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Levity

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2003 | 100 min | Crime, Drama

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (34% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved The Night of the Hunter or The Asphalt Jungle, start here.
The mood
Dark and gritty.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 40 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: meant for adults.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    34% on Rotten Tomatoes, 45 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.1 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $723K worldwide on a $8 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 13K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Ed Solomon

  • 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