The Caveman's Valentine Movie Review 2001

Jackson plays a homeless schizophrenic who finds a dead body outside his cave in Central Park and must pull his faltering mental faculties together enough to play Sherlock Holmes and solve the who-done-it. Plot points stretch well beyond the bounds of believability and venture into the territory of the ridiculous as the Caveman conveniently infiltrates every realm of society he wishes in order to follow up on his suspicions. Granted, he used to be a master pianist before his mental downfall, but come on. Director Lemmons's second feature film, the first being "Eve's Bayou." Based on the Edgar Award-winning 1994 novel by George Dawes Green.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Homeless, Sanity Check, New York, New York, Hallucinations/Illusions, Homicide, Cops, Shutterbugs

Screenplay

George Dawes Green

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Aunjanue Ellis, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Rodney Eastman, Tamara Tunie, Anthony Michael Hall, Jay Rodan

Cinematography

Amelia Vincent

Director

Kasi Lemmons

Music

Terence Blanchard

Other

Glen Gauthier, Terilyn Shropshire, Grant Van Der Slagt, Denise Cronenberg, Robin Standefer

Producer

Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, Franchise Pictures, Jersey Shore, Arroyo Films, Universal Focus