It's a confusing and confused mix of genres and tactics.
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03/21/01
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.
Theatrical Release:Mar 2, 2001 Limited
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
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Reviews for The Caveman's Valentine
The artistic direction on this film rocks.
02/23/01
An unsatisfactory melange of social-issues drama and mystery, hurt further by unbelievable characters and uneven performances.
03/02/01
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
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
This 'thriller' is more likely to lull viewers to sleep than to keep them on the edges of their seats.
02/26/01
Top CriticStrong acting and metrical filmmaking buy the picture several short reprieves from collapsing under the continued strain of gross implausibility.
03/12/01
Nothing in The Caveman's Valentine feels properly grounded or set up.
03/01/01
A novel twist on a genre that seems always to be in a process of reinvention.
03/30/01
There is something very appealing about Samuel L. Jackson as Romulus Ledbetter.
03/01/01
Dramatically speaking, The Caveman's Valentine is a dead end.
03/09/01
Top CriticWhile Lemmon's film is uneven, it's still a unique piece of work by an inventive filmmaker willing to take risks.
03/15/01
This is a commercial film with limited ambitions.
03/22/02
Top CriticThe Caveman has lapses of logic, but fewer than you will find in George Dawes Green's improbable script.
03/05/01
Top CriticLemmons creates mesmerizing passages, but she can't bring this one to a fulfilling crescendo.
08/09/02
Top CriticThe mystery is never as intriguing as the atmosphere.
04/01/01
It’s unfortunate that all this talent is misplaced on what is, essentially, a contrived mystery.
02/26/02
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 CriticMostly good fun.
03/08/01
Debut director Kasi Lemmons staged each scene with a fierce purity of excess, as if this elaborate joke is not only a career step but a vision.
03/09/01
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