... I can see why this movie won an Oscar.
This movie came out a good 10 years before I was even born. Now, 40 years later, at once it's incredible how much things have changed.
This movie is about a custody battle over a seven 7-year old child by divorced parents. The movie is incredible because of the thorough job is does exploring the issues around the divorce and the custody battle, and it is so rare that we see characters engage in such honest retrospection in films.
In 2020, what was amazing to watch was how unaccommodating society (especially the workplace) seemed to be of single fathers. Mr. Kramer's boss seemed to have the attitude that "You're supposed to have a wife who maintains everything at home so that you can focus on work." He showed so little compassion for the fact that Kramer really needed to prioritize his son. I wonder if he would have been the same way if Kamer's wife had died rather than having left. Maybe he would have been more outwardly sympathetic, but the consequences may have been the same.
In some ways, the movie does feel dated, but in others, I thought it was good to be able to look through a window to the past and see how far we've come, even if we still have a long way left to go.
This movie came out a good 10 years before I was even born. Now, 40 years later, at once it's incredible how much things have changed.
This movie is about a custody battle over a seven 7-year old child by divorced parents. The movie is incredible because of the thorough job is does exploring the issues around the divorce and the custody battle, and it is so rare that we see characters engage in such honest retrospection in films.
In 2020, what was amazing to watch was how unaccommodating society (especially the workplace) seemed to be of single fathers. Mr. Kramer's boss seemed to have the attitude that "You're supposed to have a wife who maintains everything at home so that you can focus on work." He showed so little compassion for the fact that Kramer really needed to prioritize his son. I wonder if he would have been the same way if Kamer's wife had died rather than having left. Maybe he would have been more outwardly sympathetic, but the consequences may have been the same.
In some ways, the movie does feel dated, but in others, I thought it was good to be able to look through a window to the past and see how far we've come, even if we still have a long way left to go.