Kramer vs. Kramer (1/8) Movie CLIP - I'm Leaving You (1979) HD
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Joanna (Meryl Streep) announces to Ted (Dustin Hoffman) that she is leaving him and explains all the provisions she's taken to do so.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Robert Benton's Oscar-winning adaptation of Avery Corman's bestseller takes on contemporary problems of divorce and shifting gender roles, as a jilted husband learns how to be a nurturing father. Manhattan housewife Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) walks out on her workaholic ad man husband Ted (Dustin Hoffman), leaving their young son Billy (Justin Henry) in Ted's less than capable hands. Through trial and error, Ted learns how to take care of Billy, devoting more energy to his family than to his work, and finally losing his high-powered job because of his new priorities. When Joanna returns with her own lucrative job and the intent to take custody of Billy, Ted finds employment that won't interfere with his paternal duties. Even though he proves that he can do it all, Joanna still wins in court. Joanna, however, rethinks her desires when she finally grasps how close father and son have become. Addressing the male side of the self-actualization question, previously explored from the female perspective in such 1970s movies as An Unmarried Woman (1978), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), and The Turning Point (1977), Kramer focuses on Ted's evolution from absent parent to ideal father, as he learns to balance domestic and professional lives in the shifting late-1970s social landscape. Joanna's attempt to achieve the same, however, gets buried; only Streep's sensitive performance prevents Joanna from seeming an unsympathetic harridan. Critics praised the film's realistic depiction of Ted's travails, as well as the three lead actors' work; and audiences, perhaps facing the same questions of divorce and self-realization, turned it into a box-office smash. It went on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
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TM & © Sony (1979)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
Director: Robert Benton
Producers: Richard Fischoff, Stanley R. Jaffe
Screenwriters: Robert Benton, Avery Corman
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I can’t believe a director said she was ugly.
I can see it
Shes stunning. Even now.
she's not ugly... but she's not all that great either.
She’s all that great. A great actress.
she s not that beauty standart for that era but 100% great actor
1:27 where Dustin tries to hold her hand and Meryl pulls it away and accidentally knocks her hand against the wall behind her, presumably hurting herself...and then she starts rubbing it and Dustin picks up on this injury and tries to comfort her but she pulls her hand away again. It's very good improvisational work. Both well-deserved Oscars
1:10 her resignation over the bag always stuck with me. It’s such a small detail but shows how determined yet exhausted she is
Plus she had her little boy's sweater in it too
He took her suitcase, then she’s leaving without it.
@troyrumsey4416 LOL the point is that she could've fought for it, but she was so checked out and ready to leave that she didn't care to
women never wanna talk or be rational, just freak out and play victim/child LOL
This acting is AMAZING from Meryl. Just how she plays the anxiety and exhaustion and somewhere in there the shame and uncertainty. This is what marriage story wants to be but isn’t quite.
Preach! A Marriage Story nothing but short compared to this
Badger BadgerBadger why do you hate her right now
She should have left when he’s not there lol
Hoffman is also great in this performance, he learn that his wife has lost of his love for him but doesn’t understand why and had to live for the next months with a terrible sentiment of guilty.
Well, actually, apparently Dustin Hoffman slapped her on her face right before the scene. He also was improvising and goading her in the elevator part about her boyfriend, who she had watched die of cancer. She is a great actress, but sadly she was actually really distressed in this scene.
I love how much easier it is for her to say I don’t love you anymore. It’s leaving her son that she is struggling with but she clearly fell out of love with him a long time before. A nice touch in the writing and acting
Kramer vs Kramer is good 👍
Deadbeat mom.
'Falling out of love' is a horrible excuse to justify unfaithfulness.
@@maricamaas2326 I didn't think she was unfaithful in the film?
@@rebeccaelliott9770she destroyed a family.
Thirty-five years later and this film remains a powerhouse. The desperation in Streep’s character is so apparent and convincing. She’s widely regarded as the best living actor - and rightfully so.
