Kramer vs. Kramer

Today was a weird day. I procrastinated a lot, maybe because of the bad weather. I grabbed my Spanish blanket, lay down on my couch, and watched two movies back-to-back. Kramer vs. Kramer A workaholic man is abandoned by his wife. Once he learns to take care of his son and even gets fired from his job for neglecting his duties, his ex-wife reappears and fights for custody. A 1979 film that won 5 Oscars—and deservedl…

Image   This is a drama film directed by Robert Benton and released in 1979. The film tells the story of Ted Kramer, played by Dustin Hoffman, who is faced with the responsibility of raising his son alone after his wife, played by Meryl Streep, leaves him. The screenplay of "Kramer vs. Kramer" is based on the novel of the same name written by Avery Corman. The story focuses on the challenges and emotional strug…

"What makes someone a good father or a good mother? ..." (Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer) Human beings are capable of anything for their children, with their successes and failures, traumas and conflicts. Maybe some people are not, but in general I think we all have the protective instinct. It awakens suddenly no matter who we are, it is something innate. Sometimes we go overboard, but we do it for the sake of our ch…

There are good and even some very good films that are passionately disliked by critics, cinephiles and film scholars simply for taking awards that should have gone to the films perceived to be more deserving. One such example can be found in *Kramer vs. Kramer*, a 1979 drama written and directed by Robert Benton, which won the Oscar instead of *Apocalypse Now*. The protagonist of this film, based on the best-selling…

A 1979 film Una película de 1979 Many times, in secondhand bookstores, I came across the Avery Corman book this movie is based on, but never read it. I actually remember seeing Dustin Hoffman on the cover of three different books (_Kramer vs. Kramer_, _Marathon man_ and _The graduate_) and yet I didn't read any of them and hadn't seen any of the three movies until last night. I publicly apologize to Mr. Hoffman for…

image source Hello everybody. I am talking about films, in this series. I will criticism about films I watced. Actually, it is not exactly criticism. It is more like comment. Because I am not critic. I just talking about films. I say features or scenes what I liked. If I watched another films by the same director, I tell about them too. Herkese merhaba arkadaşlar. Sndbox için türkçe bir film serisi bu. Seri bayağı u…