Contagion
2011, Mystery & thriller/Drama, 1h 46m
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Tense, tightly plotted, and bolstered by a stellar cast, Contagion is an exceptionally smart -- and scary -- disaster movie. Read critic reviews
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Dr. Leonora Orantes
Mitch Emhoff
Dr. Ellis Cheever
Alan Krumwiede
Beth Emhoff
Dr. Erin Mears
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Jan 10, 2021What felt like a very accurate depiction of a pandemic has aged well and it feels like, today, we could be in this movie, should things get worse. In fact, it's so on-the-nose, you might actually want to skip this movie until the Pandemic is over but it really is a good movie and plays out far too accurately predicting many things we HAVE experienced, right up to the vaccine.
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Aug 02, 2016Has a lot to say, but doesn't have an engaging way to say any of it. Starts off fine enough, but loses intrigue fast. I'm perplexed as to why it has done so well. I'm not sure if critics got caught up in Soderbergh and the cast, or if there's something I'm just missing, but to me Contagion felt like nothing more than all of the things I don't like about Disaster movies, but with none of the excitement they usually have to help balance the scales a little. Also what the Hell was Jude Law's accent supposed to be? That was awful.
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Dec 16, 2015A global outbreak of some virus scares the bejesus out of the world. A bevy of movie stars are concerned about it in one way or the other. Whether or not we care depends entirely on if we like the stars or not because we globe hop so much there's little time to develop empathy. "Waitaminnut, there's a star I like, so I'll watch this part." Given the circumstances, no one does really badly.
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Mar 18, 2014A deadly epidemic began to spread worldwide, which kills carriers in days. I think it's ambitious in terms of having an ensemble from all over the world. Well acted (apart from Gwyneth Paltrow who I have no idea as to why she was even in the film), it wastes no time to start killing off everyone. Contagion is refreshing for the epidemic genre.Sylvester K Super Reviewer
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