5 Flights Up Page #2

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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Richard Loncraine
Production: Focus Features
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
PG-13
Year:
2014
88 min
Website
1,062 Views


Well,

then we'll go where the houses are cheaper.

There's no way

we can leave New York.

We're not going to

leave New York. No.

All we need is a place for

you to paint and an elevator.

I handle the stairs

better than Lily does.

Sure, you do now, honey, but...

What about later?

I don't know.

You know, I...

I've read about

these open houses.

People steal things.

Okay, I will nail the

furniture to the floor. All right?

I don't like the idea

of all those people in here

poking through our things.

You don't have to be here.

You do not have to be here.

You can take a walk.

You can go see a movie.

Well, I might do that.

We're just dipping our toes into the water.

That's all.

Nobody's making

any commitments. Nobody.

What's the matter, sweetheart?

What happened?

What's wrong?

Alex. Something's

wrong with Dorothy.

What?

What's the matter?

She's shaking. I don't know.

She's shaking,

and then when I picked her up she screamed.

What's the matter, girl?

She screamed.

I don't know,

I think she's in pain.

Maybe we should

take her to the vet.

It's probably nothing.

No.

Remember last year?

It cost us $700 to

find out she had gas.

Don't try to go so fast, Ruth.

You don't want to fall down these steps.

I'm not gonna fall down.

She's shaking,

because she's upset.

I think we could use an elevator.

Don't you? At this point?

Well, I guess we could,

but we don't have one.

What happened?

We think it's her back.

You want a cab?

Yeah. Please, please.

Taxi!

Thank God.

Is there a fire?

They say that

there's a gasoline truck

stuck on

the Williamsburg Bridge.

Always something, isn't it?

Thank you, Mr. Rahim.

You're welcome. You're welcome.

Good luck with the dog.

The tanker is

blocking two lanes.

That's right, Brian.

All Manhattan-bound traffic

is stuck right now...

Are they talking

about the bridge?

Could you turn the music down, please?

Yeah.

Please. Thank you.

...has jackknifed on

the Williamsburg Bridge

a few minutes ago.

The mayor made a statement urging

people to avoid all but essential...

I still don't hear anything.

What? Did you forget

your hearing aid?

Some tanker's stuck on the bridge.

That's all I'm hearing.

Now, the mayor's telling people

not to come into

the city tonight.

Should we have taken the tunnel?

Nah. No way.

Everything's a mess.

Hey... What's with your dog?

You know, actually,

we don't know.

Maybe he ate a plastic bag.

You know, my dog did that once.

He got real sick.

I'm sorry.

Okay, thank you.

There you go.

Keep the change. Thank you.

God. Here we go.

Hey, good luck with the dog.

You'll find out in the

morning if she ate a bag.

I got it, I got it, I got it.

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