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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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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
Fred Topel
About.com

No review available.

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11/07/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Steve Davis
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle

Scary, convincing and thought-provoking.

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

One of the great scare stories of our time.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No review available.

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05/12/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

A good movie, but one that should have been great, given its timely topic and cast.

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

No review available.

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10/13/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

In terms of sheer entertainment value, Outbreak delivers the goods.

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Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Bland plague thriller

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

Comes off as a shrill, self-important bore.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com
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A clunky thriller.

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Lucy Mohl
Lucy Mohl
Film.com

An overly long medical thriller with no thrill.

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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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

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05/22/04
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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04/12/02
Globe and Mail

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

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07/30/03
Alex Sandell
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