It begins with a marriage filled with a lot of unhappiness, ego and selfishness, and ends with two single people who have both learned important things about the ways they want to behave. Marriage Story & Kramer vs. Kramer, 40 Years Later. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander and Justin Henry. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander and Justin Henry.It tells the story of a couple's divorce, its impact on their young son, and the subsequent evolution of their relationship and views on parenting. This isn’t to suggest that Marriage Story doesn’t get you. In “Kramer vs. Kramer,” Ted Kramer has to learn, for the first time, how to care for a child on a daily basis, and that’s a mountain for him to climb. Plus Kramer vs. Kramer is only 104 minutes long (it’s so skillfully assembled that you don’t notice the density as time flies by) while Marriage Story is 136 minutes, or roughly a half-hour longer. It tells the story of a couple's divorce, its impact on their young son, and the subsequent evolution of their relationship and views on parenting. Kramer vs. Kramer succeeded in large part because of stellar performances by Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. Kramer vs. Kramer deals with the dissolution of a marriage … Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on Avery Corman's novel. Anne Cohen. It was the biggest hit of Telluride ’19, and for good reason. 40 years ago, 'Kramer vs. Kramer' wasn't the 1st film about the pain of divorce and custody fights but it spoke to post-feminist times. It tells the story of a couple's divorce, its impact on their young son, and the subsequent evolution of their relationship and views on parenting. And that is the film we are watching: Kramer vs Kramer, the millennial redux. 'Marriage Story' is a career-high for Noah Baumbach and a major showcase for Adam Driver and Scarlett ... who turn this tale of a contentious divorce into a Kramer vs. Kramer for the 21st century. In Marriage Story, the portrayals of Adam Driver and especially Scarlett Johansson stand on the same plateau. Then, the reveal: these are letters they wrote to each other as they begin the process of divorcing, in order to get off on a positive note. While no single element of this film is especially unique, the synergy of its incredible cast and writing make this a strong, gripping drama. The term “yuppie” wasn’t in use yet, but Ted is one. His Marriage Story, a masterpiece loosely based on his own divorce six years ago from actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, is the best divorce movie since A Separation, if not Kramer vs. Kramer (which it echoes). Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on Avery Corman's novel. I meant that brat in Marriage Story treated his father horribly. Marriage Story, directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, explores the tenuousness of familial relationships once the couple at the core no longer loves each other. In the spirit of Kramer vs Kramer, director Noah Baumbach’s drama Marriage Story follows a couple whose marriage is ending in divorce. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander and Justin Henry. The Marriage Story divorce felt more realistic too especially when the father seemed to be losing everything to his wife and helpless to stop it. Let me clarify. He’s on an upward trajectory at work, and he hangs out at the office long after the day is done, bullshitting with his boss. Much like Kramer vs Kramer, this ironically named movie follows the disintegration of a marriage and the legal processes therein of divorcing your spouse (a more contextually harmonious title would…