Levity is a 2003 drama film directed by Ed Solomon starring Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, and Kirsten Dunst.

[3] Manuel Jordan, a man who served nearly 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery, is released on parole in spite of his objections.

After spending his time staring at a clipping of Abner Easley, the boy he killed, he returns to the city he used to live in to find redemption.

"[4][5] Having written the screenplays for comedy films like Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Men in Black, Solomon originally envisioned a lighter take on the story, where Miles and Manual take charge of kids who aspire to be comedians.

[7] Todd McCarthy of Variety called it "A half-baked moral fable that suffers from insufficiencies both of narrative concreteness and religious depth.