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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

  • 2006
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006)
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Based on the true story of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to his capture.Based on the true story of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to his capture.Based on the true story of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to his capture.

  • Director
    • Rich Ambler
  • Writers
    • Wood Dickinson
    • Christopher Ryan
  • Stars
    • Bo Svenson
    • Scott Cordes
    • Cathy Barnett
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    461
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rich Ambler
    • Writers
      • Wood Dickinson
      • Christopher Ryan
    • Stars
      • Bo Svenson
      • Scott Cordes
      • Cathy Barnett
    • 16User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Bo Svenson
    Bo Svenson
    • Detective John Amos
    Scott Cordes
    Scott Cordes
    • Lionel Dahmer
    Cathy Barnett
    • Shari Dahmer
    Rusty Sneary
    • Adult Jeff Dahmer
    Luke Adams
    • Young Jeff Dahmer…
    Lucille Louise
    • Baby Jeff Dahmer
    • (as Lucille Louise Scanlon)
    Jeannine Hutchings
    • Catherine Dahmer
    Frankie Kranz
    • Victim No. 1
    • (as Frank Krainz)
    Kip Niven
    Kip Niven
    • Attorney Howard Parker
    Granvile O'Neal
    • Detective
    Walter Coppage
    Walter Coppage
    • Judge
    Erin McGrane
    Erin McGrane
    • Joyce Dahmer
    Jeph Scanlon
    • Mark Stanton
    Kaitlyn Williams
    Kaitlyn Williams
    • Little Girl
    Kathleen Warfel
    • Dr. Price
    Anne Peterson
    • Self - Newscaster
    Charles Fugate
    • Jerry Slater
    Valissa Smith
    • Pushy TV Reporter
    • Director
      • Rich Ambler
    • Writers
      • Wood Dickinson
      • Christopher Ryan
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    • Trivia
      The film takes place in 1960, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1988 and 1991.
    • Goofs
      When Lionel returns to his mother's house, he turns on the television to see his son, Jeffrey Dahmer's mugshot on the news. In the mugshot, he has a handlebar mustache without glasses. This is a mugshot from his 1986 arrest (another mugshot from 1982 has him with the handlebar mustache with glasses, both arrests for indecent exposure). When Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested for murder in 1991, he did not have a mustache in his mugshot, and wore a windbreaker jacket.
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    5/10
    Has it's moments, but disappointing overall
    One would assume that a movie named "Raising Jeffrey Dahmer" would deal largely with his childhood. Instead, the movie begins with his arrest and deals largely with the stress of his parents face trying to deal with the media. There are flashbacks to childhood events, but they are short, stylized, and presented out of chronological order. They are more distracting and confusing than they are enlightening. The step-mother is played in a very distant, emotionless manner that makes it impossible to determine what she is going through and difficult to sympathize with her. The father spends most of the film being shown reacting to discoveries and incidents so we do not have an opportunity to get close to him either. His emotional range was too one-dimensional to get a clear picture of who he really is as a person. The movie is somewhat interesting, but it didn't live up to it's potential. I expected to see Jeffrey raised through childhood complete with all the clues and hints about how he might turn out. I expected to see a film that puts us in the place of the parents and allows us to feel the struggle between a parents unconditional love for a child and reconciling the horrible crimes committed by the child. I would have enjoyed this as a straight documentary or as a revealing, emotional docudrama. Instead, the director chose to focus on being artsy. I didn't hate this film, but I was left very disappointed.
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    • Release date
      • 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sorry Dad
    • Filming locations
      • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    • Production company
      • Renegade Pictures (I)
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    • Budget
      • $250,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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