SnoopyStyle
Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) is happy to be in prison until he's forced out when his life sentence is commuted. He was imprison for the murder of Abner Easley when 23 years ago during a convenience store robbery. He returns to seek redemption which he knows he can't have. Preacher Miles Evans (Morgan Freeman) gets him to watch the parking lot. It's a rundown place with a nightclub and liquor stores as neighbors. He befriends hard-partying lost girl Sofia Mellinger (Kirsten Dunst) and Abner Easley's sister Adele (Holly Hunter).There is no levity here. It is a slow prodding meandering slough. Billy Bob delivers a deliberately flat performance. Kirsten Dunst's character has some potential but Holly Hunter isn't compelling. There is little tension. It may work better to have the two characters merge and let Kirsten Dunst be the sister. It's a long mediation which may have some deep meaning but it's a grind to get there.
Bene Cumb
Beginning with the title, it is not a movie attracting wide audiences or interest from advertisers, but it is definitely among the best indie/Sundance movies - both topic-wise and actor-wise. As for the issues touched, viewers can ponder on and over forgiveness, remorse, revenge, second chance, making choices and some other complex and ambivalent things, all this packed in a decent story with unexpected twists and realistic ending, and carried out by talented actors such as Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst... They never let the viewers down in the sense that they know which roles to pick, wide fame and big paycheck are not top priority for them.Levity is for you if you are not afraid of profundity and painful/serious issues, and if slower run is not equal to boredom.
Leszek5
It is definitely one of the best American movies, I saw during last year. I was watching it with eyes wide open. What a masterpiece, I was thinking. Let's check the review on IMDb. Surprisingly, I realized that average vote is only 6,5. Astonishing. Why so underrated? To European, too sad, no special effects, to slow? Sorry, not every movie should look like 'Dark Knight'. Some moves are made for people, who like to think and to feel. Main idea of this movie is inevitable truth. There is no redemption for conscience. One cannot turn back time. One will regret one's sins forever. Perfect Billy Bob Thornton, good Morgan Freeman, touching Holly Hunter. Even Kirsten Dunst (who is not my favorite actress) is reliable.
Bing5253
Levity is a good psychological thriller about Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) that is drawn towards the city where he murdered a young man, a crime that he spent 23 years in prison for. He seeks redemption by befriending his victims sister (Holly Hunter). He also meets Sofia Mellinger (Kirsten Dunst) who is a young drunk that Manual is often found assisting. And finally, he meets Miles Evans (Morgan Freeman) who is a shady man that soon turns out to be even more unusual then he was at first.Levity is an interesting movie that will keep you gripped from start to finish.
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