Levity

In the featurette for "Levity," writer/director Ed Solomon said he hoped that the audience would find his motion picture "an interesting cinematic experience." I found myself involved with the story from the very beginning.The tale took me in especially at... Full review

Thorton stars as a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man... Full review

this movie just didn't work. the kid that played holly hunter's son was so annoying. he should've been shot. he deserved it. billy bob thornton looks out of place and discouraged in this film. it's not his fault nor freeman's. they... Full review

Im sorry, but when you tell me Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman and Kirsten Dunst are in a movie together, maybe I just expect too much - Because, I was sorely disappointed with this film, considering the amount of talent within.... Full review

"Levity" is about redemption; it is about a lot of things inside something ironically simple, about philosophy and the human mind, about thoughts, second chances and about many other things if I want to say them. It's also one of... Full review

A recently paroled convict, who as a teenager shot and killed a young convenience store worker, is left to find his way in society; he's offered a custodial job from a hot-tempered, streetwise pastor, and hopes to connect with the... Full review

e-manuel jordan'louis e-abner easley, holly hunters character.wow i thought i saw this picture before.how many times can you tell the same story in so many different ways. but i give you credit, your heart was in the right place. god bless... Full review

"Levity” comes across as an intellectual picture, but the tone of solemnity is difficult to endure for one hundred minutes, given the director’s history of writing credits. Ed Solomon, who makes his directorial debut, never intends for “Levity” to undergo farce... Full review

I liked this movie more then most people.Billy bob thortons a good actor and so is Morgan Freeman(driving miss daisy,shawshank redemption).Though Morgan looks old in this film.I enjoyed the spiritual aspects of the film.Billy bobs character gets out of prison and... Full review

I can well understand why this misses the mark for so many people. A lack of the dramatics, no "twist" like "The Life of David Gale," retro dialog almost and Kirsten Dunst at her most irritating. What you have is... Full review

LEVITY provides real substance without a holier-than-thou or, heavens forfend, a smarter-than-thou attitude. Soloman also makes wonderful plays on the title. And one visual moment of transcendent beauty that verbal description would sully. ... Full Review

In an interview with MM earlier this month, Solomon talked about shifting between the roles of writer and director, why his industry credibility offered more hindrance and help and the inspiration for Levity, which opened this year's Sundance Film Festival and is in theaters across the country now. ... Full Review

Though Kirsten Dunst and Holly Hunter deliver a couple of strong if-not transitory performances, "Levity" leaves you with a feeling quite the opposite of its title. Though well-crafted, writer-director Ed Solomon's "Levity" is a preachy and pretentious character study that fails to live up to its promising billing. ... Full Review

At its best Levity grants some substance and some interest to this abstract notion; occasionally, it lapses into sentimental instruction. Though he takes himself very, very seriously, thank goodness, Levity does not. ... Full Review

This soundtrack is unnecessary, and indicative of the film's inclination to prompt your responses to fairly complex emotional and moral situations.....a job, which come to him completely by chance, or, perhaps within the film's weird sense of humor, fate.....Freeman's performance here is admirably restrained (Solomon says Freeman described the character as "an old bluesman," and he has a sort of loose-boned grace).....Memory seeps into every beautiful frame of Levity (shot by Roger Deakins, who discusses hi ... Full Review

Memory is a tricky business. So are movies that mess with it. In Levity , Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) is an ex-con, released against his will after serving 22 years for the murder of a 17-year-old convenience store clerk... ... Full Article

No, no, no. Not here. Maybe the title is meant to imply something about the incredible lightness of forgiveness or redemption or the washing clean of your soul of bad things. ... Full Article

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There's not much levity in "Levity," a somber little American indie unlikely directed by Hollywood screenwriter Ed Solomon ("Charlie's Angels"), but it's an absorbing, well-cast and ultimately satisfying parable that casts a pleasing spiritual glow over its audience. A big ... Full Article

Action comedy screenwriter Ed Solomon switches gears to psychological drama for his feature film directing debut, Levity. Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) gets released after doing 23 years in prison for accidentally killing a kid during an attempted robbery. ... Full Article

"Levity" is about as well-meaning as a movie can get, but that's never enough to ensure it comes alive on the screen, which is sadly the case here. ... Full Article