Levity (2003)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Ed Solomon

Guionista (WGA):

Ed Solomon (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 agosto 2003 (Norway)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Plot:

The film philosophical approach at redemption. The protagonist Manual Jordan has gotten parole from a life sentence for the murder of Abner Easley...

Plot Keywords:

Redemption | Murder | Preacher | Attempted Robbery | Robbery

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

If that's alright with you...

Reparto

Billy Bob Thornton	...	Manuel Jordan
Morgan Freeman	...	Miles Evans
Holly Hunter	...	Adele Easley
Kirsten Dunst	...	Sofia Mellinger
Manuel Aranguiz	...	Senor Aguilar
Geoffrey Wigdor	...	Abner Easley
Luke Robertson	...	Young Abner Easley
Dorian Harewood	...	Mackie Whittaker
Catherine Colvey	...	Claire Mellinger
Billoah Greene	...	Don
Sadiki Burke	...	Sadiki
Abede Burke	...	Abede
Diego Abella	...	Raul
Brent Rogers	...	Ty
Cordell Clyde	...	Cleve

También conocida como:

Levity (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA | France

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #39344) | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Norway:11 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Compañía:

Studio Canal

Trivialidades:

Ed Solomon wrote the screenplay over a 20-year period.

Errores:

Continuidad: The chair that one of the boys trips over as Sofia enters the room changes position between shots.

Citas:

Sofia Mellinger: You smell like sex.
Manuel Jordan: Well, you smell like puke.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Ed Solomon (2007) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

I Wonder How I'm Gonna Die

If that's alright with you...

"Levity" is about redemption; it is about a lot of things inside something ironically simple, about philosophy and the human mind, about thoughts, second chances and about many other things if I want to say them. It's also one of those pictures with a cast of terrific actors who got interested in the project for some reason and did it.

It is worth it, if you like slow and detailed stories that are easy to understand f you don't think much; kind of like "The Constant Gardener". But "Levity" is different from 'Gardener' in the way that things are more difficult to understand; the film is truly philosophic. The music, a mix of powerful songs, is a key element in the development of the story, which maintains a mood of depression and sadness.

The story was written by Ed Solomon, who also directed. What is interesting and discussable about Solomon is that he seems to have saved his best lines and ideas for his first movie as a director, because he has written nothing like this in the past. His movie credits as a writer include: "Men in Black", "Charlie's Angels" and "Super Mario Bros", among other films that are not better than this one, which isn't great itself.

You like the movie because of its honesty; the honesty of its story, of its characters, of its images. The frames and sceneries are so beautiful and so clear that you are not able to take your eyes off the screen; maybe Roger Deakins (director of photography: "The man who wasn't there", "A Beautiful Mind") has something to do with it.

Then you've got the terrific cast, which makes the movie even more watchable. I was surprised that Morgan Freeman's voice is recognizable over a phone. Freeman plays a role in the film, which he also produced. At the top of his game and in the platform of a calm man; he speaks his lines as if they weren't Ed Solomon's but his own.

Billy Bob Thornton stars as Manuel, the main point of the movie. Thornton, an actor who can go from peaceful ("The man who wasn't there") to totally crazy ("Bad Santa"), finds himself closer to the side of the movie in black and white than to the one in color, if you know what I mean; and he does it perfectly well; I still wonder how he studies a role, how he constructs it.

Holly Hunter is the female element. Hunter is the kind of actress who can pass totally unnoticeable in a film, but however leaving you a big impression. I admire that quality in a performer; and Hunter portrays her role so normally, that she comes as the closest to a human being in the picture. Then we have the talented Kirsten Dunst, over the edge as most of the time, and creating another good character with a lot of authority and commitment.

As it looks like, "Levity" can't fail; but it's not going to blow your mind off. If that pleases you…