So with an admission of morbid curiousity I dove into this film. For every Monster there has been a dozen Silence of the Lambs. There has not been too many films about real life serial killers. Though on the down low as others don’t seem too concerned. As grad approaches he is totally out of control. His behaviour begins to get even weirder. Despite the fact that he has friends for the first time doesn’t mean that he is happy. Actually, they call him their mascot and form The Jeffrey Dahmer Fan Club. Once he begins acting out in school Jeffrey begins to attract the attention from a group of guys, who become his friends. The only times he is happy is when he is spying on a male jogger (Vincent Karthheiser – from television’s Mad Men) and collecting road kill then examining the innards.

At school he is your stereotypical outsider with no friends and is bullied by the cool kids.

At home his mother (Anne Heche – Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog), who is fresh out of being in a mental institution, and father (Dallas Roberts – Dallas Buyers Club, Walk the Line) constantly argue and eventually divorce. Neither his school life or home life is particularly good. Jeffrey Dahmer (Ross Lynch – from television’s Austin & Ally) is in the last year of high school. Here we see the evolution from an outsider with a tempetuous home life to a cold blooded killer. He is one of the most feared and famous serial killers in the history of the United States. My Friend Dahmer looks primarily the last year of high school for Jeffrey and the time from then right up until he started killing. Not to diminish the loss of life, but you would think this is perfect fodder for a riveting look at what type of person is capable of committing such attrocities. Until he started his killing spree, that is.īetween 19 Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 young men. And yet, due to decisions made by director/co-writer Marc Meyers (How He Fell in Love), the film drags along and just resulted in me thinking that Jeffrey Dahmer’s life was rather dull. What could be more interesting and frightening.

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