''Bad Fever'' is a 2011 American

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film directed by

Dustin Guy Defa Dustin Guy Defa is an American independent filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing the feature films '' Bad Fever'' and ''Person to Person'' and writing the screenplay for ''The Mountain''. Early life Dustin Guy Defa was born in S ...

Synopsis

A relationship occurs between a wishful stand-up comedian (

Kentucker Audley Andrew Michael Nenninger (born November 13, 1981), known professionally as Kentucker Audley, is an American filmmaker and actor. He appeared on the 2007 ''Filmmaker Magazine'' list of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He founded the independent f ...

) and a shady drifter (

Eleonore Hendricks Eleonore Hendricks (born 1983) is an American actress, photographer and casting director based out of New York City. She has appeared in films such as ''A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'' and '' Go Get Some Rosemary'', as well as films by the ...

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator

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, the film holds an approval rating of 50%, based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 3.4/10.

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assigned the film a weighted average score of 43 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Richard Brody of ''

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'' praised the direction, saying: "Defa exerts delicate control over his incendiary material and evokes emotional terrors with a sympathetic directness; his raw-toned drama is quietly hectic and brutally poignant."

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* 2011 films 2010s English-language films 2011 drama films {{2010s-US-film-stub