Falling Up (2009)
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
Top billed cast
Joseph CrossHenry O'Shea
Sarah RoemerScarlett Dowling
Snoop DoggRaul
Rachael Leigh CookCaitlin O'Shea
Claudette LalíMercedes
Joe PantolianoGeorge
Mimi RogersMeredith
Annette O'TooleGrace O'Shea
Sam PageBuck
Frankie ShawGretchen
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