Contagion

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70 out of 100
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Fan Reviews

Must Go!
Trailers were cool, movie was GREAT

by rockydoggies

Usually when you have too many great actors together in one movie it turns into a dud, but this thought provoking movie is the exception. The movie doesn't beg the question of "What If" but explores...

Oh No!
So very dissapointed! Feel Ripped off.

by Isabel7830

I was SO excited to see this movie. Could not wait. To say it was a dissapointment is a major under statement. They have a bunch of main characters whose characters they never really develope. Almost...

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Contagion review

by Muvie Reviewer

This is a great All Star cast in a movie that fizzles flat. This is the type of movie that would make a good telemovie at best. The movie opens on the 2nd day that a mysterious disease has begun to...

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Critic Reviews

85
Movieline
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Contagion's restraint is marred by one element - Alan Krumwiede, the San Francisco-based activist blogger played by Jude Law, a conspiracy theorist who wields claims about uncovering the truth like a blunt instrument intended to menace. Read full review

83
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Here's a scare-the-crap-out-of-you medical thriller about a viral pandemic that will have the immediate post-screening effect of causing a handwashing stampede. Read full review

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

By the time this globe-hopping, movie-star-crammed disaster saga - directed with petrifying efficiency by Steven Soderbergh - comes full circle, you'll never want to touch a subway pole or elevator button or ATM again. Read full review

75
Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

As a filmmaker Soderbergh requires nothing more of us than a willingness to enjoy ourselves. He had fun. Why shouldn't we? With Contagion, the fun begins with a cough. Read full review

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Gwyneth Paltrow as Beth Emhoff in "Contagion."