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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006) -- Based on Lionel Dahmer's own record of the events, RAISING JEFFREY DAHMER is a story about a father's continual love for a son during one of the most shocking serial killing sprees in history.
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006) -- Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture.
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4.7/10   136 votes
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Writers:
Wood Dickinson (writer)
Christopher Ryan (writer)
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Release Date:
2006 (USA) more
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Would you still love your son even if he grew up to be Jeffrey Dahmer?
Plot:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture. | add synopsis
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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006) Movie Review
 (From Beyond Hollywood. 8 May 2009, 8:40 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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Bo Svenson ... Detective Amos
Rusty Sneary ... Jeff
Scott Cordes ... Lionel
Cathy Barnett ... Shari
Jeannine Hutchings ... Catherine
Granvile O'Neal ... Detective
Luke Adams ... Young Jeff / Young Lionel
Walter Coppage ... Judge

Erin McGrane ... Joyce
Jeph Scanlon ... Mark Stanton
Kaitlyn Williams ... Girl
Kathleen Warfel ... Dr. Price
Anne Peterson ... Newscaster
Charles Fugate ... Jerry Slater
Valissa Smith ... TV Reporter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sorry Dad (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for brief language.
Runtime:
USA:100 min | Japan:85 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Factual errors: In the film, Dahmer is arrested in September, 1991. In reality, Dahmer was arrested in July, 1991. more

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Humorously Disappointing, 1 August 2008
3/10
Author: MarlinFF from United States

I rented this movie with my girlfriend as a late night movie. We haven't seen a scary movie in a while, and I've always been fascinated with serial killers overall.

This movie was laughable.. The acting was a joke. The father made me laugh at him at parts I should have been feeling the shock and fear he was feeling. It did keep me interested with the flashbacks, but the movie would have been so much better if it actually showed what it was titled, Jeffrey Dahmer being raised. It showed it through a series of flashbacks, which were the only interesting parts in the movie.

I knew it was going to be a disappointment, but I saw it in the advertisement the guy at the movie store gave to me. Next time I go with my gut, which this movie should have showed more of.

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