one of my absolute favorites!

Instant Favorite.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The main actor in the film does a good job. This is sort of a coming of age film - where the main character is Jeffrey Dahmer. It shows how his mental illness and alcoholism were never treated and he was unable to get the help he needed and he turned into one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. The graphic novel this movie is based on is vastly superior. The GN takes place from the POV of Dahmer's friend, and it's a really powerful story. Please read the graphic novel for the story, and watch the film for the main actor's work.

I watched this at home on DVD from my public library. I remember well the news of 1991 when he was arrested and confessed to the murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991.This movie mostly covers his senior year in high school, 1978. Ross Lynch really gets himself into a Jeff Dahmer mood, especially with his posture and movements. He is depicted as an outcast mostly, and fascinated with the insides of living things, or recently dead like roadkill. Yet still willing to act crazy in public places just for the effect it would have on others.He wasn't helped by his dysfunctional family, with a crazy mother who divorced his dad during his senior year. It is hard to watch at times, knowing what he would become but it is a very interesting take on the subject.

I enjoyed this twisted insight into the early life of Dahmer; however, it suffers a little from the light weight performances from his mother and father. Unfortunately, I thought of SNL during their scenes together.

I was expecting to see some Dahmer's kills, but this movie was about his life in high school.