5 to 7

20142014
RR
1h 35min

7.1/10

An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.

7.1/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe in 5 to 7 (2014)

Glenn Close, Frank Langella, and Anton Yelchin in 5 to 7 (2014)

In New York, an aspiring novelist has a cinq-a-sept affair with the beautiful wife of a French diplomat. Cultures, world views, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash as love deepens, with remarkable results. Romance, drama and comedy.

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Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some sexual material
Parents guide

Trivia
Character Jim Sheehy played by David Shannon is based on a real doorman who works at the St Regis Hotel NYC, where the film was shot.

Goofs
From about 10:20, as Arielle and Brian walk down the path, a couple of people turn to stare at them. Considering that a couple walking down a path isn't anything worth ogling at, it is obvious that they got a sense that this couple was being filmed.

Quotes
Brian: [in his book] Thousands of years ago, somebody came up with the idea of impermanence of the beauty and inevitability of change. I'm pretty sure they had just been dumped.
Brian: I had a long time to consider the value of memory, and the idea that just because something doesn't last forever doesn't mean its worth is diminished. Maybe it was just a rationalization - easier on the soul than mourning what might have been - the life unlived. I honestly don't know, but I chose to believe in memory. I chose to believe in her. I chose to believe that the bond was never broken and that we carried each other in our hearts. As a secret singularity. She made me a writer. She made me a man.
Brian: There would be other loves. Even great loves. But she was right, only one remained perfect.

Connections
Featured in Love, Antosha (2019)

Soundtracks
Diner
Written by Martin Sexton & Ned Claflin
Performed by Martin Sexton
Courtesy of Kitchen Table Records

Top review

9/10

What a terrific movie!

It's a love story. It's a coming of age story. It's a class-of- cultures story. But to call "5 to 7" a "romantic comedy" is to evoke images of all sorts of rom-com clichés that this film does its best to avoid. There were moments when I expected the movie to go in a predictable direction, and it didn't. I thought this was going to be a movie about a young, sheltered writer who could never achieve success until he stopped writing and started living -- but, while this played some part, it wasn't exactly that, either.

Best of all, I adored every character in this movie. There are no villains. The only villain is life -- the inherent complications in good people's lives that, try as you might, you can't dodge. The two principals, Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe, were perfect. Frank Langella was hilarious; Glenn Close touching. And the sprinkling of real-life people into the story was handled exactly right.

It's a shame that this movie has had such a limited release. It is truly a wonderful film.

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