Based on the life of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer I was rather disappointed by this film. It claims to be a biopic but seems to seek to show us this cotton wool version of this man and the crimes he commited, almost trying to justify them because of his broken childhood. Many people come from broken homes without turning into a sadistic killer. I think too often crimes commited by people are justified because of their past, which rarely actually has much of an impact on their present situation. Dahmer's parents divorced, big deal, parents divorce all the time, some children grow up without a mother or a father, it has no baring on the mind-set of someone that would convince them to murder and dismember 17 other human beings. We can only assume that Dahmer is somehow mentally handicapped or insane. The person who plays Dahmer portrays him as this rather lost and timid man who just wants to be accepted because of his sexuality as though this somehow excuses his appalling crimes.
As one reviewer of the film pointed out, if Dahmer saw this he would roaring with laughter at how he is imagined by American cinema, for there was nothing timid or innocent about his cruel sadistic mind, which masterminded a very clever but very twisted individual.
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