While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Mark David Chapman had very little self worth or reason to live in his mind. After traveling the world and ending up in a paradise (Hawaii), he experiences joy only in small rushes, and can only remark on a short period of meaningful moments in his life, when he helped Vietnamese children. Now he's grabbing at old obsessions, becoming Holden Caulfield, out to kill the most famous "phony" that he knows because his existence has to change drastically in some way. As for the film, I feel it succeeds in what it tries to do, make you feel anxious, awkward, lonely and somewhat sick to the stomach as Chapman certainly was. I feel it's helpful to relive sad stories once in a while and to grieve for your own losses in those moments of reflection. That's how I felt when I watched this and I ended up revisiting Lennon's great solo work, tearing up and telling myself, his peaceful, loving messages must live on some way in my life.

This was one of the most cringe-worthy movies i have ever seen. I love Jared Leto but the character was too much for me. So much mentally disturbance it makes me sick. The film as a whole was in it's essence a "meh" representation of that single moment of death. To be honest, i expected from Chapman to leave at some point and then come back, obviously that didn't happened .

This was not very good despite Jared Leto's amazing performance. He's probably the sole reason you might want to check this out. He totally committed to this role, gaining a gross amount of weight, so that he looked exactly like Mark David Chapman and acting the part so well, you'll forget its him.This is a docudrama of sorts and follows Chapman in the days leading up to infamous murder of former Beatle John Lennon. I'm not sure that I really gained any insight into his reasons for killing, just a quest for infamy and ultimately a mental collapse.The film sort of wanders and is strange but not in the way I think the director meant to achieve. Lindsay Lohan plays a devoted Beatles fan who befriends the killer and does a decent job.Curiously the actor listed in the credits who plays John Lennon is named Mark Chapman, which is the name of the guy that really killed him (only their middle name is different) wee-woo, wee-woo. Is that real or just supposed to mess with our minds? 04.11

this film is very hard to review. i watched it because i think Jared Leto is a very good actor and i was fascinated by the story of the murder of John Lennon as i have heard of the name Mark David Chapman so many times in my life.. overall this film has very bad reviews but i think people don't like it because the film itself has sympathy for Mark David Chapman. i think that this film was a disturbing and unnerving account of the lead up to John Lennon's death and i thought it was quite good. Jared Leto's performance for me is outstanding in this film and was one of the reasons why i kept my eye on the screen, without Leto this film wouldn't have fascinated me as much. as a piece in itself its pretty good the dialogue is OK and the directing is alright but nothing special.i would possibly see this film again but only because of Leto's performance. if you like Leto see this film. it is quite fascinating but the film is very dark and very disturbing more so than i expected. the film really makes you visualise how this man killed John Lennon and how he was just a complete psychopath. but this film doesn't answer the question why because there is no answer to why John Lennon was murdered. i would rate this film 6.5-7 out of 10. its good but nothing special.