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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 priso... read more read more...n for accidentally killing a kid during an attempted robbery. Not having any place to go as a free man, he returns to the town where he committed the crime in hopes of seeking salvation. He ends up in a community center where he meets pastor Miles Evans (Morgan Freeman), who helps him out with practical matters like work, food, and housing. Trying to find redemption for his sins, he befriends Adele Easely (Holly Hunter), a single mother who just happens to be the sister of the boy he shot in the robbery. He also meets teenaged Sofia Mellinger (Kirsten Dunst), a rich girl with a drug problem. Still attempting to reconcile with his past, Manual seems drawn to interfere when Adele's son Abner seems headed down a criminal path. Levity premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Ed Solomon

Release Date: April 4, 2003

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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2003

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  • dreamfaeries
    May 5, 2010
    dreamfaeries
    Slow and straight-forward movie. I liked it...
  • LWOODS04
    January 7, 2010
    LWOODS04
    BILLY BOB THORNTON, MORGAN FREEMAN, HOLLY HUNTER, KIRSTEN DUNST

    Manual Jordan has gotten parole from a life sentence for the murder of Abner Easley, and returns to the city he lived in to try to seek redemption. He ends up living and working at a community house run by a preac... read moreher, Miles Evans. Manual also becomes friends with Adele Easley, his victims sister, in an attempt to make up for what he did. While working at the home he has interactions with Sofia Mellinger, the druggie daughter of a famous singer, struggling with the lack of adult guidance in her life.

    It's a slow story, but the character's keep it interesting enough. Not the greatest movie done by any of these actors, yet worth the watch. The movie is simple. No twists and turns. Just a story playing out with some decent acting. Nothing to special. Some people may get bored with it, cause of how slow the movie is. But stick with it. Maybe you will see something in it I didn't. Billy Bob Thornton was good in this movie along with Freeman, and Hunter. I was unimpressed with Kirsten Dunst's role. I just found her annoying. I like her acting though. Just not in this movie. Maybe seeing it a second time around would change my mind, but I don't know if I want to sit through it again.
  • Tss807
    June 9, 2010
    Tss807
    This was a great story and if it was a book, it would have been amazing. As a movie however it was a bit slow.
  • mjb63114
    March 14, 2007
    mjb63114
    was just exactly what I needed. It's a very well crafted film (Billy Bob Thorten, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter and Kirsten Dunst all turn in wonderful performences) with a very solid, very real script. It's about a lot of big things, atonement, restitution, fighting your way free... read more of the past, but it fits them all neatly into a handful of ordinary lives. I cried, but I cried good tears. I recomend it very much, it's soft and it's sad and it talks about real hope, the kind that you get in the real world, dirty and dented and not fitting very well, but the only kind of hope we have down here. LEVITY. See it.
  • DSPENCER101
    February 18, 2007
    DSPENCER101
    HATE HATE HATE THIS MOVIE. IT SUCKS SO BADLY. I've got a message board on imdb about how badly I hate this movie and it has offended so many people. What the hell is wrong with them. I mean, the actors are decent, but this movie just sucks. It's torture to have to sit throug... read moreh this. I acutally wanted my money back from renting this garbage.
  • KentAron
    August 14, 2006
    KentAron
    This movie suprised me so much... the idea of a pastor on the run and a girl who parties too much... the whole plot was cool as was the acting.
  • Corndog2005
    August 9, 2006
    Corndog2005
    Not a fan of drama like movies. Billy bob is to serious in this movie. Thought it would be better with these good actors. Fan of morgan Billy bob and Kiersten

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Critic Reviews

Steven Rea
July 11, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

In the end the film is undone by an overload of cliches, and by a gravity that never lets up.

Vic Vogler
June 27, 2003
Vic Vogler, Denver Post

Slow and satisfying. Full Review

Bill Muller
June 19, 2003
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

An unrelentingly morose quest for redemption, one that leans too heavily on stock characters and tends to wander in odd directions.

Joe Baltake
May 30, 2003
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

The movie is stymied by its rather rigid approach to sending us a message about redemption and forgiveness. Message? No, make that sermon. Full Review

Eric Harrison
May 16, 2003
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

This is a lovely film about redemption and guilt. Full Review

Philip Wuntch
May 15, 2003
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

The characters in the well-meaning drama resemble symbols rather than people, while the storyline seeks mighty truths that remain evasive. Full Review

Jeff Strickler
May 15, 2003
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

The characters are well drawn. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
May 9, 2003
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

A movie that confuses seriousness with weight, significance with silence and import with emptiness. Full Review

Liam Lacey
May 9, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Corny in its use of symbolism and coincidence, marred by the deadpan performance of its hero, it seems more like a parody than a parable. Full Review

Terry Lawson
May 9, 2003
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Solomon never turns these themes into an actual story, or at least a story with any cumulative impact. Full Review

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