How did Cramer, Cramer, Meryl Streep, and Justin Henry create such a memorable performance in "Kramer, Kramer"?

"Cramer, Cramer" synopsis

When Ted, a man whose first priority is work, returns home late one night, his wife Joanna is waiting for him with all her belongings packed. ``I want to find myself, not someone's daughter or wife,'' she said before leaving. Left alone with his son, Ted struggles to do housework amidst despair. After overcoming many failures and fights, a deep bond was formed between father and son, when Ted was visited by Joanna, who claimed to have custody of her son.

Index

• A great family movie released during the Christmas season
• The most difficult thing is to face yourself head on.
• Acting coaching that led a child actor with no acting experience to Oscar nomination
• The highly advanced method that gave Justin his “crying” performance
• Meryl Streep was in deep grief at the time.

A great family movie released during the Christmas season

This film, which was released in the United States in December 1979, was the perfect work for this season of quiet time spent with family.

This work asks many questions. What is family? What is the ideal family? Should the husband be passionate about his work, while the wife should be devoted to housework and raising children? Where did their hearts diverge? How can we understand each other? Why do husband and wife have to fight when they love their son so much?

As a result, the reason why it became such a big hit that it could be called a social phenomenon is probably because the audience did not feel that these problems were completely someone else's problem. Somewhere in our hearts, everyone took this situation personally and tried to find answers to what would be the best path forward for the family, and what they would have done differently. In that sense, this was ``our work'' for the audience, accurately capturing the atmosphere of the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s.

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At the Academy Awards, it won Best Picture, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also became a hot topic that Justin Henry, who played the role of the adorable son, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the age of eight. Although there is an original work, the way this work has made further leaps forward based on that foundation is amazing. It can be said that this is a true achievement of everyone who participated. When we looked behind the scenes at the production, we found another drama in which the actors and staff worked together as one.

The most difficult thing is to face yourself head on.