perseverant during tough times, and typically for narcissistic personalities, it's where they end up, after getting bored.

Kramer Vs. Kramer..early 80s. Good movie. Her spirit got broken, but she abandoned her kid. He stepped up and raised their son. Then she came back after she got help. Lots of questions. Why couldnt she get help and not leave? She had a boyfriend. She did a lot wrong and she adnitted it. She did come back over 9 months later. He sued for custody and he lost then she reconsidered and gave her son back and settled with visitation. The end is her getting in the elevator and the door closed. Excellent movie. Ill never forget it.

@mariaschwartz447

27 күн бұрын

I hate that movie . Don’t get it at all

@ShaunHensley

27 күн бұрын

The beginning of the divorce propaganda for sure.

@lauriesmith1304

27 күн бұрын

Yes

@carlycrays2831

27 күн бұрын

Would she have been able to get help and stay in the marriage? Probably not. He wasn't a great husband and I'm not sure she would have realized what he was doing wrong. It would have been all on her.

@user-tf4ut8zo1l

20 күн бұрын

It wasn't all on her. Infact, Hoffman got a lot of crap for playing that role and most people thought she was the victim. I personally thought they were horrible spouses and that female character wasn't a mother. It wasn't that she left her son. It was how she tried to come back.

From this movie came out the famous and mean sentence: : it's not you, it's me"

Two incredible actors at the top of their field ! Great movie !

Divorce is a nightmare.

@sheilascott7807

18 күн бұрын

Sometimes necessary!!

@maricamaas2326

13 күн бұрын

For all involved destructive for generations to come 😢

I think a better way would be to leave without telling him. domestic violence gets people killed every day

@waypay1

17 күн бұрын

He wasn't violent. Communication was her problem all along. 🙄

@transcendcapitalism

11 күн бұрын

@@waypay1misogyny was the problem

@map3384

9 күн бұрын

@@transcendcapitalismmore like misandry is yours .

You can see the red mark here on her face when he hit her for the scene.

Her character was the modern woman. Selfish, entitled and narcissistic. She left her husband to sleep with another man. She abandoned her child. This scene set the stage for our current situation. Women can leave the good man to live her better life. What women didn’t notice is that their sons at a young age were watching her actions. Today they refuse to marry these feminist types.

@mrsmarvel100

9 күн бұрын

AGREED 100%!

@mrsmarvel100

9 күн бұрын

This was a very sad movie to me. I found the character of Joanna to be very selfish. She did not care about her son's feelings, only her own. She did not even try to work at her marriage. Unfortunately, this is a reflection of many women today: They come first, their families last.

I TRULY LOVE THIS MOVIE it's one of my favorites of all time

I've never seen this movie. BUT it was part of my real life in so many ways, and more. Being controlled and losing one's 'self'. A slap is just as painful as a punch - both are the actions of a person losing control of another and their own existance.

The scene where he slapped her is not a scene that was in the script. Dustin Hoffman in his conceited way decided that it applied and he slapped her for real. They never spoke after that because Meryl Streep was done with him and I don’t blame her. Dustin Hoffman doesn’t deserve anyone’s praise.

@newtonshiggers

5 күн бұрын

Dustin Hoffman is great.

@Gerdeo64

5 күн бұрын

❤​@@newtonshiggers

My was telling me the reason he didn’t lay hands on me it because he didn’t have no reason yet. He told me one time that sometimes he felt like drinking someone blood. The first time he layered hand on me hi hit me in the head because I was very smart at studying. I left that day never look back. Never talk to him

What bothered me about this movie was how after deserting her husband and child does she have the nerve to come back years later and try and sue for custody of a child she deserted.

@susansmith493

5 күн бұрын

Yup. Then practiced parent alienation against the father.

She was not ready nor wanted marriage...to anyone. Why? She was not an adjusted person and had alot of dilemmas that were not addressed and resolved prior to their marriage. During her marriage she experienced alot of regrets and being a wife and especially a mother was not her top priority. She wanted to be free and pursue her own interests and ambitions and being a wife and mother was not one of them. She felt isolated and lost and walked out on the marriage as her needs and wants were more important than her son.

@maricamaas2326

13 күн бұрын

Selfish, entitled, unfaithful...

@map3384

9 күн бұрын

Typical female

@jimkelly4214

9 күн бұрын

And her hard working husband

She’s so breathtaking gorgeous, still is. A humble human being, kind soul, unmatched talent and pure beauty.

Before commenting, watch the movie. It's a realistic depiction of divorce and the effects it has on the children and the parent that chooses not to run away.

Greatest actress of all time.

I have this movie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎥🎬🎥 💫 my Mom took me to see this movie when I visited her in New York memories 🙌🙌

@ND-or5so

11 күн бұрын

Kaefreemanduchess: Cool

This is from an era when actors allowed themselves to BE the character, and it was not about being sensationalist or achieving particular accolades. It made for a far more genuine experience.

Look how insanely beautiful Meryl Strep is!

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille 🎶

@slydoll7877

21 күн бұрын

Well it's doubtful these folks have four hungry kids and a crop in the field...

@mysinusesrkillingme3975

20 күн бұрын

​@slydoll7877 they had some bad times. Lived through some sad times. But this time, their hurting won't heal

It’s very hard to relate to this movie. I left, and of course I took the kids with me. I can’t comprehend leaving without them.

@kristianaquillen7931

20 күн бұрын

What do you do when your husband has so much pull and money that he makes you look unstable and he is physically violent?

@jeanw2018

20 күн бұрын

@@kristianaquillen7931 i was married to a man who was physically and emotionally abusive and i had two kids 3 and 5. I had sneek away while he was at work, and I took my children with me. He went to my parents home and threatened them to tell him where we were so he could end all of us. The police had to make him leave twice. After that I got anonymous threatening calls at my job, threats to my parents…. The whole awful process of ending a marriage with a man like that…

@Sbamabelle

20 күн бұрын

My parents got divorced in the 80's, I related to it so much. I guess it's just different for all of us

@debhurd8898

20 күн бұрын

Not everyone thinks the same way. Sometimes, it is for the best.

@danielhochberg7482

19 күн бұрын

It use to be quite common in divorces that the mother would take the daughters and fathers would take the sons. This started to change in the 80s.

Dustin is such a great actor, one of the best, love his brilliant charismatic acting!

This was the era when stay at home mothers wanted to "find themselves" wanted to have "true meaning" in their lives, wanted to "make a difference" in their lives. It was the norm for women back then. This is what this movie is based on.