由此,不由使我想起了一部由Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep主演的電影《Kramer vs Kramer》中文翻譯為《克萊默夫婦之爭》,該電影一舉奪得了1981年度包括最佳影片,最佳導演,最佳男主角,最佳女配角等5項奧斯卡金獎。
Ted和Joanna結婚八年,他們有個6歲半的兒子Billy,Ted是一個不分日夜工作的事業狂,Joanna是個有學曆專業但是為了婚姻和家庭而被迫放棄工作在家做了8年的家庭主婦。一天晚上,剛剛被通知獲得晉升的Ted興衝衝回到家,Joanna卻突然告訴他,她現在就要離家出走,因為她需要找回原來的自己,她讓Ted獨自撫養Billy,因為她現在無力照顧他,於是本來波瀾不驚的家庭生活瞬間徹底打亂掉了,從Ted為Billy做第一天的早餐French Toast開始就mess up
Ted Kramer: No. I'm staying here with you. You can't get rid of me that easy.
Billy Kramer: That's why Mommy left, isn't it? Because I was bad?
Ted Kramer: Is that what you think? No. That's not it, Billy. Your mom loves you very much... and the reason she left has nothing to do with you. I don't know if this will make sense, but I'll try to explain it to you. I think the reason why Mommy left... was because for a long time... I kept trying to make her be a certain kind of person. A certain kind of wife that I thought she was supposed to be. And she just wasn't like that. She was... She just wasn't like that. I think that she tried for so long to make me happy... and when she couldn't, she tried to talk to me about it. But I wasn't listening. I was too busy, too wrapped up... just thinking about myself. And I thought that anytime I was happy, she was happy. But I think underneath she was very sad. Mommy stayed here longer than she wanted because she loves you so much. And the reason why Mommy couldn't stay anymore... was because she couldn't stand me. She didn't leave because of you. She left because of me. Go to sleep now because it's really late, okay? Good night. Sleep tight.
Margaret 是Ted和Joanna共同朋友,並最初勸告Joanna離開Ted,如果她覺得和Ted在一起lonely。Margaret是一個單身母親,此時她和泰德同病相憐,他們一起在公園裏看著他們的孩子們玩耍,親眼見證了Ted做為單身父親而帶來的巨大變化,看到了已經是相依為命的父子兩人都把他們各自的生命融入了對方,已經是無法分開了。