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The Caveman's Valentine

2001

Kasi Lemmons

Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Damir Andrei ...

5.1

1,559

Drama. Mystery A cave-dwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy and bring him to justice.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"An intriguing, visually startling murder mystery that showcases the virtuosity of Samuel L. Jackson"
		Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"The fine performances and the direction aren't sustenance enough; the mystery feels undercooked."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"To watch Samuel L. Jackson in the role is to realize again what a gifted actor he is, how skilled at finding the right way to play a character who, in other hands, might be unplayable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"[It] displays superficial signs of talent but falls short of its serious aspirations by a very long way. The film's pretensions ultimately prove off-putting"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"If anyone can sell the idea of, as Sheila calls Rom, 'some psycho Sherlock Holmes,' it's Samuel L. Jackson."
		Richard Corliss Time	"Despite Jackson's typically bravura turn, this Valentine massacre marks a step backward for the gifted director of Eve's Bayou."
		Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"[Lemmons] has a gift for strong images, and she deserves better material than the overcooked hash of Green's script"
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"A calamitous mess of ideas struggling haplessly to make sense together"

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