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     KRAMER VS. KRAMER 
     
    
   
   
    
     By Daniel Hopkins 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     DUSTIN 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The movie “Kramer vs 
     
     Kramer“ will be enjoyed 
     
     _by just about everyone. 
     
    

    
     It is a well made picture. 
     
     The p.3tography is good, 
     
     the acting, the lighting, 
     
     the screen play, the 
     
     direction, the editing, and 
     
     the producing range from 
     
     well done to excellent. 
     
    

    
     The story, based on a 
     
     novel by the same name, 
     
     written by Avery Carman, 
     
     is involving, often to 
     
     the point of tears. I 
     
     found the movie to be 
     
     even more so. The 
     
     screenplay, by Bob Benton 
     
     who also directs, faithfully 
     
    
   
   
    
     Follows the book except in 
     
     the matter of the baby- 
     
     sitter who is not mentioned 
     
     in the movie, nor is there 
     
     any need. Indeed, the 
     
     combination of dialogue 
     
     with scene function is 
     
     much better than in any - 
     
     of the more recent movies, 
     
     such as “Apocalypse Now“, 
     
     ''All That Jazz“, and 
     
     _”Luna” among others. 
     
    

    
     Dustin Hoffman looks 
     
     very much like an Al Pacino 
     
     character, but only in one 
     
     of the court room scenes 
     
     does he drop into the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Iformer showy acting style. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hoffman's portrayal of the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     .ENJ‘OYABLE BY ALL 
     
    
   
   
    
     busy executive (advertising) 
     
     combined with Merryl 
     
     Streep's JoAnne, the 
     
     agonized housewife, Justin 
     
     Henery's Billy, a confused 
     
     little boy, and Jane 
     
     Alexander's Margret, an 
     
     insidious divorcee, lend 
     
     satisfaction to good acting. 
     
     The cast is purposely 
     
     small. The characters are 
     
     thus brought out and the 
     
     audience can relate to them. 
     
     In the courtroom scene we" 
     
     understand Ted's sympathy 
     
    
   
   
    
     can 
     
     for his wife, even though 
     
     she is trying to take. 
     
    
   
   
    
     the kid, Billy, away from 
     
     him} Throughout the movie, 
     
     the audience has this 
     
     understandingtof the 
     
     characters; that they 
     
     understand and relate to 
     
    

    
     a character's dynamic 
     
     qualities. 
     
    

    
     MOvies like this are 
     
     often ruined by the 
     
     unpredictability of the 
     
     child actor, but Justin 
     
     Henery plays the little 
     
     confused lad in the midst 
     
     'of a domestic turmoil he 
     
     doesn't understand with» 
     
    
   
   
    
     a dynamism characteristic, 
     
     of the movie, but rarely seen 
     
     in actors so young. He‘ 
     
     contributes as much as 
     
     Hoffman does. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     .of character. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ted, a rather remarkable 
     
     advertising executive, who 
     
     is-so wrapped up in himself ’ 
     
     he can't understand why his 
     
     wife leaves him and doesn't 
     
     even know what grade his son 
     
     is in, undergoes a series of 
     
     changes-that reflect the 
     
     psyche required for child 
     
     rearing. .Billy, who has? 
     
     been alienated by hjsrfig. 
     
     father'S'work, responds“ 
     
     with love and tenderness 
     
     in forming a very good- 
     
     relationship. Part of 
     
     this comes off in a rather 
     
     remarkable enc0unter when 
     
     Billy meets a naked business 
     
     associate of his father's 
     
     in the hall. She is more. 
     
     interested in covering 
     
     her pudenda than.in the 
     
     turmoil of the small-family 
     
     into which she has asked 
     
    
   
   
    
     'herself. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Billy shows an innocent 
     
     .understanding reflective 
     
     of the growing strength in 
     
     ,their mutual respect that 
     
     is developed by the dynamism 
     
     _At least 
     
     until JoAnne (Merryl Streep) 
     
     returns as the rebuilt 
     
     ‘woman ready to reclaim 
     
    
   
   
    
     Uher motherhood and the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,ensuing custody battle,‘ - 
     
     things appeared to be 
     
     improving in the familial 
     
     part of Ted's life. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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