Fever Dream
Netflix | Release Date: October 6, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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90
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldOct 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. Read full review
83
Original-CinLiam LaceyOct 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. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinOct 7, 2021
The whole thing is a bit bonkers but very beautiful too. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarOct 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. Read full review
80
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeOct 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. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichSep 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. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeOct 13, 2021
The film’s actual pay off – the truth exhumed from this tainted earth – is ultimately not quite as satisfying as the picture’s elegantly constructed mood. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJonathan ChristianSep 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 Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 7, 2021
The movie’s tedious overuse of voice-over cripples it. Read full review
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