TayInTheWay not according to the president
best living actor? lol that's more than a stretch, that's a leap over a gorge
theproperenglishman Did the president study acting? No? Then his oppinion isn't objective, but completely biased.
Some critic somewhere once called her that and it stuck but there are equally capable actors out there who never enjoyed the same press. It doesn't mean she was more talented than they.
Messylin It stuck because she acts every part she's given incredibly well. Many other actors in the industry have been equally as great in certain movies, that's true, but not with the same consistency as Meryl. There aren't many actors that are able to portray such a wide variety of characters over the years. Even among Hollywood's elite, Meryl stands as one of the most talented actresses there are.
And the president can't take that away from her, so his supporters try to tarnish her reputation (and just because she slammed their idol publicly, which proves they are as low as him).
Her demeanor, acting, dialogue delivery everything is so perfect. A brilliant actor and a rare beauty
I saw this film with my father during it's original release. At the time, my parents were recently divorced and I spent my weekends with my dad. Despite my young age, I never took my eyes off this movie. At the age of 45 plus, I Truly understood and still found joy in this situation.
Poor you. Coming from a broken family, you will never be healed.
@@Filiomena lol wtf you should console him
@@Filiomena “And here we see the last living remnants of the online troll, now nothing but bones due to starvation; brought on no doubt by being on the receiving end of a severe lack of attention bestowed upon himself.”
yeah and you would've been very young - too young to care about this type of film. at the same age i would've been bored stupid by it and understood nothing.
She was daaaaammmmnnn beautiful
And Dino De Laurentiis had the nerve to say that she was ugly when she auditioned for him.
*is
Not
She's still very pretty.
What do you mean “was” beautiful? She’s stunning like a fine wine she gets better and better with age 💋
every delivery of every line, every one of her gestures. She's a genius. Both of them.
2:07 “And I don’t love you anymore” - her voice so definite. Dustin Hoffman genuinely looks hurt.
Perfect moment too when the elevator door closes
@@madgang2011:50 😢IM NOT TAKING HIM WITH ME 😢
Her bone structure is bananas!!!!! BEAUTIFUL
Huh
She looks like the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
In the beginning of her auditions she wasn’t rejected a plentiful of times because they said she wasn’t pretty enough for Hollywood
@@aimeebustamante6593 she WAS rejected you mean?
Goddess
For me, its very refreshing to see the wife go through the burn out, and bail. So often in our culture, the stereotype is the guy cutting and running. I don't even have kids, and so many times I just wanna get outta town!
Sam Stan and that’s why this film was/still so controversial because of how it depicted married women
@@antoniobrooks474 It wasn't the kind of burn-out of repetition. Her burn-out was motivated by a lot of insecurity, and it didn't help that Ted was aloof to that.
@TMPanos96 But that's what I loved the most about the movie. Rather than casting judgment on any of the characters, it simply was a depiction of the events, and left it to the audience to decide. The movie certainly had far more sympathy for the husband and son than for her. Rightly so, in my opinion. But at least the film left that conclusion up to the audience.
Women initiate 70% or more of divorces... so not really
TheFalzox I agree , it looked like Ted would’ve never become more caring without the devastation of this, but it also shows Joanna as selfish . Ultimately, Ted and Billy’s bond endured
Meryl's tears in the elevator were genuine. During the shooting of that scene, Dustin apparently kept bringing up really personal stuff like Meryl's fiancé John Cazale, who'd recently passed away. He did it to get a genuine reaction from her.
i know this is 2 months later but his provoking her was actually in the court scene. this film is amazing but he was a real monster. before this scene of her leaving, in the corridor, he fully whacked her across the face to make her angry and upset. you might be able to spot a faint hand mark across her face in the corridor.
That the court scene. Here you can see a red mark where he hit her extremely hard. Good actor, awful man, IMHO.
The court scene. Not this one.
I just read Her Again and they were talking about this scene. I feel Meryl could've done the scene without Dustin's help.
