This was my first movie date with a lovely lady who became my wife. I really wasn't that impressed with KVK in 1980, last night we again viewed it on Prime. Once again, same reaction. A pair of great actors, Hoffman and Streep (who cries a lot, as always) and good supporting performances by Jane Alexander and Howard Duff. It's hard to feel any sympathy for Streep's character-I believe an alternative to walking on her spouse and son would to have given an ultimatum to Mr. K-either let me go back to work or I'm gone. In fact the two of them could have saved a bundle on attorney fees by either going to counseling or mutually agreeing to a shared custodial arrangement. But then we wouldn't have much of a movie, would we? In any case, the ending leaves you wondering why the two of them, especially Mrs K, couldn't come to this solution earlier. No way in the world this should have cleaned up at The Oscars. Then again there have been a number of pedestrian films that have been honored.
Review of Kramer vs. Kramer
