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Outbreak (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 23  Rotten:17 Average Rating: 5.6/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Synopsis: In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation... In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in just a few weeks, and he believes that it might have spread to the United States. With the help of his ex-wife (Rene Russo), who works at the Centers for Disease Control, Daniels tracks the virus to the quiet seaside town of Cedar Creek, California. His superiors' reticence to help begins to raise questions in Daniels's mind, and he must find a cure before a panicky U.S. army general decides to kill the town's populace in order to save the world. The all-star cast includes Hoffman, Russo, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Morgan Freeman, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

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Jan 26, 1999

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4/5

Involving, fast moving epidemic-actioner with frantic Hoffman in lead.

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08/14/07
Steve Crum
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3/5

Commercial, but lots of fun

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03/11/06
Clint Morris
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01/26/06
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2/5

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11/07/05
Philip Martin
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3/5

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01/04/05
Staci Layne Wilson
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2/5

Bland plague thriller

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09/20/04
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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3/5

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07/16/04
Robin Clifford
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2/5

There's not a name here that should have stooped to such feckless material.

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05/22/04
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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2/5

Contemporary paranoias always make for interesting film studies, even when the movie is as stolid and unremarkable as this one.

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01/23/04
Nick Davis
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3/5

Scary, convincing and thought-provoking.

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01/22/04
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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3/5

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01/15/04
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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3/4

Wolfgang Petersen keeps things at a brisk pace.

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01/13/04
Michael Dequina
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2/5

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10/04/03
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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1/5

Fortunately, there is a cure. Just turn it off.

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07/30/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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4/5

Scary movie with realistic portrayal of disease. Hollywood happy ending, but very well done action chases, so it works.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
About.com
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
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05/12/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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04/04/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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