I thought Meryl said he physicall struck her- gave a hard slap to her during the scene they Meet in the Restaurant. If he just hit her which wasn't in the Scene- wouldn''t that the Assault and Battery. Wouldn''t he had been arrested?
The little boy in this film was phenomenal, every bit as good as Hoffman & Streep.
I have no words to describe Meryl Streep’s beauty and acting talent. She is the best gift from God to Hollywood. I hope that I see more of her.
I love this film so much. Meryl's acting in it was amazing. She truly is the best actress ever.
No she isnt. She's just good at crying. She is hands down the most overrated actress out there. Is she bad? Hell no.
Is the the best? Also hell no.
My parents are getting divorced right now as we speak. This scene is truer than ever. And it feels exactly as you see it. 👍😢
Sorry for that.
I lived through it at 12.
They are taking divorce as a couple. Not as parents!! Better to be happy and separate than to be sad and together. Don't worry.. The parents are not perfect guys. They make mistakes sometimes. And some marriages are a mistake. but not the kids of course!
I'm sorry. I hope the very best for you. Stay strong...
You mean, your mother is leaving your father? Can't be. More probably, the man found a new woman, just like in Dustin Hoffman's life, when he was making this movie.
@@87scally nah
Meryl is simply beautiful in this movie.
yeah running away from her kid and trying to use the system to get him back is really good
Why can't they make movies like this anymore? Meryl and Dustin? Are you kidding me. Legends.
The character didn't 'abandon' her son, she placed him into the care of his father. Why blast her? Fathers and husbands have been abandoning their wives and children for centuries---using the same bullshit logic, "they're better off without me".
+Christine Wilson And they always get grief over it, why not give the same to a mother who abandoned her husband and son???
And then she want shim back mid movie! Nice! I don't think so. Ted seems like a nice guy.
and each of those Fathers and husbands are assholes and so was this lady, it makes no difference of their gender.
Exactly!!! This actually happens to women all the time..
Exactly!! Men do this all the time! Not women...
I can remember being 11 and watching this movie on VHS and thinking "Meryl Streep is the greatest actress of all time" and now at age 52 I still believe it !!
And then you saw her in Sophie’s Choice… oh my lord, no other actress could’ve done what she did in that movie. 😢
I’ve never seen her act at this age and it’s like I’m seeing an actress I’ve never seen before, love her
For you beginners that is THE Meryl Streep. One small scene from 40 years ago, still amazing.
She's so beautiful. Every little thing she does is a masterpiece. I love her.
This is not a scene to be enjoyed. This is the failure and collapse of a marriage. To hell with the vanity, the convincing acting, and the accurate portrayal of this situation. This is a scene to cause anxiety and guilt, not joy and nostalgia. This comment section disgusts me.
" and I dont love you anymore"
Elevator door closes.
Some excellent acting there...both of them.
Leaving your kid, tho...Ouch :-(
This is one of those moments where your life is changed forever in a matter of minutes. Everything you thought you had is turned upside down in such a short time.
Men don't understand that a woman grieves in a marriage years before we leave and catches them by surprise!!
Why people saying was she ISSSSSSS BEAUTIFUL!
Yasmine Padilla She’s still beautiful but I mean it’s a known fact that most people look better during their youth....
I disagree. She started pretty and become more beautiful with age. It's her bone structure. It's Regal.
@@jordanthomas5635 “regal” that’s such a good and apt way of putting it.
Great opening of movie. Both Hoffman and Streep shine!! Top notch acting!
She's giving him the it's not you it's me routine?!???
But she was partly right. At that moment, her mental health was shaky.
Besides, this is not even the eighties. She practically invented that phrase.
@@EyeLean5280 In the book it is even more evident.
