Excellent, smart action film.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I'm a true crime buff and almost cringe at the thought of a movie based on someone like Dahmer. Number 1 because they don't deserve it, and number 2 because movie makers tend to mess them up. Not so in this case. I know the case fairly well and can tell you that this movie is fairly accurate. The few artistic type liberties taken were very well done and make sense in the context. The best part of this is Jeremy Renner's portrayal of Dahmer. Wow, what an amazing actor. I had no idea. The accent, the movement, the phrasing, all sound exactly like every interview of Dahmer I've seen. Just a terrific job on Renner's part. All in all I recommend watching a documentary on this case if you're interested in the true story, but then you'd miss Renner's brilliance in this one.

Naturally after Gacy, I had to move on and watch Dahmer, it was just one of those nights. Unlike the Gacy film, Dahmer was more typical of what you see from these types of movies. Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes may have been just as shocking as Gacy's, but Dahmer was of a completely different personality, one that doesn't really equate to film. Unlike Gacy, Dahmer was really shy and introverted, avoiding interacting with people that he wasn't planning on killing. The movie version of Dahmer's was honestly as boring as a Horror film could get. Much of it shows Dahmer alone in his apartment, torturing his victims, and much of the time, there isn't even any dialog! Jeremy Renner stars and does as good of a job as someone can do with a role like this, but to be completely honest I found this film to be nothing but boring. Even the graphic scenes the film portrays in order to shock you, don't really cut it. Dahmer may have been just as deranged as Gacy, but the two men were very different. Gacy's film was interesting, Dahmer's put me to sleep. Dahmer is one movie you can most definitely avoid watching.

If you have read a bit about Dahmers life before watching this movie, as I have, then you will definitely be disappointed. The man was notorious for eating some of his victims and performing twisted acts on and with the remains, yet there's no or almost no reference to that in the movie.Despite that, Jeremy Renner did a great acting job, so the movie wasn't too boring, I just expected so much more of it. You can see it as the "light version" of Dahmers life.What bugged me the most, was the abrupt ending: you're still waiting for things to happen and then the movie just stops... really frustrating!So a 6 out of 10 it is for me. Could have been much better!

The crimes of Dahmer were sensational, and being from the mid-west, this writer knows that they were front-page news, and they hit home hard. This film does little to help understand Dahmer the killer or Dahmer the man. In fact, it is a huge disappointment because it does not cover the ultimate apprehending of Dahmer by an all too indifferent Milwaukee PoliceDepartment. To some degree, they bear responsibility for the protracted crime wave that ensued because of their inability to recognize what was happening. Dahmer, as did the cops, suffered from the blinding racism that was...and to some extent still is...pervasive in the society, and which may have been an influence on how he chose his victims. These attributes are all down-played in this film. Not much gore, and not much of a shocker. It fails to get across the elements of sheer evil and terror that were associated with these acts. Because of the lackluster way in which the film moves, and because it did not move me to shock but to anger...and because the script, acting, and chronology were disappointing...if not non-existent...I cannot recommend this film as being an authoritative source for familiarizing one's self with Dahmer. This is a film that literally demands the kind of blood and guts and cannibalism that we witness in action packed adventure films because it truly happened. Yet we get little of it. The film leans a bit too much toward being sympathetic to Dahmer, and that is dangerous. While Dahmer's case merits understanding to be sure, he does not merit sympathy in any wise. Maybe down the road, some intrepid soul will produce the definitive film on Dahmer. Unfortunately, for us, this film is not it.