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Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Derf Backderf. Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. And during his teenage years, he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he becomes.
My Friend Dahmer
2017 Directed by Marc Meyers
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hahahahahahahahahahaha noooooooooooooope nope nope nope nope nope noooooooope nope nope absolutely not.
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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)
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When watching a film strictly because you couldn't possibly bear hearing Danny Azbel say "hoh the best use of closing titles of alllllllllllllll time". There's really nowhere you can go but up right? No. No, no, no, no, nooooo, sir. Not only is Lynch's performance here so annoyingly hyperbolic that it can't be taken seriously but so is about everything else here, substance-wise. Within the first ten minutes, we are greeted with Meyers' painfully obvious foreshadowing and "subtilties", a script that is painful to the human-ear and actors that don't even try to do it justice. Ross Lynch should go back to being a Disney sweetheart because watching him put on a pouty face and try to look "craaaaaaaaaaaazy" is…
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"I think we should form a Dahmer fan club."
The kid playing Dahmer seriously resembled Hayden Christiansen, so to me this was sort of a STAR WARS prequel of serial killer movies.
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It's hard to believe that this Ross Lynch is the same Ross Lynch who so brilliantly captures Dahmer's hunched, blank-faced, drunken aura. Lynch spends most of the film expressionless yet he conveys so much through so little. The smallest smile. An awkwardly delivered line. He's perfect. His Dahmer is as sympathetic as he is terrifying. The film outside of Lynch is also solid and subtle (it helps that the source material—Backderf's fantastic graphic novel—is excellent). This is not a gruesome retelling of murders. Instead it is a collection of quiet, affecting, occasionally distressing vignettes that build to the creation of a serial killer. There are a few stylistic missteps, but really, it's difficult to imagine an adaptation being much better than this.
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When watching a film strictly because you couldn't possibly bear hearing Danny Azbel say "hoh the best use of closing titles of alllllllllllllll time". There's really nowhere you can go but up right? No. No, no, no, no, nooooo, sir. Not only is Lynch's performance here so annoyingly hyperbolic that it can't be taken seriously but so is about everything else here, substance-wise. Within the first ten minutes, we are greeted with Meyers' painfully obvious foreshadowing and "subtilties", a script that is painful to the human-ear and actors that don't even try to do it justice. Ross Lynch should go back to being a Disney sweetheart because watching him put on a pouty face and try to look "craaaaaaaaaaaazy" is…
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It's just fine on its own but it's a bad adaptation of the book. Completely misses the mark on how much dread there is in Derf's story.
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A sometimes disturbing, often sympathetic look into the creation of one of America's most notorious killers.
Blog Review: www.skonmovies.com/2017/10/tadff17-my-friend-dahmer.html
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David Berkowitz. John Wayne Gacy. Ted Bundy. Ed Gein. It’s fascinating how the names of some of North America’s most sensationalized serial killers have their names as familiar through cross-generational age groups as George Washington, Martin Luthur King and Michael Jackson. Pop culture seems equally enamored by rampages of the more infamous multiple murderers and have dedicated innumerable television episodes, podcasts and theatrical releases to their subjects taking dramatic licenses to piece together the anatomy of a killer.
One of the more interesting films to premiere with the weight of factual atrocities associated with the title character is My Friend Dahmer which dramatizes the complex high school life of renowned serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer who was responsible for…
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Not only is the film unnerving and down right uncomfortable at times, it also makes you feel for a teenager who has a rough Home life and is obviously battling some inner demons. It’s easy to momentarily forget that Dahmer was a real person and to feel compassion for the teenager that Ross Lynch portrays. This isn’t a film for gore hounds but it is intensely beautiful and brings up some interesting emotions.
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My Friend Dahmer is a sad and tragic look at the making of a murderer. It straddles that fine line between examining what made Dahmer the monster and remaining aloof enough to be about the dark impulses, social conditions, and personal failings that make any serial killer in general. A very touching but human charting of adolescence and humanity lost.
Affecting and naturalistic performances all around root this film as a "must see."
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Everyone knows the horrific crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, but this film sees the high school version of Dahmer, friendless and awkward trying to fit in to limited success. This is a pretty fantastic movie, as a slow build of his character comes to life with his terrible family dynamic and school exploits. Beautifully cast and directed. This is a must see.
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Good 70’s feel, good performance by Ross Lynch. The last 10 minutes were great but all-in-all I was a little disappointed.
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