@@GabrielCsaba FACTS
as of today my parents are on the verge of separation. though am over 25 years old....it still hurts bad. i feel sorry for all the kids who had to deal with this at a tender age
She’s aged so well she basically looks the same nowadays, but she certainly is a beautiful woman
yikes
He doesn't take her seriously at all until the very end. THAT's why she's leaving.
of course it's all his fault. 🙄
@@nestorperena8629 ohh you're one of those. good reading skills.
@@natalie651 actually one of many men out there with proper common sense againts women victimhood and lack of accountability. so if you are feeling offended by this response of mine... child you may have issues.
@@nestorperena8629 offended? hahah just because i said you're the pot calling the kettle black. Honey get therapy. I am not being paid to hep you see that you have a huge problem. It's your problem and I'm sorry for you. Goodbye.
@@nestorperena8629 not offended. Just can see someone who needs therapy BADLY and feel very sorry for you and any person in your life. Please get help. I'm also reporting you here for my safety and will contact the police if you continue to harass me with your hatred. Goodbye.
Streep's simply too good that I hate her character in the movie so much.
Yes she is brilliant in this movie, but why the hate, aside from leaving, what did she do that was hateful
No need for hate. She was clearly desperate, it was either leave or suicide.
K Doherty + JudyBudy = woefully clueless
Weak people leave messes everywhere they go. They’re just seeking happiness. Aren’t we all?
@@lindamatus4429 WTF? Nothing to do with being weak. Everything to do with being strong for too long. Get a clue.
Wow this was 40 years ago
My mum left me and my brothers to be brought up by my dad. I still can't watch this film without crying. She hadn't the courage or courtesy to have a conversation. She just left a letter.
I'm feeling this exactly right now. I have been with my partner for 5 years. And although he loves me and provides for us, but I feel like we're lacking the communication that I need. He doesn't see me the way I want to be seen. We have a kid, and everyday it gets harder and harder to leave. So many times I've tried to reach out but he's not taking it seriously. Even as I cry, he feels like I'm over reacting as if it shouldn't matter. Somehow I feel like one of these days, I'll just get up and leave or jump out of the window... Like she said. I'm crying so much. Everyday my love for him lessens, but he's too clueless to realize that.
I’m so sorry you don’t deserve this and I know exactly how you feel
I'm telling him to move to a single storey.
You're not excited anymore, that's the reason most modern women leave their marriages. The old marriages that lasted 40-60 years was because they knew excitement doesn't last for ever especially as you grow older. You're about to make a mistake you'll regret.
@@alphabogeyman7462 another reason the old marriages lasted 40-60 years is that the women couldn't support themselves. They had to stay no matter how unhappy they were.
I do agree that not being excited anymore is what happens in marriages, and both parties need to work to keep the relationship fresh and fulfilling. The poster didn't just feel unexcited, they felt unheard by a clueless husband. Like Ted Kramer, sounds like this husband won't take her seriously until it's too late.
I felt EVERYTHING Meryl conveyed. The sense of feeling trapped and hopeless, it actually gave me anxiety.
Her character is a real heroine! Copping out on her husband, and abandoning her son! A real prize, Mrs. Kramer is!
I watched this film just before I got married, it always stuck in my mind, Streep is just an awesome actor, this scene and the one in the truck at the lights watching Clint Eastwards Character in Bridges of Madison country leaving are stand outs for me, I cry every time
Wow she is breath takingly beautiful haven't seen this movie since I was a kid
Highland Kingman excuse me but that is a man you’re talking to
@roselyn rajoo ur mother is
She said that during filming Hoffman slapped her across the face to set up the right feelings for him during that scene. She said during the interview that you can see his handprints on her face during that scene.
she said...pfffttt lol
He and his son became so close, he realized how difficult parenting is, at first he wanted the title, not the job of a father.
When he lost his custody, I cry everytime. I know that, I wanted my grandson, fought, went above and beyond, and my son gave up custody, to his mother. I was told the court liaison was going to rule in my favor, my attorney who represented my son, and when I found out, I was in so much pain. How Hoffman acts, his gutwrenching pain.
