The Caveman's Valentine
2001 · 105 min · Director: Kasi Lemmons, Kasi Lemmons
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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?
Emotional fingerprint
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Anxiety30%
- Empathy25%
- Confusion20%
- Disturbing15%
- Inspiration10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Empathy, Confusion. Genres: Drama, Crime, Music. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Curiosity
- Sympathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Curiosity | Sympathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sympathy | 49 % | 45 % | 45 % | 32 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 51 % | 50 % | 36 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Sympathy | 61 % | 55 % | 56 % | 41 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Curiosity | 59 % | 56 % | 51 % | 40 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Curiosity | 53 % | 53 % | 44 % | 31 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Sympathy | 49 % | 41 % | 45 % | 24 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Sympathy | 51 % | 42 % | 44 % | 33 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 59 % | 35 % | 49 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Curiosity | 68 % | 63 % | 36 % | 60 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Tension | 70 % | 56 % | 44 % | 61 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Curiosity | 61 % | 57 % | 40 % | 49 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 53 % | 46 % | 44 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Sympathy | 74 % | 46 % | 68 % | 55 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Disturbing | 82 % | 56 % | 70 % | 68 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Tension | 82 % | 61 % | 61 % | 78 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 82 % | 59 % | 56 % | 79 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Curiosity | 80 % | 66 % | 45 % | 75 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Tension | 83 % | 63 % | 43 % | 63 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Relief | 83 % | 47 % | 50 % | 37 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Details
- Directed by
- Kasi Lemmons, Kasi Lemmons
- Written by
- George Dawes Green
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2001
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anxiety
- Data updated
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