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  • Contagion
  • Opened September 9, 2011 | Runtime:1 hr 45 min
  • PG-13
    Disturbing content and some language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband (Matt Damon) that they have no idea Read More
  • Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, Sanaa Lathan
  • Director: Steven Soderbergh
  • Genres: Action Thriller, Action

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  • Gwyneth Paltrow as Beth Emhoff in "Contagion."
  • Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Ellis Cheever and John Hines in ``Contagion.''
  • Kate Winslet as Dr. Erin Mears in ``Contagion.''
  • Jude Law as Alan Krumwiede and Elliott Gould as Dr. Ian Sussman in ``Contagion.''
  • Jennifer Ehle as Dr. Ally Hextall in ``Contagion.''
  • Armin Rohde as Damian Leopold and Chin Han as Sun Feng in ``Contagion.''
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Cast Interviews Exclusive Cast Interviews Matt Damon talks re-uniting with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Ehle talks the heavy amount of research she underwent for her role.

Contagion Recent 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 the realms of today's version of a modern Black Plague, Swine Flu, West Nile Virus, Spanish Fever, and so forth. This being said, an epidemic outbreak of this kind could never be discarded as mere fiction or film fantasy. I think the movie tries to deliver a story that realistically could happen in today's modern world. I like how the film uses two things in contrast to each other: the medium of the fast traveling news/media (uncontrolled amateur media & business controlled professional media) versus the means/avenues of how easily a plague can be spread due to modern transportation...which one will get to you first? The movie starts out really fast, so don't be late. The movie does slow down a little too much in the end, but still...this was a great movie.

  • So-so

    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 spread and then the story moves forward. There are smaller stories being told that are tied into the spread of this contagious disease however many of the characters are underdeveloped or incomplete.

    This movie is complete with conspiracy theories and leaves the movie goer with more questions than answers about some of the characters.

    At the end of the movie and in a flash (approximately no more than 60 seconds) it is reveiled how the disease began and then the end credits.

    For a great movie on a contagious disease you are better off renting Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo, imo.

  • 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 no intense scenes of the epidemic at all. No real conclusion but they leave you feeling like....where is the ending to this movie! So dissapointed! This movie had such potential and they think by throwing a few good actors that they can throw anything at the viewers and they will like it. What a waste of talent and potential!!

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Contagion Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 70 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Here's a scare-the-crap-out-of-you medical thriller about a viral pandemic that...

  • 80
    Arizona Republic | Bill Goodykoontz

    All are good, Damon in particular, but there are so many of them we don't see...

  • 80
    Boxoffice Magazine | Pete Hammond

    This is Steven Soderbergh at his best delivering a gripping, chilling and...

  • 80
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Soderbergh's smart, spooky thriller about a thicket of contemporary plagues - a...

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