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Dahmer (2002)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:27
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.5/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 21, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: One of the most notorious serial killers in America was Wisconsin's Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer's exploits included killing 15 boys and resorting to cannibalism on their corpses. This biographical drama... One of the most notorious serial killers in America was Wisconsin's Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer's exploits included killing 15 boys and resorting to cannibalism on their corpses. This biographical drama starring Jeremy Renner (TV's ZOE, DUNCAN, JACK & JANE) does not focus on the grisly details of the murders, rather it sets out to comprehend an alienated man who struggles with his own sexuality until driven disturbingly over his head. Writer/director David Jacobson has constructed a film very much in contrast to other Dahmer portrayals in its compassion for the deranged mind. The film uses flashbacks and very few characters to give a history of the serial killer's upbringing and details as to what drove him over the edge. The masterful use of time and a strong cast were additional tools Jabobson used to elevate this horrific drama. Featuring Bruce Davison and Artel Kayaru. [More]
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Kayaru, Dion Basco
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Kayaru, Dion Basco, Matt Newton, Kate Williamson
Director: David Jacobson
Director: David Jacobson
Producer: Larry Rattner
Screenwriter: David Jacobson
Studio: Peninsula Films
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Reviews for Dahmer
Star Jeremy Renner seems shorter than Dahmer, but is otherwise a look-alike and gives a convincingly intense and weird performance.
The film is also sexy in parts. Just don't tell anyone you respect you're turned on.
It's shocking, intense, and totally creepy, yet compelling and sad. Jeremy Renner gives a career-making performance.
Renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance.
Director David Jacobson gives Dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims.
Baby-faced Renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within.
A subtly creepy, gently disturbing portrait of a genuinely disturbed man...The point of the exercise might not be apparent, but its artistry certainly is.
Chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer.
Renner?s face is chillingly unemotive, yet he communicates a great deal in his performance. See it for his performance if nothing else.
Renner's performance as Dahmer is unimpeachable, fascinating without being charismatic.
Less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling (though no less horrifying for it).
Ambitious, unsettling psychodrama that takes full, chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges, low-budget constraints.
It lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho, without making him any less psycho.
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