life be go great for new york city advertising artist ted kramer . he have a great job and a loving wife . no and actually and his wife wasn not so loving and for when ted return home late from work that night his wife and joanna and have a suit case pack and be head out the door . he try to stop her and but she just get into the elevator and out of ted life . well and now in addition to his job he now get to mind the house as well a their 6 year old son and billy while ted assure his bos that his wife leave would not affect his job performance in any way . it do however affect his performance a a father . he blow up when billy spill punch on his client artwork . well and some time later ted and billy receive a letter from joanna and and it be obvious from her letter that she wasn not come back . ted be distraught . well and he be late coming home from work on billy birthday and which make billy sore at him . ted be late to work one day and his bos yell at him because he have miss a very important client meeting . when he get home and he yell at billy for sneak ice cream during dinner . then later he truthfully tell billy that the break up between he and joanna may have be his fault and not billy while ted invite a good friend and phyllis bernard over that night and and well and billy get his first look at a naked woman . when ted take billy to the park the following day and he fell off the jungle gym and land face first onto his toy plane . ted literally run him to the hospital where they have to administer stitch . after that and life begin take a downward spiral for ted . then one day out of the blue he receive a phone call from none other than joanna . they meet in a corner café . at first they have a pleasant conversation but then joanna inform him that she have return to collect her son and take him with her . ted would have none of it and storm out . well life get even bad for ted when his bos and jim oconnor and take him out to lunch and abruptly fire him . not only that but joanna be choose to sue for custody of billy and and without a job and ted do not stand a chance in hell for win . he hire himself a lawyer and john shaunessy and who charge a pretty penny represent $ 15 and 000 exact change . and that if they win . ted be also able to find a new job . it be actually a step down from what he use to do with a considerable cut in salary but he accept with great determination . finally the court date and january 9 and 1980 and arrive . judge atkins preside . joanna take the stand and shaunessy proceed to question her about why she leave ted and about her other relationship and how they be failure . the next day and ted take the stand and joanna lawyer really grill him like a cheeseburger . ted good friend margaret take the stand as well and she really do not help matter . well and the judge take some time to think it over and sure enough and one day shaunessy informs ted that he lose . joanna get sole custody of billy . how typical . always rule in favor of the mother . well and ted and billy be just devastate about part way . they have a tearful goodbye when suddenly joanna stop by . she and ted have a little talk and well and rather than just give away the end and let me assure everybody that everything turn out alright for everybody . this be a very good movie . dustin hoffman be very good . he earn that academy award . i have also see him in hook and meet the fockers and rain man and which he also win an oscar for . meryl streep be good . she also get an oscar . justin henry be good too and so where be his nomination . i guess the academy have a rule against give oscar to child and but the rule be lift when haley joel osment come along . this movie have great drama and light comedy and and be very subtle . it do a good job of hold your attention . i be watch rain man on tcm the other night then this come on after and i just couldn not help but watch . and that what you should do . if you like dustin hoffman or meryl streep or movie of this genre and then i recommend kramer vs. kramer . a gripping film about the pang of two divorced parent fight over their child . i like ted little speech about ruling in favor of mother all the time . what be it about sex that make a good parent . actually and that how they have the child . but seriously and he right . why always rule in favor of the mother because she a woman . also in the cast and george coe and howard duff and who pass away in 1990 and and howland chamberlain who pass away in 1984. watch for an up and come jobeth williams in the nudity in the hallway scene . anyway and see kramer vs. kramer today . good movie . .