Sure, the both did things that made their marriage not work...But just LEAVING your LITTLE CHILD without saying ANYTHING is SO WRONG.
***** Yup, I agree with you. And yes, globally everyone has become this and much worse as you said.
+Lemon Drops She seems like she is really losing it and headed for a mental collapse.
+Lemon Drops Some women are not cut out to be mothers and the same for some men as fathers. It is unfortunate. Sometimes in these situations the kids become the parents. Not always.
The dad and the boy were very happy after
Really? Men do that the whole time and no one says it's wrong.
My wife of 21 years left me and my two teenage daughters 8 weeks ago. She she needed, "to find myself and be happy". The truth: is she was having an affair with a 22 year old former high school student of hers (she's a teacher, and 49 years old). If I would have done this, I'd be a pervert and a "dirty old man". But since she's a woman, it must be, "she trying to get her priorities in life straight" or "Mid-life crisis, and she should be pitied and understood". Tell that to our children.......
MrAirviper34 you are a good man who is providing for his family. You’ll one day be rewarded for your hard work. My dad left us and we have been living happier than ever
I'm sorry to hear that. Some people just shouldn't be in a relationship.
MrAirviper34 that sounds completely made up to get emotional reactions
Sadly, I wish it was made up. But, it's true. Believe me, I wish it was just a story. It's my reality.
@@MrAirviper34 I believe you.
One of the great actresses. of all time. Period
She's so beautiful. She looks a bit like Kate Winslet here but most of all... that acting! Streep is always breathtaking as an actor.
She always hits the heartstrings, even when her character here is doing something awful (parent abandoning child). She gives the character panic, like a mindless cornered rabbit, rather than it seeming neglectful or malicious.
She left her suitcase and everything, she was through through
This is acting, ladies and gentlemen. An art form long gone.
I would had loved it if the film ended with Joanna and Ted back together again with Joanna now fully recovered from depression and Ted a nicer and understanding dad and husband.
This whole movie gives me anxiety. .
This video cuts off the end of this scene, but when she says she doesn't love him, he TOTALLY blows that off. So he CLEARLY did not love her anymore, and she knew it. That's one reason she left.
This entire film is flawless. I hold this and The Silence of the Lambs as film perfection.
1. The Verdict.
2. Godfather epic.
3. One Flew Over the cuckoos Nest.
4. Kramer vs Kramer
5. Ordinary People
6. Rocky 1976
7. Pope Of Greenwich Village
8. Somebody up there likes me.
9. The Shining
10. Bad boys 1982
11. BRONX tale
12. At Close range
13. Falcon And the Snowman.
14. State of Grace 1990.
15. The Other 1970
16. A Clockwork Orange.
17. Tie me up, Tie me down.
18. Raging Bull.
19. The Wrestler 2008
20. RED.
21. Patton.
22. The Departed
23. Goodfellas 1990
24. Withnail And I
25. Shallow Grave.
26. The Hustler
27. The Beguiled
28. The Wonderers
29. Blade Runner
30. The Apartment
31. The Out of towners
32. The Mechanic 1971
33. DEATH wish 2
34. APOCALYPSE NOW.
35. RUMBLE fish
36. Dead zone
37. The Deer Hunter.
38. Pink Flamingos
39. Desperate Living.
40. The Haunting
41. Where Eagles Dare.
42. Bullet.
43. Brainstorm
44. FRANCIS
45. Author Author.
46. The Ice Storm
47. FATSO
48. Harold and Maude
49. Trainspotting
50. Rumble Fish
51. The Warriors
52. To Live and die in L.A
53. Donnie Darko
54. HUD
55. On the Waterfront.
56. Capote
57. Thomas Crown Affair.
58. Deliverance
59. The Hunger
60. Season of the Witch. 1969/70.
61. The Rivers Edge.
62. Rosemary's Baby
63. CHINATOWN
64. MY Own Private Idaho
65. Drugstore Cowboy
66. Midnight Cowboy
TO BE CONTINUED...
