Kramer vs. Kramer

What could have possibly beat Apocalypse Now at the Oscars for Best Picture? Some small drama about a divorce? Psh…wait…this is a great drama about a divorce. I mean, it’s still not much of a question in my mind about which film I would have voted for, but that’s not to diminish the wonderful nature of Kramer vs. Kramer, Robert Benton’s adaptation of Avery Corman’s novel.

Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffmann) is an up and coming ad executive at the tail end of six hard months’ worth of work to sec...