The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 4
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In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. 'Jeff' explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer's life, working collectively to disassemble the facade of an
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (7)
Pulls off the seemingly impossible feat of making this horrific crime seem dull.
Top CriticDifferent - and chillingly effective.
Mesmerizing and haunting, "The Jeffrey Dahmer Files" is an inside-out serial killer movie, lacking in gore or cheap psychology and made in part for those who think they never want to see another serial killer movie.
Compellingly illuminates how the monsters among us leave more than corpses in their wake.
[It feels] like a late-night cable-news hack job.
For hardcore Dahmer obsessives only.
Thompson's film is something really different, a film as polite and as unnerving as its subject, one that burrows down deep into your imagination and stays there.
Chilling and riveting, even if it feels as if there are many questions left unanswered.
Thompson accepts quite a burden of informational responsibility, only to generate an aimless, tedious picture that's part documentary, part re-creation, and mostly unenlightening.
An art collage project that unnecessarily obscures its sizzle and raison d'être when a more straightforward tack would have worked better.
Teasing out a subversive portrait of a complex and rather subdued monster, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files unfolds with the same meticulousness exemplified by the eponymous serial killer.
...a consistently uneven documentary that could (and should) have been much, much better.
Jeff is one of the greatest serial killer movies ever made - an intimate, sobering look at the ripple effect that someone's aberrant behavior can have on the lives of those they come into contact with.
Unfortunately, the film lacks any sort of suitable or satisfying entry point for the uninitiated, and might still prove to be a bit obtuse even for those who know what they're getting into.
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