The film rests squarely on the capable shoulder of Samuel L. Jackson.
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04/02/01
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 compelling, individual drama unlike any you’re ever likely to see.
04/02/01
The mystery is never as intriguing as the atmosphere.
04/01/01
Unlike most movies these days, which have very little going on inside them so as not to confuse the audience, The Caveman's Valentine roils with both narrative and cinematic ideas.
03/30/01
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
A novel twist on a genre that seems always to be in a process of reinvention.
03/30/01
It's a confusing and confused mix of genres and tactics.
03/21/01
Burdened by sloppy plot turns and unbelievable characters.
03/16/01
Maddeningly inconsistent.
03/16/01
While Lemmon's film is uneven, it's still a unique piece of work by an inventive filmmaker willing to take risks.
03/15/01
The film never quite shakes itself free of the tired cliché that street people are quirky, sometimes cute, and somehow privy to a spiritual purity lost to us social folk.
03/14/01
Despite Samuel L. Jackson's impressive performance, it's an urban whodunit done in by a weak plot.
03/14/01
It keeps your eyes glued to the screen from beginning to end.
03/12/01
The artful and interesting depiction of the characters is out of place with the formulaic detective fiction and the result is disappointing.
03/12/01
Strong acting and metrical filmmaking buy the picture several short reprieves from collapsing under the continued strain of gross implausibility.
03/12/01
Jackson's convincing portrayal of an untethered psyche scrambling for purchase on the slippery slope of sanity and Lemmons's arresting cinematic vision, in which we see the world through the eyes of a man continually descending into ...madness, is enough.
03/09/01
Intriguing, visually startling.
03/09/01
What saves the movie from mediocrity is its visual style.
03/09/01
Despite and sometimes because of its unevenness, the film conveys the delusions of daily existence with fierce poetry.
03/09/01
Overall, the film is certainly interesting to watch ... It's just too bad that once the premise is set up, that the details of the mystery and the protagonist's attempt to solve it feel like a bit of a letdown in comparison.
03/09/01
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