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My Friend Dahmer
Story of Jeffrey Dahmer, the one who murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991.The movie shows his life before he turned into a serial killer
9 January 1968, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
10 May 1970, Houston, Texas, USA
4 December 1948, Columbus, Ohio, USA
25 May 1969, Aurora, Ohio, USA
January 25, 2018
[Ross] Lynch's portrayal of Dahmer is unsettling and chillingly detached.
November 16, 2017
My Friend Dahmer is at its most provocative when it considers this dynamic between the exploiters and the exploited. In making Dahmer feel like a freak, did the boys push him over the edge into a murderous contempt for all people?
November 06, 2017
A warped wonder of a movie about a cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years-it takes twisted to areas few have investigated.
January 08, 2018
As My Friend Dahmer slowly steers its protagonist toward his historical fate, the result is crushing.
February 02, 2018
I admire the filmmaker's straight and painful delivery.
November 16, 2017
Meyers makes "My Friend Dahmer" a convincing high school drama, but his portrait of the serial killer as a young man telegraphs Dahmer's future all too clearly.
November 16, 2017
Which came first, bullies or dead animals in jars? "Friend" does not say, nor is there a clear link between the discord in Jeff's home and his behavior.
February 01, 2018
As an account of a serial killer, then, My Friend Dahmer doesn't quite work. Instead it is Derf's story, with its uncomfortable mixture of compassion, complicity and retrospective horror, where the film's real strength lies.
December 18, 2017
It's a haunting story.
November 09, 2017
A morbidly fascinating peek behind the blood-stained curtains.
December 20, 2017
Although it conveys a frustrating ambiguity, this subtle examination of the notorious serial killer's formative years offers some haunting insight.
November 09, 2017
It seeks not to excuse Dahmer but rather to illuminate his sociopathy.