Wewaxwewane Roygbiv
Scarecrow
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Blue Collar
Hard Times
French Connection 1 and 2
Gloria
Bang the Drums Slowly
Dog Day Afternoon
King of Comedy
Once Upon a Time in America
The Poseidon Adventure
All the Presidents Men
Dirty Harry
The Conversation
Serpico
Network
Five Easy Pieces
The Omen
The Exorcist
Annie Hall
The Last Detail
Marathon Man
Midnight Express
So... Are these movies the best of the best?
You don't have Tootsie on there, which makes your entire list bullshit
I need to save this list
Kaini Rue e
1:15 oh I'll just ditch the bag..
She didn't have anything valuable in there besides her baby's shirt anyway
As someone who has reached this place in my relationship, once you have crossed that line mentally and emotionally, it is so hard to stay and go through the motions. I can't imagine how hard it would be with a kid, but I wouldn't walk out suddenly one day if there was a child involved. Even with just my partner, I am trying to make the transition as smooth and loving as possible. I can relate to her not being heard. no matte how many times and ways you express it, the arrogance makes it an actual surprise to neglectful partners that you want to leave.
I get leaving but abandoning your kid? Yikes!
Men will sacrifice their happiness for a family. Women will sacrifice their family for happiness.
This is sad and when you grow up or get married it hits you even harder how sad it really is.
She was awarded custody after abandonment! There is no justice in life whatsoever.
As Ted's lawyer told him " the judge went with motherhood right down the line " this was 1979 & even today unless a mom is abusive or unfit she will get the child. I think they could have worked out if he listened to her. In court she said she was going mad bc she was a artist who worked at a magazine b4 they had their son. She constantly told ted she wanted to go back to work bc she needed a creative outlet besides just her child. Ted never would listen or allow it & was totally focused on himself not his wife or child. Shown the day after Joanne leaves he asks his son at the school.what grade are u in ? Which is crazy how do u not know what grade ur only child is in. It's sad that it took her leaving & a divorce for him to bond with his son & for her to get a good job where she made as much as her husband. If they had worked those issues out they would have been ok. If he payed more attention to his family & she could have worked too. Billy was on school so she should have been able to work & with both their salaries afforded a babysitter & would have been much better off with both their salaries
That's what infuriated me. OK Ted wasn't a saint. But the court should have said we will not entertain a custody change just because you want one (which was the only basis). You will establish a residence in New York for at least a year. We will have a schedule of visitation which we will see if you actually stick to it. You will start paying child support to help your ex-husband with supporting your child. Let us see if you do all this before we even consider whether or not to have a custody hearing.
But in the end, she finally realized that it was best that Billy stayed with Ted and did the right thing.
She said there was a scene where he slapped her, and he really slapped her, which she said was completely inappropriate, it was supposed to be fake. I also heard he was difficult to work with.
With her talent and demonic genius, she didn't have to be pretty, although she was in many of her films. 3 Oscars! - and 22 Oscar nominations, the biggest number of awards (Emmys, Golden Globes, SAGS, ) than any actor/actress in history. She was here just starting her magnificent career of profound characterizations. A national treasure!
When this movie came out the Wife was painted as the villain. How could she leave her husband and kid. But watching this now, all I can see is how bad it must of been for her to be so desperate. How many times did she try to tell him how miserable she was and he just ignored her, “It’ll be fine”.
"I'm sorry I was late, I was too busy making a living"😥
Even today Meryl Streep is very attractive to me. But she is so cute in movie. Just beautiful. And such a terrific actor.
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
He doesn't contradict what she says about looking after Billy. Lovely stuff.
As a woman that has given birth to three children if I was unhappy in a relationship, my kids would still have to go with me to leave them behind would make life unbearable but I know this does happen in real life. My mom walked out on us when we were kids and left us with our dad.
