My Friend Dahmer

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My Friend Dahmer (2017)

R 11/03/2017 (US) Drama, Crime 1h 47m

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Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story.

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Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

Marc Meyers

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Ross Lynch

Jeffrey Dahmer
Alex Wolff

John 'Derf' Backderf
Anne Heche

Joyce Dahmer
Dallas Roberts

Lionel Dahmer
Liam Koeth

Dave Dahmer
Nancy Telzerow

Carol Backderf
Tommy Nelson

Neil
Harrison Holzer

Mike
Sydney Ozerov-Meyer

Bridget
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A review by Stephen Campbell

6.0

Written by Stephen Campbell on April 18, 2019

Tonally flawless, but narratively weak

The killing was just a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn't enjoy doing that. That's why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid and the drill, but it never worked. No, the killing wasn't the objective. I just wanted to have the person under my complete control, to do with as I wanted. It's not easy to say that, but that's what the motive was.