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Outbreak (1995)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:23

Rotten:17

Average Rating:5.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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]

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

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

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

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No one likes to be teased, but that's exactly what this movie does to us, with predictably frustrating results.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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Provides food for thought on the ethical conundrums surrounding the idea of sacrificial violence.

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08/30/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A big, bustling, intermittently dippy melodrama.

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01/01/00
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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Wolfgang Petersen keeps things at a brisk pace.

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01/13/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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One of the great scare stories of our time.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Comes off as a shrill, self-important bore.

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John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com
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In terms of sheer entertainment value, Outbreak delivers the goods.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Hoffman doesn't get the chance, or need, to act: he just does things, like Ford.

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01/01/00
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
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An absolute hoot.

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01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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This is a picture good enough to make you want to go to the movies and frightening enough to make you wonder if you should avoid the crowds.

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Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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A clunky thriller.

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Lucy Mohl
Lucy Mohl
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An overly long medical thriller with no thrill.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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A satisfying popcorn thriller.

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Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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Go to the bathroom before entering, you don't want to miss any of the details. It is complex and yet quite easy to follow.

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Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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Sometimes this movie feels like a horror picture directed by John Waters.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

All a little too much, for sure, but Hoffman, Freeman and Russo do their jobs a little too well for it to matter.

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01/01/00
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
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Displays all the initial symptoms of a promising thriller, it soon degenerates into a low-fever whodunit.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A good movie, but one that should have been great, given its timely topic and cast.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
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01/01/00
Dragan Antulov
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