Review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) by Alec B — 24 Mar 2013

Surprise! No gore or shocking horror scenes. An attention grabbing reveal of the man and the people who met/knew him.

This review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) was written by Alec B on 24 Mar 2013.

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files has generally received mixed reviews.

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 23 Apr 2012

Achieving an almost trance-like intimacy by paring its array of voices down to the essentials, Chris James Thompson's Jeff stands apart from…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for New York Times (5,786) on 14 Feb 2013

If the film’s spare re-enactments are a little awkward, they also smartly repurpose Dahmer’s studied reserve into a meditation on perversion…

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In case you're into documentaries and serial killers, this is now on Netflix. Also, ew…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 12 Feb 2013

I'm not sure that director and co-writer Chris James Thompson's film sheds any new light on why Dahmer committed his crimes, but I'm also not…

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By Jason Buchanan (161) for TV Guide (1,527) on 10 Jul 2014

Thompson does a commendable job of making his points without overstaying his welcome…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Feb 2013

Far from closing the case, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files opens up a whole new perspective, acknowledging the banal and the baffling…

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By Paul J (1,190) on 07 Jun 2014

A creepy and revealing documentary on a sick and sad psychopath…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shared Darkness (279) on 16 Feb 2013

An art collage project that unnecessarily obscures its sizzle and raison d'être when a more straightforward tack would have worked better…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 21 Mar 2013

Thompson's film is something really different, a film as polite and as unnerving as its subject, one that burrows down deep into your imagination…

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By Alex L (798) on 13 Aug 2013

Pretty good documentary, disturbing story, about a cannibalistic serial killer, I think it could of been a better documentary though…

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