Synopsis
Manuel Jordan is 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 newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.
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Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonManuel Jordan
- Morgan FreemanMiles Evans
- Holly HunterAdele Easley
- Kirsten DunstSofia Mellinger
- Manuel AranguizSenor Aguilar
- Geoffrey WigdorAbner Easley
- Luke RobertsonYoung Abner Easley
- Dorian HarewoodMackie Whittaker
- Catherine ColveyClaire Mellinger
- Billoah GreeneDon
Recommendations
- 75
Christian Science Monitor
Solomon keeps the drama generally clear and interesting, though some touches make the film-noir plot seem too pretentious. - 63
USA Today
It's an intriguing movie, and Thornton's performance is both fascinating and maddening. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
A meditation on guilt, remorse and redemption -- is unrelentingly heavy. - 60
Dallas Observer
Nobody can convey more while doing nothing than Thornton. And while his minimalist style is appropriate for the ironically named Levity, what is conveyed never quite generates the emotional charge of "Monster's Ball." - 50
Village Voice
First-time director Ed Solomon, a comedy writer (MIB, both Bill and Ted movies), clots up Levity with symbols -- empty chairs, reflections, winter slush -- and achy, tastefully drawn characters. - 50
The New York Times
The actors, too, bring more realism -- more gravity, if you will -- to the film than its wobbly premise deserves. - 40
Wall Street Journal
For all its seriousness, though, Levity struck me as pretentious and intractably lifeless. - 38
Miami Herald
The actors are their usual reliable selves; you can't really blame them for the unlikely mess Levity becomes.
