A father and son navigate the intimate, earnest, and often melancholy landscape of a new family life.
A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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