5 Flights Up aka Ruth & Alex
This film is about a long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
21 July 1970, Gainesville, Florida, USA
14 September 1979, Israel
21 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA
4 November 1965, Bosanska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
1 June 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
5 December 1963, New Jersey, USA
15 August 1970, New York City, New York, USA
22 January 1945, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
4 March 1982, USA
1964, USA
19 June 1972, Sacramento, California, USA
23 September 1976, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
4 June 1960, USA
November 12, 2015
Completely reliant on the warmth and goodwill generated by its stars (rather than, say, its writing), this AARP-oriented dramedy strikes all the familiar chords.
May 08, 2015
A couple of pros, playing attractive characters in an amiable yet topical story.
May 07, 2015
The movie ends just as you expected it to end, and there are almost no surprises along the way.
October 04, 2015
It's all very cosy and undemanding, but Keaton and Freeman are such amiably engaging screen presences you will probably enjoy spending the time in their company.
June 07, 2016
Boy does Keaton look great in a New York apartment. Just the sight of her standing in a tiny living room is a statement against suburban life.
July 20, 2015
If you're looking for a film completely free of loud explosions, raised voices or anything actually happening, you can't go wrong with this fusty New York fairytale.
May 08, 2015
Sometimes you see a play and you can imagine it being a movie. Sometimes you see a small movie like this, and you can imagine it working better as an intimate stage play.
March 07, 2016
While the plot might be the flimsiest, the characterisation actors Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton bring to this film turns it into a small delight.
August 12, 2015
It is hard to extract much of a high old time from a production like 5 Flights Up when the stakes involved are so exceedingly low.
May 07, 2015
What a pleasure to see a simple, finely tuned dramedy about real adults with real emotions in a real-life situation.
August 19, 2015
As storytelling, 5 Flights Up is remarkably clumsy: the narrative strands never knit together, the well-intentioned messages are awkwardly spelt out, and the stakes remain low. That said, it's an easy film to watch.
May 08, 2015
What begins as a sweetly sentimental story ends up being cloyingly melodramatic.