To me I think she made the right decision she left him with this dad... a stable person I mean come on would y'all rather see her kill or hurt herself in front of her son if she stayed...her son Really would've had some serious issues
His
Watching that scene now is a lot different today, then when I first saw it. I blamed her, because I was raised by the perfect house wife. Later I found out how unhappy my mom was and how she wished she never married or had kids.
She IS DAAAAMMMMMNNNN BEAUTIFUL!!! Not was because she was younger. Meryl is stunning
I'm not sure if it's just me but I think it was really selfish that Joanna decided to leave Ted for no reason other than she doesn't like him anymore and then later on in the film she decides to take the child without letting Ted have any custody which I always store is very selfish in these sort of films about divorce because it's always one parent wanting full custody over the child's just so their child won't see the other parent again
Where is the slap to the face in this scene? I’ve rewatched it several times and don’t see any contact with her face. Any help?
It was off camera, to piss her off.
Except for the genuine tears, in the hallway sequence you can see that Meryl's face is somewhat red. She has said Dustin abruptly slapped her without it being in the script. She commented it took her by negative surprise, but properly set her for the right attitude towards Dustin's Ted.
Joanna is so depressive and lost that her attitudes are more desperate than mean or selfish - of course, leaving your own child is a horrible thing to do, but she only did it for fear - not love - fear!
this movie messed me up as a kid .... always would think what would happen if my parents ever divorced, thank God they never did. Kind of crazy how this was the highest grossing film in 79'
The dad is such a good actor
The dad lol
So she was just ALWAYS an amazing actress??? Wow.
And THAT is ACTING!
What do men mean to women if they can do this so easily?? Hes been working his butt off to provide for his family. This is not a cheap apartment in NY, im sure. Her like so many people in the comments side with Joanna, thinking that all women are right in this scenario. WTF?
She's clinically depressed and he didn't even notice. Yeah, great marriage.
I LOVE MERYL STREEP SO MUCH
Meryl picked out her clothes here, from a pile of stuff. It's a devil wears prada reference.
I can understand that in those early days, women were realizing and fighting to distance themselves from just being mothers or wives,
And truly not everyone is cut out to be a parent, but the child is the one who's going to bear the brunt of this.
Imagine having to explain at some point, that your child doesn't have a mom or a dad, because they didn't want to be part of their family anymore...
Many women are busy explaining that to their children. A guy is Dustin Hoffman's situation? Does not happen.
I have never seen this movie before. But it reminds me of a time when my folks divorced 18 years ago when I was 9 and my sis was 12 and we were really sad when our folks divorced but they get along very well and now that me and my sis are 27 and she’s 30 we’re very lucky to have parents that still love us
Meryl is the sole reason this film is the classic, powerhouse it is
Great movie, great acting especially Dustin and Justin. Well written, thought provoking and emotional. I forgot I was watching a movie for almost 2 hours.
Her daughter is a spliting image of her.
But uglier
Which of them?
Yes!
The young Meryl Streep is so beautiful
Meryl Streep was/is absolutely stunning! ♥️♥️♥️
The fact that we have 2 great performances in this movie
ISomething similar recently happened to me with a girl I was dating. We were going out........compliments, smiles, good times spent together... etc etc. Then suddenly one day, with a message she warns me of "sudden changes" in her life, basically telling me goodbye, and that's it. She even refused to talk to me over the phone. I will never understand the twisted mind of certain people!
It is insane that she is the same age as my grandmother but she aged beautifully
Married to Hoffman. That's a tough pill.
I’ve never seen her that before! Drop dead gorgeous!!!
She is so damn good in this movie.
Amazing film. Incredible script and incredible acting.
So luck to see such work of the noble actress Mery Streep
Faye Runaway turned down the role after Kate Jackson would not get time off from Charlie's Angels , and as much as I love me some Dunaway, I doubt she could have brought the tenderness and in a way sadness that Meryl brings to this role. She would have been too tough I believe
Meryl Streep es lo mejor que le pudo pasar a este mundo