Straighten Up and Fly Right

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Straighten Up and Fly Right

2022

1h 28m

1.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

In a funk, Kristen, a physically disabled New York woman, walks dogs for a living but dreams of being a writer and as her life unravels, she must make a choice to fall apart or straighten up.

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10 members

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Kristen Abate

Kristen

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Steven Tanenbaum

Steven

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Marianna McClellan

Julia

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AJ Cedeno

Ezra

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Kerryn Feehan

Gretchen, Ernest's mom

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Lawrence Jansen

Max

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Mehret Marsh

Soleil

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Sasha Boykin

Nicole, Ezra's girlfriend

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Modesto Flako Jimenez

Flako

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Ai Kiyono

Kate

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