for some reason i thought zac efron played jeffrey dahmer in this so i spent most of the movie trying to figure out how they made him look like that. turns out no

get you a man who can sing, surf, AND commit murder

this performance would be remarkable if he hadn't already invented the very notion of acting, let alone singing and dancing, in the critically acclaimed musical-sci-fi-drama-romance Teen Beach Movie (2013)

wtf is this trend of turning attractive disney stars into serial killers in movies?

lmao dahmer almost killed the most important member of the naked brothers band

hahahahahahahahahahaha noooooooooooooope nope nope nope nope nope noooooooope nope nope absolutely not.

Pfft honestly let me change the main character to Alex Wolff and have an American Pie summer flick with undertones that the Sherminator is a serial killer. Can’t wait to graduate, but animals are being killed in the woods. That would be sick.

Definitely a different take on Jeffrey Dahmer when compared to Dahmer (2002) and other gruesome re-creations.
I studied Dahmer in school and I was fascinated in the idea of a person being fabricated in such a way that results in them straying so far from society and what triggers them to be so incredibly fukd up.
My Friend Dahmer is set in the teen years of the serial killer's life and attempts to give a snapshot into the lead up to his murders, a backstory that's hidden in the shadow of the remainder of his life. It begs you to empathize with Dahmer through the mistreatment he received growing up and he's standing as a social outcast.
All in all I was 100% uncomfortable.

Ross lynch is the perfect amount of creepy.

Chilling portrait of the serial killer as a young man. Manages to tighten the screws almost unbearably despite being mercifully restrained in terms of what it depicts.

37/100

It's fucked up watching something like this knowing how his life came to be, but the pacing is incredibly slow and outside of a few moments, the movie is hard to sit through. Probably better off reading about his life than watching this.

My Friend Dahmer is an interesting look at Jeffery Dahmer but a boring film. The serial killer stuff is few and far between, with pointless subplots of kids bullying Dahmer and his parents getting divorced. The acting (or lackthereof) from Ross Lynchis good but most of the acting ranges from awful to bad. The points trying to be made with the subplots dont really need to be explored as much as they are, and you actually feel bad for this serial killer. The writing and directing are sloppy overall, and the editing is kind of awful at multiple points. There is a scene where Dahmer kills a dog I think, but I kind of skipped over that. 
Overall, its fine, but nothing is good enough to warrent a recommendation. Id suggest watching the infograpgics show video on Dahmer, its way more interesting than this movie was (and got all the same points in about 10 minutes)

Woof

loved the graphic novel, was looking forward to this and wanted to give ross lynch a chance. The movie was ok? the story did not have much interesting ideas or a focus really, Alex Wolff did good and surprising ross lynch did pretty good any bad scene with his character mainly came down to the awkward dialogue and not him. still if you like the story of Jeff dahmer irl then i would say check it out 2.5/5.

I hate how this made me feel sympathy for Jeffrey Dahmer but suffice it to say I ended up sobbing and reflecting on just how bloody tragic the entire thing was. There are so many easy, simple ways his life could have worked out okay and this film does a brilliant job of showing you those, and then showing you how they were each ripped away, one by one. It’s a very, very good film but you may end up feeling sorry for a serial killer afterwards.