They and their past, both fictional and real, ARE the movie, lazy to reflect the truth, but kind and emotional enough. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 15, 2020

Without its lead characters, Ruth & Alex would be as forgettable as your aunt's birthday. Though solid in its filmmaking it fails to shine as a whole.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 4, 2019

Ultimately too fluffy to offer anything real. The comedy isn't funny enough and the social commentary at times verges on the smug.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 5, 2019

... even the physical interaction is not very convincing. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 13, 2017

Burdened with a bewilderingly wrong-headed pair of subplots, British director Richard Loncraine's film makes only partial use of the off-the-charts amiability and ease of leading players Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 22, 2017

It's no surprise to discover that Ruth & Alex is yet another film aimed at a more mature audience. What is a surprise, however, is that's it's not a better one.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 30, 2017

5 Flights Up pairs up Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman at long last, though it's not quite the revelation it should be.

| Aug 24, 2017

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2016

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.

| Nov 12, 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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 4, 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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 19, 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.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 12, 2015

5 Flights Up is one of those films that sneaks up on you.

Full Review | Aug 12, 2015

Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton are wonderful together in this delightful exploration of life and love in New York

| Aug 7, 2015

A dusty, undemanding piece of Sunday afternoon liberalism.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2015

Typically amenable performances from the leads make all this watchable up to a point, but the material is decidedly stretched out over feature length.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2015

Even Freeman at his twinkliest and Keaton at her most kooky and adorable are not enough to sweeten the bad taste left by Ruth & Alex.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2015

Charmingly played by its well-cast, ever watchable leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 23, 2015

Ruth & Alex is a drama without drama: the cinematic equivalent of a barbiturate. Freeman and Keaton deserve better material.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2015