My Friend Dahmer
Disturbingly compelling and original.
My Friend Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story.
Jeff Dahmer (Disney Channel’s Ross Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighborhood jogger (Vincent Kartheiser, “Mad Men”), and copes with his unstable mother (Anne Heche) and well-intentioned father (Dallas Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club, headed by Derf Backderf (Alex Wolff, "Patriots Day"). But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness.
Marc Meyers’s MY FRIEND DAHMER is the haunting, sad, funny, true story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school, based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed 2012 graphic novel of the same name and Meyers’s own 2014 Black List script.
“Director Marc Meyers has a breakout hit on his hands.” – Screen International
“Ross Lynch gives a haunted, sad, scary, and unforgettable performance” – Paper Magazine
Jeff Dahmer (Disney Channel’s Ross Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighborhood jogger (Vincent Kartheiser, “Mad Men”), and copes with his unstable mother (Anne Heche) and well-intentioned father (Dallas Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club, headed by Derf Backderf (Alex Wolff, "Patriots Day"). But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness.
Marc Meyers’s MY FRIEND DAHMER is the haunting, sad, funny, true story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school, based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed 2012 graphic novel of the same name and Meyers’s own 2014 Black List script.
“Director Marc Meyers has a breakout hit on his hands.” – Screen International
“Ross Lynch gives a haunted, sad, scary, and unforgettable performance” – Paper Magazine
Genre
Bio-pic,
Crime,
Drama
Runtime
107
Language
English
Director
Marc Meyers
Cast
Anne Heche,
Ross Lynch,
Vincent Kartheiser,
Alex Wolff,
Dallas Roberts
FEATURED REVIEW
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Ross Lynch portrays the teenage Jeffrey Dahmer, before his notoriety as a serial killer, in an adaptation of a graphic novel that also stars Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts and Alex Wolff. Given the infamous trajectory of its subject's life, it might be no surprise that 'My Friend Dahmer' is one of the ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 11.03.17 - 12.07.17
Monica Film Center 11.03.17 - 11.16.17
NoHo 7 11.03.17 - 11.21.17
Claremont 5 11.17.17 - 11.21.17
Town Center 5 11.24.17 - 12.07.17
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