Details
- Status
- Released
- Release
- November 3, 2017 (9 years ago)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Origins
- Companies
- Aperture Entertainment, Attic Light Films, Ibid Filmworks
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Cast View all

Ross LynchJeffrey Dahmer

Alex WolffJohn 'Derf' Backderf

Anne HecheJoyce Dahmer

Dallas RobertsLionel Dahmer

Liam KoethDave Dahmer
Nancy TelzerowCarol Backderf

Tommy NelsonNeil

Harrison HolzerMike
Brigid NaughtonMelody

Cameron McKendryMoose
Katie StottlemirePenny
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Crew View all
Marc MeyersDirector & Screenplay
Derf BackderfComic Book

Adam GoldwormProducer
Jody GirgentiProducer
Michael MerlobProducer
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External reviews
My Friend Dahmer remakes a serial killer into a sympathetic outcastMy Friend Dahmer remakes a serial killer into a sympathetic outcast
‘My Friend Dahmer’: Film ReviewRoss Lynch portrays the teenage Jeffrey Dahmer, before his notoriety as a serial killer, in 'My Friend Dahmer,' an adaptation of a graphic novel that also st...
My Friend Dahmer Review - IGNAn unsettling adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name about the notorious serial killer.
'My Friend Dahmer' Review: Welcome to a Serial Killer's Origin Story'My Friend Dahmer' rewinds to the cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years – and leaves viewers on the outside looking in. Our review.
'My Friend Dahmer': Tribeca ReviewDirector Marc Meyers has a breakout hit on his hands with this graphic memoir-based drama about the serial killer's early years, starring Ross Lynch
Film Review: ‘My Friend Dahmer’Ross Lynch plays Jeffrey Dahmer in his senior year of high school in a drama that's authentic enough to get under your skin.
"My Friend Dahmer" Explores the High School Days of a Real Serial Killer - The Village VoiceMy Friend Dahmer, from a graphic memoir of the same name by the pseudonymous Derf Backderf, is a kind of coming-of-age tale that dissects a troubled kid’s ...





