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Today I watched

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

It is a Best Film.

I missed it the first time around. I guess I thought it would be a lot nastier than it really is.

Both sides are apparent, the people act humanely (except the lawyers, just like in real life) and the resolve is nicely done.

There is a lot of nice father/son stuff along the way and Jane Alexander is a great friend to both Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.

It was good to see Howard Duff and old timey lesser light starish actor as Hoffman's lawyer.

I liked it.

Even though it won Oscars and is considered a great film, I want to give it only a 4 and somehow I can't justify it to myself.

Maybe it is that I think the Streep character, as usual, gets away with a lot. But maybe that is real life too. Moms tend to win in court I guess.

Somehow it doesn't sit right. We will see when they ask me about my rating. I don't want my 'politics' to get in the way of my judgement about the picture. But, then, why not.

It's a 4 out of Netflix5.