My Friend Dahmer
2017 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 6.5 · 77% critics
A troubled teen struggles with a chaotic home life, isolation at school, and a growing fixation on dark impulses. As senior year unfolds, attempts to fit in only heighten the unease, tracing a slow slide toward the person he will later become.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-11-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (645 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a creepy, sad coming-of-age true-crime story that focuses on warning signs and atmosphere over explicit violence; Not for you if you need fast pacing, gore, or clear answers.
Pros: eerie, foreboding mood; strong lead performance; unsettling true-crime angle | Cons: slow, plodding pacing; limited insight into motives; feels thematically unclear
Themes
- high school
- 1970s
- biography
- based on true story
- ohio
- sociopath
- murder
- male homosexuality
- serial killer
- divorce
- social outcast
Cast & crew
Ross Lynch
as Jeffrey Dahmer
Alex Wolff
as John 'Derf' Backderf
Anne Heche
as Joyce Dahmer
Dallas Roberts
as Lionel Dahmer
Liam Koeth
as Dave Dahmer
- NT
Nancy Telzerow
as Carol Backderf
Tommy Nelson
as Neil
Harrison Holzer
as Mike
- BN
Brigid Naughton
as Melody
Cameron McKendry
as Moose
Directed by Marc Meyers