Review: as gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy , clean-cut dahmer ( jeremy renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: with roussillon providing comic relief 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: unusual biopic and document