Levity

"...Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst, Dorian Harewood and Geoffrey Wigdor. Levity – it’s an odd title for a movie whose..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seeking Levity

A writer best known for goofball comedies, Ed Solomon tapped his darker side for his directorial debut.

"...Four Seasons, in town to promote his directorial debut Levity, Solomon seems different from the man I saw working..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Butter

Jennifer Garner stars in this satire about a woman who'll stop at nothing to win the Iowa state butter-carving competition.

"...us laughing at them. Nevertheless, Butter contains enough genuine levity to slide down easily...."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fireflies in the Garden

This long-delayed drama about family dysfunction stars Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, and Julia Roberts.

"...There are some moments of blessed levity to the otherwise mordant melodramatics: A daffy sequence of..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Series 7: The Contenders

"...fails to sweeten its extreme satire with touches of levity along the lines of a movie like Death Race..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Left Luggage

"...work. Equalizing that dark and somber tone with some levity is more difficult to accomplish, and though the film..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dress

"...whimsy crash up against angst, tenderness collides with degradation, levity slips into darkness. It's an unsettling world out of..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Little Odessa

"...compelling story, one that's without any discernible humor or levity; indeed, its bleak prospects for hope and redemption may..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Cat

"...and the occasional botched stop-motion bit add some unintentional levity to the proceedings, but if you can get past..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Penguin Lessons

A teacher learns life lessons from a South American penguin

"...even in moments of silliness and even as that levity gives way to darkness and sadness. The politics of..."

March 28, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

Based on a true case, a 6-year-old is ripped from his Jewish parents by the Catholic church

"...both at odds with modernity and in its sway. Levity is rare in Bellocchio’s work, but there’s a devious..."

June 14, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Inventor

The life of Leonardo da Vinci recounted in charming stop motion

"...the Sistine Chapel. Such silliness gives The Inventor much-needed levity that makes Da Vinci the genius more accessible and..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Belle

Icelandic reimagining of Beauty and the Beast can't balance camp and carnage

"...stays that way,” exclaims the housewife.) These attempts at levity would be more fun if Belle fully committed to..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

The Autobots get wild as their animal counterparts join the fight

"...doesn’t actually mean this film has an air of levity about its own existence that may have made this..."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Thee Gay Agenda’s Big Top Queerness

Local queer variety show returns to its in-person clownery roots

"...of performers – making sure every artist has “the levity of our vibe in mind.” Hunker also says they..."

April 26, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Morbius

Marvel's living vampire gets a Sony Spidey-verse spinoff

"...A to B, he still tweaks some moments of levity and weight out of them. His earliest scenes with..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Umma

Generational trauma becomes terror in the heartland

"...depth or nuance. In addition to the lack of levity throughout the film, Umma feels like a drag, with..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Dog

Channing Tatum picks up a canine pal in army vet drama

"...than this preview suggests. Yes, there are moments of levity, but the underbelly of some of those laughs makes..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Why we write: the creative processes of the author as a human being

"...in everyday mundanities, and Vonnegut, who tried to find levity in grand, cosmic despair. For a man whose books..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Occupation: Rainfall

Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic

"...the gaps beyond the tropes, and add a little levity (you haven't been so grateful for a Ken Jeong..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To the Ends of the Earth

Japanese travel story captures the isolation of culture shock, with fear and levity

"...creeps through the consciousness. But it is not without levity, and Kurosawa’s choice to conclude the film with Yoko..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

A Clear Shot

Pulled-from-the-headlines hostage drama misses the target and the point

"...posturing between Gomez and his fellow officers. There’s a levity to Leisure’s script that seems at odds with its..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Robin Hood

This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center

"...Will Scarlet (Dornan, playing it veddy serious indeed). Thankfully, levity is on hand in the person of Friar Tuck..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We the Animals

Growing up dysfunctional in this literary adaptation

"...pathos, though the film isn’t without its moments of levity. And while the narrative is fragmented, like a memory,..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Snatched

A mother/daughter vacation from hell

"...grime feel a bit too real when there’s little levity to offset the women’s precariously unfunny situation, which is..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Club

Chile's Oscar nominee is a dark drama about pedophile priests

"...downer of a film, there are moments of ghastly levity, as when the assembled priests greet Father Lazcano by..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Talking Curation With Art Alliance Austin's Asa Hursh

Lora Reynolds Gallery's exhibition of work by Troy Brauntuch, Andy Coolquitt, and Jeff Williams proves a good case study in putting together an art show

"...more upbeat playfulness to the group and, most importantly, levity. Colin, Lora, and the team have done a great..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

DVDanger: Spring

Benson and Moorhead on Drafthouse Film's genre bender

"...about it. How you achieve the naturalism is with levity...."

June 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...transitioning between beats of exposition, moments of tenderness or levity, and frenzied bouts of action. (Such a concerted effort..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Inherent Vice

Highbrow mixes with lowbrow in Paul Thomas Anderson's screen adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel.

"...slapstick, and melancholy takes both the weight and the levity, and the results are a bittersweet, sun-dappled reverie. My..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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