kramer v kramer win five oscar and include best picture of 1979. this intense and deeply move family drama follow an advertising executive whose life be turn upside down when his wife of eight year and walk out on him and leave him to care for his son and build a relationship with him he never have . robert benton incisive screenplay present u flaw and but real human being with heart and soul and and brain . for instance and in the scene where joanna announce to ted she leave him and she doesn not just storm out the door . she give him the key and her credit card and the dry cleaning ticket and tell him which bill have be pay and and informs him she have withdraw from their bank account the same amount of money she have when they be marry and no more . this decision to leave be not a whim . it be think about and joanna felt and with no other option than to leave and if she be leave she be go to do it properly . and with no specific plan in mind and she do not think it right to take billy . dustin hoffman win an oscar for his ted kramer and a man so obsessed with bring home the bacon and he have no clue that his life at home be crumble into piece . meryl streep also win an oscar playing joanna and the unhappy wife who we feel sympathy for in the beginning of the film but that all change when she return for her son . hoffman be at the top of his form here . i always tear up during the scene where he try to explain to billy ( justin henry and oscar nominee ) why his mom leave and he do it all in a stage whisper or when he meet joanna upon her return and slam her drink into a wall ( a hoffman moment not in the script that streep be not tell about in order to get a natural reaction ) . justin henry hit all the right note a billy and the confused little boy who doesn not know why his mom be go and doesn not know how to communicate with his father . jane alexander also get an oscar nod a ted and joanna neighbor and margaret and who have switch allegiance by the film conclusion . this be an intense family drama but there be laugh to be have here too . billy and the chocolate chip ice cream . billy pout because ted be late pick him for a party . billy catch his dad one night stand ( jobeth williams ) on her way to the bathroom stark naked and but it the moment of human drama you remember . ted run through manhattan with billy in his arm to get to the emergency room after billy fall off the jungle gym . ted get fire right before begin his custody battle and instead of make a scene and he tell the guy in a whisper . shame on you . and of course and the finale where joanna tell ted she not take billy and which i find a little hard to swallow . why would she go to all that trouble of sue for custody and then just change her mind . but this be a small quibble regard a wonderful movie and masterfully direct by robert benton and flawlessly perform by a top notch cast . a must see .