Synopsis
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life.
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Cast
- Jeremy RennerJeffrey Dahmer
- Bruce DavisonLionel Dahmer
- Artel GreatRodney
- Matt NewtonLance Bell
- Dion BascoKhamtay
- Kate WilliamsonGrandma
- Lily KnightMrs. Dahmer
- Christina PayanoLetitia
- Tom'ya BowdenShawna
- Sean BlakemoreCorliss
Recommendations
- 100
Portland Oregonian
It's a triumph of the film that it manages to make Jeffrey Dahmer a human being -- at least a member of the species -- without ever bending toward empathy with or excuses for him. - 70
L.A. Weekly
The purest of horror films. - 70
Chicago Reader
A low-key but hypnotic portrait of the infamous sex murderer. - 67
Austin Chronicle
The whole of it plays like a dark and dreary tone poem, only marginally interested in explaining the ticking, bloody clockwork of the inner beast and only occasionally touching on his fractured humanity. - 60
New Times (L.A.)
Star Jeremy Renner seems shorter than Dahmer, but is otherwise a look-alike and gives a convincingly intense and weird performance. Bruce Davison (as Papa Dahmer) and the rest of the cast also do nice work. - 60
The New York Times
As gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character, there remains a huge gap between the film's creepy, clean-cut Dahmer (Jeremy Renner) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Dahmer moves with a slowness that's meant to be compelling but is largely merely glum. This becomes a hindrance to building suspense in telling a true story whose outcome is already well known. - 50
Chicago Tribune
A tasteful, intelligent, well-acted film about one of the most ghoulish serial killers in American crime history - and I'm afraid that's a good part of what's wrong with it.
