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  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary A young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family. Based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin.

Directed By: Claudia Llosa

Written By: Samanta Schweblin, Claudia Llosa

  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 33 m

Fever Dream

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary A young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family. Based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin.

Directed By: Claudia Llosa

Written By: Samanta Schweblin, Claudia Llosa

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
75
67% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
75
67% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
Oct 14, 2021
Lllosa’s sensually shot film takes the story of a mother facing strange danger and casts a spell that feels like being dropped into the character’s mind.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
83
Oct 8, 2021
In the wonderfully weird and atmospheric Fever Dream, Peruvian director Claudia Llosa (The Milk of Sorrow) explores a mother’s guilt and fear in a fable of physical and supernatural contamination.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 7, 2021
Fever Dream delivers its jolts with a whisper and not a scream, and its enigmatic final shot vibrates with a deep sense of dread, one that won’t leave after the lights come up.
By Alonso Duralde FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 7, 2021
Elegantly intoxicating in its atmospheric construction, “Fever Dream” maintains its incantation to its very final twist. Even as clues inch us closer to a logical explanation for the collective malaise, the mystical undercurrent Llosa sets in place fosters our doubt.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 23, 2021
Adapted from Samanta Schweblin’s 2014 novel of the same name, Claudia Llosa’s faintly delirious “Fever Dream” is a head-trip of a thriller that’s true enough to its title from the moment it starts; it’s a cold shiver of a film that doesn’t unfold so much as it sweats out, the most effective scenes febrile with maternal panic so intense that you can feel the movie hovering between life and death — allure and repulsion.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
58
Sep 24, 2021
Fever Dream never delivers on its promises and eventually collapses due to its cluttered narrative organization, unintentionally sluggish pacing, and an unbridled assortment of themes
By Jonathan Christian FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 7, 2021
The movie’s tedious overuse of voice-over cripples it.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company Fabula, Wanda Films, Gran Via Productions, Paradise Falls Peru
Release Date Oct 6, 2021
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Tagline Pay Attention.
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/80233703/
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Awards

San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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