Rotten
his drama, about the three days leading up to the murder, never overcomes its inherent ghoulishness, largely because Chapman, like so many mentally ill people, is a huge bore.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Chapter 27
He came to New York to meet John Lennon... and the world changed forever.
2007 · 1h 24m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Jarrett Schaefer
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Chapter 27
Overview
A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
Director and cast
- Jarrett Schaefer Director
- Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman
- Lindsay Lohan as Jude Hanson
- Judah Friedlander as Paul Goresh
- Ursula Abbott as Jeri
- Mark Lindsay Chapman as John Lennon
- Mariko Takai as Yoko Ono
- Michael Sirow as Joseph
- Kate Higgins as Gloria
- Jeane Fournier as Prostitute
- Brian O'Neill as Patrick
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
18%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Chapter 27 just makes you feel bad for, and about, everybody -- including the wretched souls who made the thing.
Jim Emerson, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
By the end of this modest, strange venture, Leto made me believe it was worth being forced to hang out on the sidewalk with this man, if only to get a creeping sense of what that might've been like.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The film is impressively mounted and Schaefer has made a directorial debut of distinction, but it is an uncomfortable ride from the opening scenes of Chapman arriving in New York to the inevitable, inexorable final scene.
Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Chapter 27 is far from flawless, but Leto disappears inside this angry, mouth-breathing psycho geek with a conviction that had me hanging on his every delusion.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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