5 Flights Up

A coming of age story

Forty years ago, an artist bought a run-down apartment in a sketchy part of Brooklyn with his schoolteacher wife. Today, their neighbourhood is now very hip and their apartment worth a small fortune. Now retired, they haven't changed. They are still as much in love as ever. But they have let their niece, a real estate agent, list their property to see what the market might bear. On the eve of their open house, the Brooklyn Bridge is rumoured to be under a terrorist attack, sending the media into a frenzy and affecting people's attitudes about living in New York.

92 minutes.
Parental Guidance 7-9 (Language).
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

We should grow something a little stronger ...

Credits

Cast	Moragan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Cynthia Nixon, Clarier van der Boom, Korey Jackson
Director	Richard Loncraine
Screenplay	Charlie Peters, from the novel by Jill Ciment
Music	David Newman
Cinematography	Jonathan Freeman
Sound formats
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Lascaux Films, Latitude Productions, Revelations Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Low, mild impact, infrequent
Nudity	Low impact, brief, infrequent, non-sexual
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Some exclamations.
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	PG-13 for language and some nude images
Runtime	92
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Morgan and Keaton prove they are still hot property.	10
Die Burger Rozanne Els Hegte band in huis weespieël.	10
Cape Times Leslie Felperin Living upstairs.	10
Metacritic.com 18 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 38 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 5 Flights Up is a bit of a narrative fixer-upper, but when it comes to watching Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman share screen time, you really can't beat the view.	11
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Slow-moving relationship drama with little at stake.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 4 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 1645 users	12
Internet 955 Netizens Headache	12
Average .. 54%	11