Levity

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

Levity is just kind of dull Normally I adore slow movies that unravel to expose delightful characters riddled with layers of delicate personalities or subtle compassions, but frankly ... Full Review

"You've got to lighten up a little bit," Kirsten Dunst says to Billy Bob Thornton midway through this humorless, awful movie. ... Full Review

There is probably a good film in "Levity, Written and directed by Ed Solomon (who scripted "Men in Black" and "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures," among others), "Levity" moodily gives us Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton), just released from prison after serving 23 years for a murder he committed in his youth. ... Full Review

What it does is make a relatively short movie seem a bit longer. Instead, what was received was little more than a decent short story; a snapshot with some blurred spots around the edges. The acting is better than a made-for-television drama ... Full Review