ChicRawIdol
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
Matho
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
aarone2884
IT is a fantastic movie. and based in fact...and incredibly Creepy to think it is on a true story. Seriously...Brian denehey as John Gacy is brilliant. Seriously worthy of a Oscar....considering Charlize Theron played Aileen in monster and won an Oscar for her portrayal of that serial killer. (i know it seems Apples and oranges...but i think you know what i mean.)I've watched both..and Brian deftly deserved some accreditation for it...shame it wasn't released now days wit bigger budget etc.. Excellent.
slimebitch
This is one of my favorite serial killers. John Wayne Gaycy is one of the most evil serial killers who ever existed in my opinion and Brian Dennehy makes him Gacy look good. The story and acting is outstanding. To bad these kind of movies aren't made today, but this you don't want to miss so if you haven't seen "To catch a killer" already, please see it! It is hard to believe that Eric Till who directed this movie has also directed "Fraggle Rock" and "A Muppet Family Christmas". It's 2 different categories, but Eric did a great job directing "To catch a killer". I have always loved true stories about serial killers and this is absolutely one of the best movies, based on a true killer that I have ever seen. I would gladly give this 10/10, but probably because Brian does such a convincing job. I really wish there were new of these good old movies made. But today most of the movies are not all to good I am afraid. It was like watching "Dahmer" from 2002 after seeing "The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer" from 1993. It's really quite a difference. Anyway, do see "To catch a killer". It is really one of the best movies ever made.
medic249a2
I had never heard of John Wayne Gacy or his crimes before I saw this 1992 mini-series on TV, as I was only 6 at the time Gacy was caught. When I found out about this psychopathic contractor and his mass-murder spree, I read a novel written about it by one of the men who had prosecuted John Wayne Gacy. Most of the events in the novel were quite close to those in the movie, but many of the characters are different than the real ones. Kozenczak & Gacy are the only ones whose names have not been changed; all the rest appear to have been altered in some way.Brian Dennehy is quite convincing as the burly, psychopathic building contractor who was responsible for 33 deaths over a 6-year period. Until this film I had never seen Dennehy play a bad guy; the closest he had come to it was his role as Raymond Horgan in 'Presumed Innocent', when he turns on his subordinate who is falsely accused of murder. It took me a few viewings to accept Dennehy's portrayal of Gacy, considering I had never heard of Gacy & his crimes before then and my own sense of 'type-casting'. Having read of the details behind this man's mission of misery, I found Dennehy's portrayal to be almost bang-on - almost as good as Kenneth Welsh's portrayal of narcissistic politician-turned-murderer in 'Love & Hate: The Story of Colin & Jo-Ann Thatcher'. Michael Riley is almost equally effective in his role as Joesph Kozenczak, the steadfast Chief of Detectives determined to stop John Gacy's demented mission of murder.Most of the details surrounding Gacy's crimes were left out; this doesn't detract from the film, though. They weren't necessarily essential to the story as it's told here, but I eventually learned about them through reading. Most of them were strangled and then buried in various locations on the property, starting in the crawlspace. A total of 29 bodies were found on the property; 4 more turned up in the Des Plaines River, including Chris Gant - the boy who disappears at the start of the movie, and the last victim of John Gacy.This is well worth seeing for anyone who is interested in true-crime stories.
m-i-de-kramer
I like Brian Dennehy very much, he is such a great actor, he is a natural talent and i love the movie ''to catch a killer'', its a very shocking and creepy true story, and like the way Brian act is just fantastic! Anyway..almost every movie he play fantastic. I just love this man, and i would like to meet him for real, because i have heard he must be a real gentleman, i would like to figure that out, ha ha..really, he is one of the greatest actors i know. I'm looking for this movie so many times in the Netherlands with Dutch subtitling, but i could not found it, its a shame! But i did see the movie for almost 4 times, and every time is forget to put a tape in the recorder. I just want this movie so badly!Love and greetings, Monique, Rotterdam, Netherlands
