| The Caveman's Valentine | |
Directed by Kasi Lemmons; written by George Dawes Green, based on his novel; director of photography, Amelia Vincent; edited by Terilyn Shropshire; music by Terence Blanchard; production designer, Robin Standefer; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Elie Samaha and Andrew Stevens; released by Universal Focus. Running time: 103 minutes. This film is rated R. Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson (Romulus Ledbetter), Colm Feore (David Leppenraub),
Ann Magnuson (Moira Leppenraub), Damir Andrei (Arnold), Aunjanue Ellis
(Lulu), Tamara Tunie (Sheila), Peter MacNeill (Cork), Jay Rodan (Joey/No
Face), Rodney Eastman (Matthew), Anthony Michael Hall (Bob) and Kate McNeil
(Betty). Romulus Ledbetter, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, once a talented musician and family man, has been driven into paranoid seclusion in a cave in the heart of a New York City park. One day a corpse appears near his home, and Romulus is drawn out of his cave and into the world to unravel the mystery.
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The
New York Times
"The Caveman's Valentine" works as everything but a mystery, yet it
is intriguing in a number of ways.
IndieWire
There's something especially noxious about Kasi Lemmons' "The Caveman's
Valentine" and its high-profile slot in this year's Sundance premiere line-up.
It's not merely one of the most excruciating and confused American movies in
ages, it also illuminates the fatal misstep of Hollywood's misguided co-mingling
with the independent film demi-monde.
