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Friday, June 12, 2015 • Thenewstribune.com/Entertainment
A lot of work, few laughs
‘5 Flights Up’ is a
middling comic look
at real estate woes
BY ROGER MOORE
Tribune News Service
The considerable
cinematic charms of Diane
Keaton and Morgan
Freeman are no match for
the hell that is the New York
real estate market in “5
Flights Up,” a middling
comedy about getting old,
trying to downsize and
running up against real
estate agents, hagglers and
looky-lous.
If you’ve ever sold
anything, you know that last
category of gawker. They’re
the best running gag in “5
Flights Up,” the assorted
flakes, narcissists, power
couples and others who
acquire nicknames as
retired teacher Ruth
(Keaton) and
never-quite-a-hit painter
Alex (Freeman) run into
them when their apartment
goes on the market, and
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they in turn visit open
houses looking for a place
they can move.
“The matching sweaters”
and “the dog ladies,” the
indulgent mom who thinks
her “We don’t say ‘no’ to
Justin” little monster is fit to
take apartment hunting
with her — all part of the
pageant Alex narrates as he
and Ruth navigate this
late-life journey.
Childless, they fret over a
dog that has a spinal injury,
leaving them with a rising
vet bill and one more reason
not to live in a fifth floor
walk-up apartment.
Cynthia Nixon plays the
niece/agent they enlist, the
one who figures their
40-year apartment
investment is worth a
million bucks today.
“Who would have
thought the whole of my
life’s worth would be worth
less than the room I painted
it in,” Alex ponders, in that
weary grandpa voice
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Freeman summons when
he’s being sweet. Meanwhile,
a truck accident that might
be a terrorist incident has
everybody a little on edge —
about how that could
impact the price of housing.
Director Richard
Loncraine is decades
removed from the last
significant comedy on his
résumé (Michael Palin’s
“The Missionary”). As with
his Renee Zellweger vehicle,
“My One and Only,” the light
touch is here, but the gags
aren’t. It’s all rather stale,
with Keaton stuck on
half-speed and Freeman
waiting for her to be the
funny one.
Nixon scores the film’s
one laugh-out-loud moment.
Nobody else generates
anything more than a weak
chuckle. And in flashbacks,
nothing is made of the
weighty knowledge that
Alex and Ruth would have
been a pioneering
interracial couple, back in
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Cast: Morgan Freeman,
Diane Keaton, Cynthia
Nixon
Director: Richard Loncraine
Running time: 1:31
Rated: PG-13, for language
and some nude images
their prime.
But even if you’ve never
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the indignity of the process,
the anger that wells up in
clients, buyers and real
estate agents as prices are
haggled and nerves fray,
may win a grin of familiarity
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MUSIC
■ CHORAL
SONORO WOMEN’S CHOIR: WISDOM
AND WHIMSY
7 p.m. June 19, St. Mary’s Episcopal
Church, 10630 Gravelly Lake Drive SW,
Lakewood; 7 p.m. June 20 Christ
Episcopal Church, 310 N. K St.,
Tacoma. $15. 253-307-1226;
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■ CLASSICAL
UNA HWANG
Organist, plays this month’s Third
Fridays at Noon recital. 12:10-1 p.m.
June 19, Christ Episcopal Church, 310
N. K St., Tacoma. Donations accepted.
EVERGREEN BRASS QUINTET &
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“Music of the Americas” works by
Gershwin, Joplin, Sousa and more. 3
p.m. June 14, Trinity Lutheran Church,
12115 Park Ave. S., Tacoma. Freewill
donation. 253-537-0201,
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■ COUNTRY
WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY
Plus Alison Krauss and Union Station
7 p.m. June 27, Marymoor Park, 6046
W. Lake Sammamish Parkway NE,
Redmond. $54.95-$129.95.
marymoorconcerts.com.
■ HIP-HOP
YO GOTTI
Formerly known as Lil Yo, Yo Gotti
(Mario Mims) is a hip-hop artist from
Tennessee. 9 p.m. June 12, Showbox
SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., Seattle.
$40-$60. 206-628-3151, Ticketmaster.
■ JAZZ
JAZZ AT TACOMA MUSICAL
PLAYHOUSE
With Lance Buller & The Roadstars
with special guests Greta Matassa,
Bernie Jacobs and Laura Rosok. 8 p.m.
June 20, Tacoma Musical Playhouse,
7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma. $25.
253-565-6867, tmp.org/index.php/
speciality-shows.
■ MUSIC FESTIVALS
FREMONT SOLSTICE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring Deltron 3030, The
Presidents of the United States of
America and others. 6-11 p.m. June 19
Fremont Neighborhood, Phinney
Avenue N., Seattle. $25-$45.
KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM
Features performances by T.I., Tech
N9ne and others, noon. June 20, White
River Amphitheater, 40601 Auburn
Enumclaw Road. SE., Auburn.
$19.33-$75. Ticketmaster.
MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Touring metal festival. 1 p.m. June 30,
White River Amphitheater, 40601
Auburn Enumclaw Road SE, Auburn.
$30-$66.66. Ticketmaster.
■ ROCK
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
6 p.m June 19 Woodland Park Zoo,
5500 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle. $42.50.
206-548-2500, zoo.org/zootunes
www.doobiebros.com.
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
8:30 p.m. June 26 Emerald Queen
Casino, 2024 E. 29th St., Tacoma.
$20-$60. Ticketmaster.
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