So I rented this film thinking I'd see a lot of Hannibal references to cannibalism and stuff, but unfortunately, no. This film strictly tries to show where Jefferey Dahmer was coming from psychologically, uncovering his secret life in gay bars, his early secretive-childhood, his over-inspective parents, and his relationships.
The makers of this film casted a great lead actor, whom I've never seen before, and the part of his lover throughout the last half of the film did great with his character...very animated. The movie did well to show background and where he was presently, probably right before he went off the deep end and uncovered himself to the law. It had some pretty shocking scenes of him and his victims (drilling into their skulls, slicing off arms, etc) which were almost enough to show his problems in life. But he was mostly known to the media and public for the cannibalism thing, which only got touched upon. At the most, he carressed a dead victim and started to lick the face of him. Well, I guess it was enough...
I dunno, I gave it a 6. It was better than an average movie, but I found the slow pace of the film with not much to uncover in the end quite disappointing.
The makers of this film casted a great lead actor, whom I've never seen before, and the part of his lover throughout the last half of the film did great with his character...very animated. The movie did well to show background and where he was presently, probably right before he went off the deep end and uncovered himself to the law. It had some pretty shocking scenes of him and his victims (drilling into their skulls, slicing off arms, etc) which were almost enough to show his problems in life. But he was mostly known to the media and public for the cannibalism thing, which only got touched upon. At the most, he carressed a dead victim and started to lick the face of him. Well, I guess it was enough...
I dunno, I gave it a 6. It was better than an average movie, but I found the slow pace of the film with not much to uncover in the end quite disappointing.