Review of Levity

Levity (2003)
2/10
hard to tell where it went wrong . . .
27 July 2004
the most, but I think it is in the script and the painfully slow pacing. Somebody seemed to have put in too much input into what might have originally been a decent idea, though not thoroughly reasoned out, and thus not too believable. How do you work past the idea that the character Holly Hunter plays, never went to the trial of her brother's killer, or saw his face in the newspaper, or a line-up or what in two decades, and we believe it? That makes the movie too stupid to watch for long. Wonder who's idea it was to ignore this simple but obvious little detail, and not explain it as I remember. Maybe I missed it. No understanding of character development went on here, thus it was just an insulting, thoroughly ridiculous film. Maybe these folks need to find real writers instead of whatever process they chose. It ain't working! What a waste of Billy Bob Thornton too. Slingblade must be thrashing around in his jail cell, or grave about now. They should have asked Thornton to take a look at the script. He is certainly more qualified than whoever did. And what was with Morgan Freeman's ever changing voice effect? Ultimately it is the producer's job to know what they are producing, so really, the buck stops there. I've got a bridge in London for those investors! Proof positive that star power, does not a good film make. Hope they figure it out, quick, or spare us another one.
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