@@coolguy02536 because, generally speaking, young children are better off with their mother. However, there are exceptions to the rule. I personally know a father who won custody of his two children even though there was nothing wrong with the mother. Very similar situation as in this movie. She left them for 1 year and when she returned, she wanted them back. The court granted her access to them on weekends.
Of course it's best for children to have both their parents, but if they can only have one, it's better for them to be with whichever one can take care of them best. ~:~
HandyMasterHank One realizes the ridiculous double standards of feminists and white knights when they claim that women can do anything that a man can do and then the same clowns say that women are more capable of being a better parent or multitasking than men. I mean these ridiculously fabricated facts bewilders me and proves how narcissistic and hypocritical these feminists and their wimp white knights are. They don't want equality, they want dominance and privilege depending on which helps in their purpose.
I wish someone would download the scene were billy falls off the monkeybars and has to get stitches, very powerful scene showing the love and support of a devoted father, makes me tear up every time.
UGH! Yes, that scene had me holding my breath the entire time while David ran frantically through the chaotic streets of New York City carrying Billy in his arms to get help. UGH. Thinking about it makes my heart ache.
Powerful, but i disagree. As i understand it, he created a very strong bond with billy. As long as there's love that bond can't be undone. So in this case, joanna is clearly the villain, the intruder, ted is clearly fighting the good fight for the sake of his son, there is NO WAY billy would ever stop loving his dad, so that bond would never break or need "repair." If anything, it would be billy's perception of joanna that would be "destroyed".
I've always felt that this scene and dialogue were very powerful, also. Yes, he made some serious mistakes in the past in his marriage and hurt his ex-wife very deeply, but how much longer is he supposed to be punished for that? She left him, he lost his wife and his marriage, and had to deal with a very depressed child. Now he's supposed to also have his child taken away? How much heartache and paying for past mistakes finally enough?
I ask myself that every day. Going through this same thing and it is absolutely insane what could do just because someone is their biological mother. Where's the outcry for gender equality in family court? Who's fighting for every dad out there like me who works sun up to sun down and then some to care for his kids only to have his hands tied by a ridiculous family court system.
They needed mediation for a custody share but that wasn’t available in those days. In the end, both parents, in this courthouse, heard the other parent’s story and learned to forgive each other. It was a happy ending.
The writers were smart making sure that Dustin said "OUR" son, because in real family courts the judges listen for that to see if either parent feels soul possession over the children.
This scene always hurts my heart. My parents split up when I was little, and my dad fought really hard to spend more and more time with us. It took years, but ultimately, my sisters and I were allowed to stay with him overnight every other weekend. I never understood why after he got an apartment he wasn't allowed 50% custody of us. Divorce courts are so disgustingly biased towards women. That whole "a child's place is with their mother" is BS. Whoever believes that either doesn't know or doesn't care about children wanting and needing a father in their lives. Kids need both of their parents, whenever possible, and courts should give custody to the most capable parent, whether it's the father or mother.
Not anymore. Tables have turned due to government geant incentives and now a culture of fraud pervades in many states to take little children from their mothers and award full custody to fathers.
He make a good point there no law saying fathers don't make good parent everybody expect a girl to be a good mom what about the dad don't we count she had her chance
@@BenjieRodriguez-p5x it never heals. I'm a person whose parents had an ugly divorce. He abandoned us when I was too young for school. Would not pay child support. My mother remarried later and I got a great dad (step father) But you never heal.
@@cherylwest5444 Time heals everything , hope is free and forgiving works. All wounds take time to heal yet I agree the scars are always there even though other people may not always be gifted to see and brave enough to relate. Bless you 🥰
All I’m gonna say is that yes she might love Billy but the Dad was the one who stayed. He stuck around and she left. She left her 7 year old son. That’s not forgivable
It was totally forgivable and the father and son forgave her. She had a mental breakdown and left to get the help she needed so that she could be a healthy parent. If she hadn’t left, the father would never have learned how to parent so in the end the son had two parents that had become better parents.
