This is from my Columbia Best Picture Collection. Ad executive Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is a workaholic who has just been promoted to head a huge account when his wife, Joanna (Meryl Streep), announces that she's leaving him and their seven-year-old son, Billy (Justin Henry), in order to "find herself". Ted is understandably angry but he knows that Billy still needs to eat and get ready for school everyday so he buckles down to try and do right by the kid. Things are starting to even out after about a year until Joanna comes back and petitions for custody.
This was like watching an actual divorce. There are no hugely villainous moments, no clear-cut bad guys, just two people who have grown apart who are both convinced they are the right person to care for their son. I don't know why you'd need to watch it but I applaud you if you do.
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