The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
IFC Midnight | Release Date: February 15, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFeb 13, 2013
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is for hardcore Dahmer obsessives only. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenFeb 21, 2013
Far from closing the case, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files opens up a whole new perspective, acknowledging the banal and the baffling. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisFeb 28, 2013
In the end, the filmmakers don't reveal a lot of new insights into Dahmer's character, or answer questions about how all these murders went unnoticed before Dahmer was apprehended. In some ways, we are left to fill in the blanks - and that can be a queasy experience. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNick McCarthyFeb 12, 2013
Teasing out a subversive portrait of a complex and rather subdued monster, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files unfolds with the same meticulousness exemplified by the eponymous serial killer. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 14, 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 as hypnotic as it is repulsive. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 15, 2013
One gets the feeling that Thompson left a lot on the table with The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, that it could have been something more, something bigger, something elaborate. And that may be true. But the film that Thompson did choose to make - one that is both simple but effective -- is fascinating in its own right. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick SchagerFeb 12, 2013
Thompson assembles his footage with an expert's touch, but what his film lacks is its own perspective on these atrocities. Read full review
58
The PlaylistDrew TaylorFeb 15, 2013
Quite frankly, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files would have been better if it had a little more meat on its bones. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 15, 2013
All of that ends up making this movie — originally titled “Jeff,” in a telling bit of overpersonalization — feel like a late-night cable-news hack job. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 12, 2013
The whole film seems dead set against offering up any kind of salaciousness. Like the overly arty "Zoo" and other indie experiments, it misses the point in a disturbing way. Read full review
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