Recently saw A Marriage Story w Adam Driver & Scarlett Johansson and I kept thinking how it was a mediocre rewrite of Kramer vs Kramer. This clip alone justifies my conclusion. K vs K was so more real, more gut wrenching, and better acted I think.
I find that by today's standards, Office Workers were more disciplined. Where I work it's Business Casual. Unless it's a special occasion, Shirts and Ties aren't used by the guys etc.
Edward Bliss Secretaries, accountants and assistants, that’s how. And one saving grace was, there really wasn’t a proveable direct correlation between a successful ad & sales. Some external factor could be blamed when sales disappointed.
You pretend you are listening when you can listen no more... this is the most touching sentence! They got both really adult and I wish those tears in the end mean happy end...
I love the complexity of this film, and each character has the narrative and direction they go. But Ted ultimately broke the societal standard that represses vulnerability, and I think that’s the driving force of this film. Dustin adopts a lot of versatility, to know he voices Master Shifu is insane
I'm 34, never married, no kids, and learnt this monologue for a Stage 3 Meisner Training course in acting in 2021. By the end of the 6-8 months there were about 8 participants out of 15 remaining, a few were mature-aged, but most were mid-20s and younger. After the acting instructor watched me the first few times deliver this, and give notes, one or two younger students asked what it was from. When I told them mostly only the mature-aged students knew of it. But when the instructor stated it was released in the late 70s, the younger students' eyes widened, and the teacher said it was a controversial/revealing film for this monologue and other reasons at the time.
Every young man needs to watch this movie. For far to many women a child is a paycheck. Young men western women are not worth your effort. Most bring nothing to the table accept narcissism, chaos, drama, debt, emotional train wrecks, and mental illness. Stay single and stay happy.
How many times did the Justice system do just this? It did happen in the movie. Fortunately, in the end, she made the right decision. Imagine if she didn't. And, you have to wonder who made the wrong decision.
Mate nothing on this earth is ever perfect, but Kramer vs Kramer comes very close to it. It is almost flawless in every aspect of the storyline and the impeccable acting by Hoffman, Streep and the kid Justin Henry who was immense as an eight year old with no previous acting experience. It is overly critical to try and find flaws in a film that swept the board at the Academy awards that year.
@andycross9840 Not just the awards, it was the top grossing film of the year! If that combo doesn't tell you this film is near perfection as perfection gets what can? Can you imagine that today? A film about a divorce leading to a workaholic father learning to become a dad and the custody battle that ensues? Both parents having their hearts break as they watch their attorneys go after the other, the one they loved, on their dime? Incredible.
It will work out...somehow with time and love ..it usually does, it may not be perfect but growth and change cannot be stopped...its like a constant river flowing until we all get to the waterfall...or until we ride the ether of time.
I still wish Billy would move in with his mother. I never liked Ted in this movie, because the way he behaves towards his own son, and always loses his temper in front of him. I related to that when I was a little kid, and it's been causing me tons of stress. My parents split when I was nine, but pretty soon, my mom will finally be divorcing my dad, and I probably won't have to see him or talk to him anymore, and I can be with my mom forever!
The real courage it takes to stop an ex wife using the kids to hurt you is to walk.away and let the step dad do all the work! Guaranteed that everyone eventually ends up much happier ❤
@@Србомбоница86 Absolutely. But not every woman will get a boyfriend, say less about a stepfather. In yours and mine motherland, a woman with a child most probably won't get married at all. But a guy will bring a new woman into his life within days, because he is an active part in the relationship, don't you agree, girl?
@@Filiomena this thinking is wrong on so many levels lol. You talk like it’s a fact that a divorced dad will bring a new woman into the household while the mother won’t bring a new man into hers. Stop putting women on a pedestal. They’re not inherently better than men. Both men and women can be awful parents
