Very well executed

Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

A different way of telling a story

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The Caveman's Valentine has always fascinated me. As someone who has a mental illness, I've always tried my best to seek out films that portray such conditions in a respectable, inquisitive and enlightening tone. While this one cushions it's earnestness with a slightly lurid and generic murder mystery, much of its desire to explore its character's inner mindset shine through superbly and with much more authenticity than other films that try the same. Unless you suffer through, or have some intimate experience with someone like this protagonist, it's tough to artistically represent their state. This one manages very well, and Samuel L. Jackson gives one of the most memorable, affecting and curiously overlooked performances of his career so far. Jackson is an actor who almost always gets cast in assured, authoritative roles. Here he portrays exactly the opposite of that as Romulus, a severely schizophrenic man who lives in a cave in Central Park, New York City. Romulus was once a brilliant pianist and a student at Juilliard, before his illness cut his career and personal life painfully short. He spends his days in confusion, raving in delusion about an all powerful man named Stuyvesant who secretly manipulates everyone in the city. When a young man is found murdered near his cave door, he feels an internal compulsion to find out what happened to him. As you might imagine, a man with his affliction might not make the most reliable detective, but Romulus tries his best and in between bouts of paranoia he makes his way towards weirdo avant grade photographer David Leppenraub (always excellent Colm Feore) who may have had something to do with the homicide. He also has a daughter (Aunjanue Ellis) who is a policewoman and somewhat resents him through her ignorance, and a wife (Tamara Tunie) who no doubt left, but still speaks to him in segments of his visions. Because his perceptions can't be trusted, even by himself, it makes it a touch and go plot-line that's heavily accented by frequent visual detours into his own consciousness, where humanoid Moth Sarefs hauntingly play unearthly instruments. Director Kasi Lemmons is not only a woman, but an actress herself, both traits which I believe lead to a certain intuitive advantage in filmmaking. I absolutely love how she moulds the narrative to patiently linger with Romulus's perception of events and never make them sensationalistic or rushed. Even though Romulus walks through a dangerous, real world story of murder and corruption, the film always sticks with his childlike, abstract and very intangible internal view of the world, a choice which most films either don't possess the courage or aren't allowed to do. Jackson is subtle, complex dynamite in what is for me the best work of his career, playing completely against type and most definitely the opposite of his usual instincts to give us something truly special, to any viewer who wishes to exhibit the same patience and understanding that the filmmakers have strived for in making this unique piece.

It's a very nice film with a suspenseful and mysterious plot about an insane homeless man (who once was a talented piano player) which solved by himself a crime scene. The plot starts being very strange and puzzling, because we watch the happenings through the insane guy's mind, and everything seems to be a bit confusing. However, that's the best part of the movie to me! It's mysterious, unexplained, bizarre and has some strange scenes (which pass only inside his mind) of pure delusion, and shot in dark and surreal way. Great cinematography, I must say! The acting is also brilliant, especially by Samuel L. Jackson, who plays the insane guy, ROMULUS LEDBETTER. He's an excellent actor and one more time he proves it, as a great part of this film is just his acting work! The film has a great soundtrack as well! I hadn't heard of this movie so far so it was a very good surprise to me.

Always enjoy every film that Samuel L. Jackson,(Romulus Ledbetter) has performed and in this film he sort of plays a crazy way out character who is homeless and lives in a cave, but not Central Park N Y. You will see Romulus wandering in the streets of New York picking through the garbage and cursing at a man in the tower of the Chrysler Building who he believes is after him to do him harm. Romulus finds a friend of his up in a tree frozen to death and turns his attention to David Leppenraub, (Colin Feore) who had hired a photographer to take pictures while his friend was being tortured. Romulus decides to become a detective and tries to solve this case but he has a daughter on the NYC police force who helps her father once in a while and a wife who has given up on poor Romulus. There is one scene where Romulus decides to clean himself up and shave and get a decent pair of clothes and show people what a great pianist he is and a former student from the Julliard School of Music. Romulus does get into the sack with David's Leppenraub wife and has some very steamy love scenes. Great entertaining film, enjoy.

A crazy, misunderstood man Romulas Ledbetter(Jackson) hiding from his personal demons, lives in a cave in New York. Musician turned recluse, believes the Chrysler Tower has some sort of watch over him. He finds a young man who is frozen to death on a tree! Another homeless man who is a friend of the deceased and Romulas gives him some information that sparks of a conspiracy that the young man was murdered by David Leppenraub (Colm Feore) a prominent art photographer. How can he prove this though? His own daughter who is a police officer and the authorities do not believe someone they all think is insane. Romulas does some investigating of his own and then begins the intrigue of the film. Samuel L Jackson puts on an easily Oscar winning performance in this excellent spine tingling whodunit thriller.