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THE JEFFREY DAHMER FILESMovie Reviews
Documentary about the effects of Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes combines interviews with a detective, the medical examiner and a neighbor with archival footage of Dahmer's life. Cast:Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy, Tom Ashbrook, Peter Batchelder, Todd Bishop, Dick Blau, Mark Borchardt, Matt Brush, Bryan Cherry, Bobby Ciraldo, Patrick Connelly, Jason Deprez, Ryan GlassDirector:Chris James ThompsonRelease Date:February 15, 2013DVD Release:July 23, 2013From:IFCLength:1 hr 16 min
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, Very Good Reviews (Doc) Limited
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files played in limited release to very good reviews. • Nick McCarthy wrote for Slant, "...sprawling but terse.... feels unnervingly fresh, evoking a lean and loaded gut punch of comprehensively collected and communicated facets." More Reviews Below...
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files Positive Reviews (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT(cg) "...features dramatic reenactments of Dahmer buying his infamous equipment... Andrew Swant plays him with a dead-on creepy perfection."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 92 words, 02/15/13
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...compellingly illuminates how the monsters among us leave more than corpses in their wake... a meditation on perversion as hypnotic as it is repulsive."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 02/15/13
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...undercut by gratuitous, awkward reenactments of Dahmer skulking through the streets and acquiring vats of acid and imminent victims."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 148 words, 02/15/13
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: EXCELLENT "Mesmerizing and haunting... lacking in gore or cheap psychology and made in part for those who think they never want to see another serial killer movie."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 02/22/13
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...new insights are sorely lacking... Thompson assembles his footage with an expert's touch, but what his film lacks is its own perspective on these atrocities."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 195 words, 02/13/13
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...chillingly effective.... the somewhat fictionalized scenes with Dahmer are surprisingly creepy, surreal and even darkly comic. Yet they ring true."(See all of David Lewis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 289 words, 03/01/13
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE(cg) "...doesn't take a journalistic approach, nor does it play to our natural fascination and curiosity toward the case. It doesn't dig... dull."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 03/22/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (3 Reviews)
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...new insights are sorely lacking... Thompson assembles his footage with an expert's touch, but what his film lacks is its own perspective on these atrocities."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 195 words, 02/13/13
Nick McCarthy, Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "...sprawling but terse.... feels unnervingly fresh, evoking a lean and loaded gut punch of comprehensively collected and communicated facets."(See all of Nick McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 520 words, 02/12/13
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...compellingly illuminates how the monsters among us leave more than corpses in their wake... a meditation on perversion as hypnotic as it is repulsive."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 02/15/13
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Mesmerizing and haunting... lacking in gore or cheap psychology and made in part for those who think they never want to see another serial killer movie."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 02/22/13
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: VERY GOOD "...unconventional.... the film is about three ordinary people whose lives were touched in different ways by this extraordinary case, which left deep and enduring scars..."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,136 words, 02/12/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Variety: MODERATE "...too bloodless for the uninitiated and too remedial for the familiar, but still artful in its own right.... promises a fresh perspective..."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 585 words, 04/02/12
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...the two halves of the film combine to produce a powerful you-are-there effect, stripping Jeffrey Dahmer of evil-icon stature and unsettling us..."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 323 words, 03/20/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "Mesmerizing and haunting... lacking in gore or cheap psychology and made in part for those who think they never want to see another serial killer movie."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 02/22/13
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...compellingly illuminates how the monsters among us leave more than corpses in their wake... a meditation on perversion as hypnotic as it is repulsive."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 02/15/13
18.1 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files's reviews are separated by an average 18.1 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (13 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Jeffrey Dahmer Files's reviews cover 19.0% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 4,593 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 353 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 14 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files's reviews on average broke 14 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Jeffrey Dahmer Files's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (13 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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