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Year
2011
Runtime
1 h 45 min
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Countries
United States, United Arab Emirates
Director
Writer
Plotline
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
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Main cast
Gwyneth Paltrow
Beth Emhoff
Tien You Chui
Li Fai
Josie Ho
Li Fai's Sister
Daria Strokous
Irina
Matt Damon
Mitch Emhoff
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Lorraine Vasquez
Griffin Kane
Clark Morrow
Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Japanese Bus Man
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Ellis Cheever
John Hawkes
Roger
Jude Law
Alan Krumwiede
Teri McEvoy
School Nurse
Sue Redman
ER Nurse
Teri Campbell
ER Nurse
Stef Tovar
Dr. Arrington
Mary Jo Faraci
Social Worker
External critics' reviews
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
A chilly, fascinating thriller at odds with itself. more
Movieline Alison Willmore
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. more
Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
The film is enthralling, even as the tale becomes more and more dire, with scores of millions dead and societal upheaval imminent. The circumstances depicted in Contagion are terrifying, but the power with which the film is made blends the horror, as only the best art can, with beauty. more
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. more
Empire Dan Jolin
A starkly effective ensemble drama which could well do for the sniffles what Jaws did for great whites. more
The New Yorker David Denby
Contagion is serious, precise, frightening, emotionally enveloping. more
Slate Forrest Wickman
If Contagion is a "horror movie," as Soderbergh has described it, then you can think of it as the most believable zombie movie ever made. more
Time Out New York Joshua Rothkopf
The rush of A-listers combined with apocalyptic dread creates its own kind of dizzy pleasure: Who's going down next on this Poseidon Adventure? more
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Soderbergh's treatment of the Internet turns out to be the most provocative aspect of Contagion. Like the virus, which destroys any cell it encounters, misinformation spreads rapidly online and tends to cancel out information that might save people. more
The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Soderbergh's smart, spooky thriller about a thicket of contemporary plagues - a killer virus, rampaging fear, an unscrupulous blogger - is as ruthlessly effective as the malady at its cool, cool center. more
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