My Friend Dahmer
The origins of Jeffrey Dahmer as a serial killer are explored in this teen movie based on the recollections of a high school classmate.
"Before Jeffrey Dahmer became one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, he was a teenage loner. Conducting grisly experiments in a makeshift backyard lab, Jeff was invisible to most. That is until his increasingly bizarre behavior unexpectedly attracted friends. Based on the cult graphic novel, My Friend Dahmer chronicles the origins of the man. The monster. The high school senior." (Tribeca Film Festival)
- Director:
- Marc Meyers ('How He Fell in Love', 'Harvest', 'Approaching Union Square')
- Writer:
- Marc Meyers
- Cast:
- Ross LynchAnne HecheVincent KartheiserAlex WolffDallas RobertsMiles RobbinsCameron McKendryHarrison Holzer
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressIt sees Jeffrey Dahmer for what he was: a young man who could express himself only through the most hideous violence. Yet it shows you that what he had to express was real.
Time Out
pressWriter-director Marc Meyers turns Backderf's celebrated book into an absorbing, dramatised portrait of casual cruelty and teenage desperation, equal parts The Virgin Suicides and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The New York Times
pressThis film is sensitively wrought. It's credible in its evocation of mid-'70s suburbia. The acting is excellent throughout, and Ross Lynch in the role of Dahmer elicits genuine sympathy for an increasingly lost but not yet monstrous soul.
Screen Daily
pressMeyers's drama depends mostly on what it doesn't show you, and it works.
Rolling Stone
pressA warped wonder of a movie about a cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years-it takes twisted to areas few have investigated.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe world may never tire of being fascinated with serial killers, but "My Friend Dahmer" avoids exploitation often enough to forge its own perceptive, tense, character-driven path.
Hollywood Reporter
pressMy Friend Dahmer is one of the most disturbing coming-of-age features in memory. But it's also exceptionally moving.
Variety
pressIt sees Jeffrey Dahmer for what he was: a young man who could express himself only through the most hideous violence. Yet it shows you that what he had to express was real.
Time Out
pressWriter-director Marc Meyers turns Backderf's celebrated book into an absorbing, dramatised portrait of casual cruelty and teenage desperation, equal parts The Virgin Suicides and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The New York Times
pressThis film is sensitively wrought. It's credible in its evocation of mid-'70s suburbia. The acting is excellent throughout, and Ross Lynch in the role of Dahmer elicits genuine sympathy for an increasingly lost but not yet monstrous soul.
Screen Daily
pressMeyers's drama depends mostly on what it doesn't show you, and it works.
Rolling Stone
pressA warped wonder of a movie about a cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years-it takes twisted to areas few have investigated.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe world may never tire of being fascinated with serial killers, but "My Friend Dahmer" avoids exploitation often enough to forge its own perceptive, tense, character-driven path.
Hollywood Reporter
pressMy Friend Dahmer is one of the most disturbing coming-of-age features in memory. But it's also exceptionally moving.
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