15 Recent Performances That Were Criminally Underrated

15. Ross Lynch In My Friend Dahmer

It doesn't sound possible to turn one of history's most notorious and brutal serial killers into a character you sympathize with. It's certainly not something you'd expect an actor who was, up to this point, only known for starring in Disney Channel shows and movies to be able to do. However, Ross Lynch did it in the best way it could have possible been done.

Jeffrey Dahmer's descent into madness is illustrated beautifully in the film, and the deep sadness within him is executed masterfully by Lynch. In the film, he is a young man who is thrashing about helplessly, desperately looking for someone to help him before it's too late. As we all know from the stories this movie doesn't tell, Jeffrey Dahmer never got the help he needed.

It's incredibly upsetting to watch Lynch portray a mentally ill young man continue to get worse and worse as everyone around him, especially his parents, don't do what they need to do for his sake. His "friends" in school take advantage of his condition for laughs, only further exacerbating the problems he faces. It's a deeply emotional performance and Lynch should be commended for the grace with which he executed it.