Wastes a whole lot of talent on a conceit that would make Scooby-Doo blush.
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03/06/01
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:35
Rotten:45
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: The Caveman's Valentine has an intriguing premise, but the film falls flat under the weight of its ambition.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) is a schizophrenic homeless man who lives in a cave in a New York City park and believes that his nemesis is trying to control the world by projecting... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Tamara Tunie, Aunjanue Ellis, Colm Feore
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Reviews for The Caveman's Valentine
A work whose visual assurance is undercut by a script that's sometimes as ludicrous as it is ambitious.
03/08/01
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03/10/03
The film rests squarely on the capable shoulder of Samuel L. Jackson.
04/02/01
This supernatural thriller will have you on the edge of your seat.
03/02/01
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05/13/03
Dramatically speaking, The Caveman's Valentine is a dead end.
03/09/01
There is something very appealing about Samuel L. Jackson as Romulus Ledbetter.
03/01/01
The overall conception is grand, daring, challenging. But the details of the story, crucial in a picture that's at least partly a mystery, remain a tangled blur.
03/30/01
It's remarkable the way Jackson begins with the kind of character we'd avert our eyes from, and makes him fascinating and even likable.
03/02/01
Top CriticGets less and less convincing as it goes on.
03/01/01
A film with intriguing concepts and unclear representations of them.
03/08/01
Drastically overplotted and filled with unnecessary characters, which strangles the story.
03/01/01
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05/26/06
Mesmerizing is the word to describe Samuel L. Jackson's performance.
02/22/01
Nothing in The Caveman's Valentine feels properly grounded or set up.
03/01/01
Loaded down with laughable caricatures and a plot as confused as its protagonist.
03/08/01
Lemmons creates mesmerizing passages, but she can't bring this one to a fulfilling crescendo.
08/09/02
It's a less-than- compelling drama and a much-less- than-compelling murder mystery, and it squanders a first-rate cast.
04/27/01
The new film confirms that Lemmons and Jackson are a movie team made in heaven.
03/09/01
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