5 to 7 too often settles for rom-com clichés, but they're offset by its charming stars, sensitive direction, and a deceptively smart screenplay. Read critic reviews
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A young writer (Anton Yelchin) begins an affair with an older woman (Bérénice Marlohe) from France whose open marriage to a diplomat (Lambert Wilson) dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Rating: R (Some Sexual Material)
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Genre: Romance
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Original Language: English
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Director: Victor Levin
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Producer: Julie Lynn, Bonnie Curtis, Sam Englebardt, William D. Johnson
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Writer: Victor Levin
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $116.4K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: IFC Films
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Production Co: Mockingbird Pictures, Demarest Films
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A neat romantic fable about consensual adultery that works as long as everyone follows the rules, which of course they don't. The film's crowning achievement is to spur one's own bittersweet memories of love. Like an internet video of kitties scampering, a charmer.
kevin w Super Reviewer -
A little syrupy and melodramatic at the end, but this romantic comedy is clever and touching for the most part, and Bérénice Marlohe is absolutely radiant in her role as the 33-year-old French woman who is honest to everyone about the affair she's having with a 24-year-old aspiring writer (telling her husband, her kids, his parents, etc). Despite the maturity and understanding of the 'agreement' they have, feelings inevitably get involved. The movie is restrained in showing no nudity and little sex, but I think it was more erotic as a result. It's too bad the ending wasn't a bit more restrained as well. I loved the shots of personalized plaques on benches in Central Park, and the movie's last line: "I will promise you this. Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader." I also liked this uplifting line: "Put aside your notions about how people are. The world will surprise you with its grace if you let it."
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A New York writer and a French ambassador's wife have a long-lasting, fulfilling open affair. Filled with poetic, heartening moments and some surprisingly funny dialogue (almost Woody Allen-esque in their clever self-deprecation), director Victor Levin's wistful romance is a delight. Berenice Marlohe's luminous smile lights Arielle's melancholy, and Anton Yelchin is a solid romantic lead, and every romantic comedy should feature Glenn Close and Frank Langella as disapproving parents. The film doesn't have much new to say about love or marriage, but it shows old truths in affecting and compelling ways. Overall, you should see this movie if only to see the one-liners on Central Park benches - lovely poems, all of them.
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"5 to 7" starts with Brian(Anton Yelchin), an aspiring writer, risking life and limb to cross a street in New York City to talk to Arielle(Berenice Marlohe) who is not only beautiful and French but also taller and older. Luckily, his 'Little Mermaid' pickup line does not backfire and they agree to meet in the same place the following week. She also says they can get together elsewhere but only during the hours of 5 and 7 which is the result of an arrangement she has with her husband Valery(Lambert Wilson), a diplomat. The final line of "5 to 7"(relax, no spoilers here) is that every book is written for just one person. The same feels true for this movie because as appealing as it can be, it can also be just as infuriating at times. Overall, this is a charming romantic comedy that is refreshingly open minded, led by its two charismatic leads and helped by its quality supporting cast, especially Glenn Close who by default might be doing some of her best work here in a long time. On the other hand, "5 to 7" turns out to be quite cynical in the end which is no less sad, even though the world probably does work this way.(But it does pave the way for an amazing real life cameo.) And do kid writers still only dream of being published in magazines today?
walter m Super Reviewer
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