# My Friend Dahmer (2017)

> A troubled Ohio teenager’s struggle for belonging becomes an unsettling portrait of the isolation and warning signs preceding a serial killer’s emergence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/301585

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: History, Drama, Crime
- Director: Marc Meyers
- Cast: Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Liam Koeth, Nancy Telzerow, Tommy Nelson, Harrison Holzer
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2291540/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, melancholic, awkward, true crime viewing, serious film night

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