
Romulus is mentally ill, a troglodyte in a New York City park. He's also a gifted composer and the father of a city cop. On Valentine's Day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. The police determine it's the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but Romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avant-garde photographer, David Leppenraub, murdered him. Romulus, urged on by hallucinations of his wife as a young woman, resolves to catch the ki... (Full plot summary below)
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Romulus is mentally ill, a troglodyte in a New York City park. He's also a gifted composer and the father of a city cop. On Valentine's Day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. The police determine it's the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but Romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avant-garde photographer, David Leppenraub, murdered him. Romulus, urged on by hallucinations of his wife as a young woman, resolves to catch the killer and manages to be invited to Leppenraub's farm to play a new composition. Can Romulus hold it together long enough to get to the bottom of the death and also to make a breakthrough with his daughter?
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| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSteve MurrayA work whose visual assurance is undercut by a script that's sometimes as ludicrous as it is ambitious. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyAn intriguing, visually startling murder mystery that showcases the virtuosity of Samuel L. Jackson. |
| New York PostLou LumenickTo 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. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasHighly uneven, too often defying credibility, especially in its reliance on coincidence, and too often it slips way over the top. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsGlenn WhippIt's an intriguing bunch of characters who stay with you long after the film's absurd ending has dissipated. |
| The Moving Picture ShowJoe LeydonThe Caveman's Valentine is a stylistically bold and bracingly ingenious thriller that grabs your attention, quickens your pulse -- and, when you least expect it, touches your heart. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenMesmerizing is the word to describe Samuel L. Jackson's performance. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJim LaneA compelling, individual drama unlike any you're ever likely to see. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellBurdened by sloppy plot turns and unbelievable characters. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerNever quite shakes itself free of the tired cliche that street people are quirky, sometimes cute, and somehow privy to a spiritual purity lost to us social folk. |