Kramer vs. Kramer is a touching movie about a father and son relationship, and their struggle to deal with the mother's absence. A movie about love that has three sides.
Upon watching the film, I remembered my first-time watching Marriage Story (2019). And how heartfelt it was. Of course, Marriage Story probably took some inspiration from Kramer vs. Kramer, since both films focus on elements such as divorce and child custody.
Yet out of the two, Marriage Story was my favorite mostly because it does a better job of demonstrating how a couple argues over marriage and divorce: at first both parties try to seal the deal quietly and without drama, then when child custody comes into play, the couple argues and show their true colors, all while the children find themselves in the middle torn apart.
The Scene where Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) argue at the apartment is not only the best scene of the entire movie, but it is the one scene that was missing for the entirety of Kramer vs. Kramer.
With all that being said, Kramer vs. Kramer does a better job at demonstrating the relationship between parent and child. Ted (Dustin Hoffman) and Billy (Justin Henry) have a bond that grows throughout the whole movie. Ted being a work-obsessed person learns how to pay attention to his son and take care of him.
The comparison between the first time Ted and Billy try to make French toast for breakfast and the last time is emotionally touching. Especially after you see how much they've been through. I think this movie does a better job in making the child be more of an active character than in Marriage Story; in which the child Henry (Azhy Roberton) is not active nor aware of his surroundings.
Overall I find much pleasure and heart in both films, in one element where something lacks, there is something else to offer.
Upon watching the film, I remembered my first-time watching Marriage Story (2019). And how heartfelt it was. Of course, Marriage Story probably took some inspiration from Kramer vs. Kramer, since both films focus on elements such as divorce and child custody.
Yet out of the two, Marriage Story was my favorite mostly because it does a better job of demonstrating how a couple argues over marriage and divorce: at first both parties try to seal the deal quietly and without drama, then when child custody comes into play, the couple argues and show their true colors, all while the children find themselves in the middle torn apart.
The Scene where Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) argue at the apartment is not only the best scene of the entire movie, but it is the one scene that was missing for the entirety of Kramer vs. Kramer.
With all that being said, Kramer vs. Kramer does a better job at demonstrating the relationship between parent and child. Ted (Dustin Hoffman) and Billy (Justin Henry) have a bond that grows throughout the whole movie. Ted being a work-obsessed person learns how to pay attention to his son and take care of him.
The comparison between the first time Ted and Billy try to make French toast for breakfast and the last time is emotionally touching. Especially after you see how much they've been through. I think this movie does a better job in making the child be more of an active character than in Marriage Story; in which the child Henry (Azhy Roberton) is not active nor aware of his surroundings.
Overall I find much pleasure and heart in both films, in one element where something lacks, there is something else to offer.