Review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) by Amy Y — 03 Aug 2014

An interesting albeit lightweight documentary.

This review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) was written by Amy Y on 03 Aug 2014.

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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All of that ends up making this movie — originally titled “Jeff,” in a telling bit of overpersonalization — feel like a late-night…

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

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