There are three sides to this love story.
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanTed Kramer
- Meryl StreepJoanna Kramer
- Jane AlexanderMargaret Phelps
- Justin HenryBilly Kramer
- Howard DuffJohn Shaunessy
- George CoeJim O'Connor
- JoBeth WilliamsPhyllis Bernard
- Bill MoorGressen
- Howland ChamberlainJudge Atkins
- Jack RamageSpencer
Crew
- Robert BentonDirector
- Robert BentonScreenplay
- Avery CormanNovel
- Néstor AlmendrosDirector of Photography
- John KanderOriginal Music Composer
- Herb HarrisOriginal Music Composer
- Gerald B. GreenbergEditor
- Stanley R. JaffeProducer
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