Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, praising Renner's performance and the supporting roles, but saying the film "falls headlong into the trap of imagining that it can somehow rationalize the monstrous." Robert Koehler of Variety wrote: "Jacobson produces a remarkably creepy piece of cinema that disturbs by suggestion, nuance and ambiguity." Carla Meyer of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a middling review, writing, "Filmmaker David Jacobson doesn't seem to know where to go with his version. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 63 out of 100, based on reviews from 18 critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 72% based on reviews from 39 critics. By the conclusion of its run, it had grossed a total of $144,008 domestically.
The film later expanded its release to five theaters, and remained in theatrical distribution for 27 weeks. The mask special effects were created by Christien Tinsley and Kelley Mitchell, who were involved two years later in the makeup for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.ĭahmer began a limited release in the United States on June 21, 2002, opening in two theaters and grossing $16,093 during its first weekend. Production took place in Los Angeles, with one scene in Milwaukee. In reality, the escapee who led to Dahmer's capture was Tracy Edwards, portrayed by Artel Kayàru as Rodney, and Dahmer's first victim was Stephen Hicks, portrayed in the film by Matt Newton as Lance Bell. Īlthough the script recreates actual events, the names are changed out of respect for Dahmer's victims. The film was promoted using the longer title Dahmer: The Mind is a Place of its Own, but shortened to Dahmer in most cases. Jacobson managed to make the film in 18 days. The director stated "that he sent out a 4-page statement on how he truly felt about the film, and what it was about". Multiple producers were contacted by Jacobson in hopes that they would collaborate on the film, but many of the producers were disgusted by the explicit content. The producer of the film had chosen to focus on Jeffrey's selection of his victims and the mind games he plays, right before killing his victims.
Dahmer's father stated that "Jeffrey was a lonely, isolated, young man dangerously cut off from his own bottled up fury".
#DAHMER 2002 ENDING SONG MOVIE#
The movie was also based on a book his father Lionel Dahmer had written called " A Father's Story". The film was heavily based on Court TV’s coverage of Dahmer's trial. Jacobson saw an article which said "Dahmer claimed he killed those guys because he was too afraid to lose them", that's what drove Jacobson's interest into making the film. Dahmer was the first film that Jacobson had written and directed. The movie was written and directed by David Jacobson and is a biography, crime, drama, and thriller film. A title card then explains that Dahmer was found guilty of murdering 17 men, and killed in prison by a cellmate in 1994 after serving two years of his life sentence. The film ends with a flashback to Jeffrey as a teenager, going to a therapy session at his father's behest wherein before dropping him off Lionel offers to always listen to his son about anything he wants to talk to him about when he arrives at the therapist's office, however, he turns away from the door and walks off into the woods. During the course of their evening together, Jeffrey nearly strangles Rodney with a belt, but Rodney escapes from the apartment. Rodney confesses his romantic feelings for Jeffrey, but finds him evasive. Dahmer keeps inviting men home from bars and clubs, then he rapes and kills them.Īt a fishing shop Dahmer meets a charismatic young Black man named Rodney and invites him home, intending to murder him, but as the night goes on and the conversations get more personal, Jeffrey is faced with an emotional crisis. In the present, he rationalizes his crimes in Milwaukee over the divorce of his parents and his emotionally isolated childhood. The flashbacks also reveal his troubled relationship with his father and Jeffrey's alcoholism.
Troubled by a turbulent childhood and his religious father's denial of his homosexuality, Dahmer lures attractive young men at home, where he conducts experiments and kills them, trying to create a living zombie who will never leave or judge him.įlashback to Dahmer's past revealed that he killed his first victim, a hitchhiker he picked up in his hometown of Bath, Ohio, when he was a teenager. Jeffrey Dahmer is a shy and socially awkward man in metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
0 kommentar(er)
