Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Morgan FreemanAlex Carver
- Diane KeatonRuth Carver
- Carrie PrestonMiriam Carswell
- Cynthia NixonLily Portman
- Alysia ReinerBlue Leggings
- Josh PaisJackson
- Claire van der BoomYoung Ruth
- Korey JacksonYoung Alex
- Sterling JerinsZoe
- Liza J. BennettMrs. Vincent
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
Better films about senior citizens displaced by a greedy housing market have been made. (Anyone for Vittorio De Sica’s Umberto D, or Ira Sachs’ recent heartbreaker Love is Strange, about a homeless elderly gay couple?) But the humorous script by Charlie Peters (based on a novel by Jill Ciment), fluidly directed by Richard Loncraine, makes this an agreeable experience. - 75
New York Post
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton have unexpectedly great chemistry in this warm and funny comedy. - 67
The A.V. Club
If 5 Flights Up is worth seeing, it’s primarily for the pleasure of Keaton and Freeman’s company, plus maybe for some tips on buying and selling an apartment. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Freeman is funny as a lovable crank, but Keaton’s neurotic performance wears thin. - 60
The Dissolve
Director Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) and screenwriter Charlie Peters are able to carry this material to some unexpected places. It helps to have two of the most effortlessly charming actors in Hollywood as leads. - 50
Slant Magazine
Ira Sachs, for all the tenderness of feeling he brought to Love Is Strange, wouldn't have countenanced the stacked-deck sentimentality that lies at this film's heart. - 50
Movie Nation
Nixon scores the film’s one laugh-out-loud moment. Nobody else generates anything more than a weak chuckle. - 50
Village Voice
What starts as a somewhat charming — if prosaic — story of love in the time of gentrification inexplicably spends most of its third act mired in the finer points of apartment hunting, like a tastefully lit HGTV show.
