Chapter 27 (2007)

Even the most ardent of Lennon devotees shouldn’t bother with Chapter 27 starring an overweight Jared Leto as schizophrenic Mark David Chapman. The film focuses on the days leading up to the murder of Lennon and Chapman’s journey from weirdo to channeling Holden Caulfield. Heavy on voiceover—representative of spiraling insanity —and Catcher in the Rye references, the most fascinating bit of the film is the guy who plays Lennon. Onscreen for merely a few seconds, Mark Lindsay Chapman {yep} looks legit as the Beatle.

As I see it, Chapter 27 is a lonely drag that rewards the long-suffering viewer with pain and sadness. You know how the story ends. Avoid this bore.