Review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) by Mallory A — 15 Aug 2013

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

This review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) was written by Mallory A on 15 Aug 2013.

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Al M (1,263) on 06 Oct 2013

Despite an interesting killer, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files gets trapped in a bunch of interviews that does not give a fresh view about the subject…

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By Alec B (1,705) on 24 Mar 2013

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

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By Carlos M (2,069) on 28 Jul 2017

Lackluster reenactments with many anachronisms- e.g., nobody had their ears dilated in 1990…

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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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By Bradley M (204) on 11 Aug 2013

Interesting perspective from the people involved and affected by Dahmer as well as a story woven in that gives you a narrated view of what…

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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 Amy Y (63) on 03 Aug 2014

An interesting albeit lightweight documentary…

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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 David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 26 Apr 2012

a consistently uneven documentary that could (and should) have been much, much better…

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By Michael O (1,073) on 24 Jul 2013

Well made docu-drama that splices interview segments of people who had connections with Dahmer (the neighbor, the detective, the forensic officer)…

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