Chapter 27
User Score
5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18

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  1. JayJ
    Apr 9, 2008
    0
    Boring, awful and unnecessary. Leto is boring as Lennon's murderer and his performance is without substance. Jarrett P. Shaeffer strikes out in his film making debut. We learn nothing about why Chapman murdered Lennon and that is sad.A pathetic excuse for a movie that belongs in the trash bin.
  2. JasminS.
    Apr 8, 2008
    10
    People should give this movie a chance! Brilliant performance by Jared Leto!
  3. Robin
    Jun 1, 2008
    6
    Jared Leto disappears into Chapman, and is pathetic and deranged without going too far over the top. Lohan is generally unconvincing, but stays in her place. As a film, it's well produced - direction, music, editing and photography. It's interesting, but I doubt if it can be called entertaining.
  4. LukazF.
    Mar 28, 2008
    10
    It's a fantastic and "noir", movie!!! Lindsay e Leto shining!!!
  5. JayH.
    Jun 26, 2008
    5
    Very very slow moving and Jared Leto's performance fails to convince. He did well looking the part though. It doesn't delve into the character of Mark David Chapman enough, only scratches the surface. It almost makes it.
  6. KartikS.
    Aug 24, 2009
    6
    while in no means is this the best movie around, I think that people are being too harsh on this film. This accurately depicts what happened during those three days, and that's all he was trying to accomplish; recreate John Lennon's death and the events leading up to it. That is all he was trying to do.

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Metascore
32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 8 out of 19
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Jeremy Mathews
    40
    From what I can tell, the film is generally accurate regarding the events of Dec. 8. But I got as much out of it as I did by looking up Chapman on Wikipedia.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    38
    Don't hammer this film for trying to get inside the head of Mark David Chapman before he shot John Lennon outside the rock legend's New York apartment on December 8th, 1980. Hammer it instead for failing to do so with any depth or insight.
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  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    40
    There's virtually no context provided here, about Lennon or the Beatles or New York or Chapman himself. To put it another way, the film's entire context IS Chapman.
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