Dahmer
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- Directed by
- David Jacobson
- Written by
- David Jacobson
- Produced by
- Larry Rattner, Leonard Shapiro, Tim Swain, Matthew R. Brady, Susan R. Rodgers
Why it’s HorroRated
Jeremy Renner's performance as Jeffrey Dahmer is the reason to watch this. The film is deliberately understated, presenting Dahmer as mundane and sad rather than monstrous, which is more disturbing than the alternative. David Jacobson keeps the violence mostly offscreen and focuses on loneliness and compulsion. A difficult but serious piece of work.
Synopsis
Jeremy Renner plays Dahmer in a film more interested in the banal surface of his daily life than in the violence itself. David Jacobson keeps the camera at a careful distance from the crimes while making the loneliness and compulsion behind them feel specific and real. A difficult but serious piece of work that treats the material with more restraint than most true crime productions.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- June 21, 2002
- Runtime
- 1 hour 41 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Blood and gore
- Violence and peril
- Sexual content or nudity
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