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- 2003
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Manuel Jordan (Thornton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Ed Solomon
Written By: Ed Solomon
- 2003
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
Levity
45
6.3
Where to Watch
Summary Manuel Jordan (Thornton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Ed Solomon
Written By: Ed Solomon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
45
28% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
45% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
28% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
45
28% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
45% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
28% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Those who can forgive the director's pretensions will discover some fine filmmaking.
A film of almost paralyzing gravity and large ambitions that, almost inevitably, it can't quite meet.
Despite an effectively low-key performance by Billy Bob Thornton in the leading role, pic is no more spiritually insightful or illuminating than Sunday School instructional story, and a lot less dramatically coherent.
Freeman and Hunter are both overqualified for material this ponderous, but she plays along, while he appears to have made a minimal emotional investment in the oncoming avalanche of coincidences and cliches.
It's hard not to feel sorry for the high-profile cast, obviously working for brownie points in heaven -- they're so good, yet nothing they do can make the movie fly.
The actors are their usual reliable selves; you can't really blame them for the unlikely mess Levity becomes.
Ponderous, pretentious and boring, Levity becomes ironic on top of itself. You won't pity these people. You'll start laughing at them. Like a clown.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
43% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
43% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company
StudioCanal,
Sony Pictures Classics,
FilmColony,
Echo Lake Entertainment,
Entitled Entertainment,
Revelations Entertainment,
Columbia Pictures
Release Date Apr 4, 2003
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Awards
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
