A Film You First Saw Way Back When

Kramer v Kramer is a film from those days when the Groupie and I were unencumbered by children (that sounds cruel but you know what I mean) and therefore regular visitors to the cinema. Those, also, were the days before streaming services so if you wanted to see a film, you went to the cinema or waited years for it to be shown (cropped and mangled) on terrestrial television. Kramer v Kramer seemed important and well-made back in those days and I am pleased to tell you that it still holds up now. It is carried by its acting - everyone is pitch perect, Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman had got previous but Justin Henry as the fought-over child is stunning. He remains the youngest ever Oscar nominee. Touching, heart-warming, moving, funny, sad, provocative. All of the above. 82/100.