The Gray Man (2007)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Albert Fish	Patrick Bauchau
Det. Will King	Jack Conley
Captain Ayers	John Aylward	½
Delia Budd	Jillian Armenante
Albert Fish, Jr.	Silas Weir Mitchell
Gertrude	Mollie Milligan	½
Grace Budd	Lexi Ainsworth
Detective Maher	Vyto Ruginis

Review

This account of the life of infamous serial killer and cannibal Albert Fish looks good and offers a fine lead performance by Belgian actor Patrick Bauchau, but the film never goes beyond the strictly necessary and well-established facts. There is little insight into Fish's youth and background, or to his development as a criminal - instead the filmmakers concentrate on the much publicised Grace Budd case, turning it into a very ordinary detective story. The film's most powerful emotional aspect - apart from the obvious horror of Fish's acts - comes through the portrayal of his daughter Gertrude, who desperately tries to uphold her image of a good father.