SnoopyStyle Jason Moss (Jesse Moss) is a normal college kid. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy is appealing his conviction, and Jason wants to do a paper on him. Jason starts to do research. Then he exchange letters and phone calls. He begins to change and becomes more than just a pen pal. More and more he's becoming a protégé and his next victim.Jesse Moss is a reasonable actor who could be an everyday college student. The pace is slow due to the fact that the kid and Gacy don't go face to face until close to the end. When that meeting occurs, the intensity goes off the charts. William Forsythe is incredibly creepy and threatening. That one scene makes up for the rest of the movie.

hughman55 This is a stupid, stupid, stupid, movie. The horrible story of the murders of at least 33 young boys at the hands of the monster John Wayne Gacy deserves better treatment than this. In a nutshell, you have the one of the most notorious serial killers on record, Gacy, juxtaposed against inappropriate, "teen" male, beefcake in the form of Jesse Moss, who is a stagy, unnatural actor. He's no worse than the rest of this movie, but he is the "star" so he is, justifiable or not, the face of this failure. I can not overstate the grotesque titillation being engaged in here. The protagonist, played by Moss, flexes shirtlessly through about half of this movie. There's even a quasi "Robert-Dinero-you-lookin'-at-me" scene where he flails and flexes ridiculously in front of the camera with a loaded gun. Why? What does his chest have to do with the true story of a disturbed teenager, Jason Moss, who had a fascination with serial killers and the details of their brutality? This is a true story. But this movie doesn't tell it. The true story is not that of a normal teen working on a college term paper about John Wayne Gacy, who is drawn into the killers dark web, but at the end calls checkmate and triumphs over the evil Gacy. That's what the filmmakers would have you believe. In fact, the REAL story is one of a disturbed college student who had an unhealthy obsession with the brutality of serial killers, Gacy in particular, and who's personal demons eventually drove him to suicide. So, when you understand THAT truth, and you see THIS movie, with it's inappropriate and graphic homo-erotic titillation, horrific rape, torture, and murder scenes, you just want to vomit. There were at least 33 Gacy victims who's last hours, God forbid, days, on this earth were an unimaginable hell. Out of respect for them, their suffering, the suffering of their families to this day, burn this garbage and apologize. So disgusting. I wanted to barf.

rzajac I remember my surprise at the closing chapters of Capote's "In Cold Blood" (the book). Capote fairly well succeeds at showcasing how forensic psychologists place the events depicted within some kind of framework. At the end, you feel you understand how triggers can be set up for extreme behavior, then set off.Although I didn't exactly expect it, I approached "Dear Mr. Gacy" with a dim expectation that it might fulfill this need; after all, the young guy's kicks off his project under the auspices of criminology class. The professor says to Jason, "You have to demonstrate a strong academic angle, here"... and then Jason appears to ignore this requirement. The filmmakers seem to assume that they could primp and preen the final product so as to redeem Jason's weird, obsessive bravado in our eyes. But, for my part, they don't.Well, maybe with the allowable exception that. by showcasing "Gacy lite"--Gacy being able to "be Gacy" in the limited confines of penal lockup--perhaps we, the viewers, might be able to glean and meaningfully process some raw information.After viewing "Dear Mr. Gacy", do _you_ feel you understand the mind of a serial killer? In short: I wanted understanding, I got a dark romp.

Vivekmaru45 This is one of the best films I have seen in 2010. The direction and acting is very professional. The film is about serial killer John Wayne Gacy who committed the rape and murder of 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. Twenty-six of Gacy's victims were buried in the crawlspace of his home, three others elsewhere on his property and four victims were discarded in a nearby river.Having already seen To Catch A Killer (TV 1992) starring Brian Dennehy as the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, I was expecting more of the same.I was very happy to find that the film lived up to my expectations.Veteran actor William Forsythe needs no introduction. He is brilliant in the role of Gacy. The way he acts in the film makes me think that he studied the character of John Wayne Gacy very carefully. The other brilliant star of the film is Jesse Moss who plays university student Jason Moss who interviews Gacy for his thesis.In the film Moss tries to get into the mind of Gacy by sending semi-nude photos of himself, hoping to get Gacy excited and talk more. What Moss didn't realize is that Gacy is cleverer than he thinks. What started of as a college thesis turns into an obsession between the two. Gacy starts making phone calls to Moss. During those calls he often talked about obscene sexual acts which disturbed Moss. Eventually Moss stopped conversing with Gacy for some days until he is threatened by Gacy.Eventually Gacy, who is to be executed within six days, requests Moss to visit him face-to-face for the last time....Conclusion: 10/10 for a superb psychological drama and a journey into the mind of Gacy. Buy this superb film on DVD - you won't regret it.