VS
1 year
ago
Except really impresive selection of actors and actuallity, movie's storyline quite poor
Sydney Stene
1 year
ago
I maybe didn't time this viewing well...still objectively overfilled in its subplots.
Melissa Høegh Marcher
over 6 years
ago
Very realistic. Worth watching. Don't know if I'll watch it again though
Neil Cooke
over 6 years
ago
Expected thrills, good cast.
Didn't like it. Preachy & formulaic.
Adam Connell
7 years
ago
It's potent, and worth at least one watch from people who aren't terrified by the concept.
Ken Miguel-Cipriano
almost 8 years
ago
Add to the library, great watch, not as dramatic or intense as Children of Men.
Lizzie
almost 8 years
ago
Takes place in Minneapolis which is kinda freaky, kinda cool. Talented cast.
Paul Butler
almost 8 years
ago
Scary film, makes you look at everyone who coughs in a different light, wash your hands!
Sebastian von Conrad
over 8 years
ago
As far as disaster movies go, this is a good one. Engaging and interesting.
Nate McBean
over 8 years
ago
You rated this 4 stars on 2/18/2012
Mark Stanley-Adams
over 8 years
ago
Better-than-average disaster flick, given the outcome is fairly predictable.Good job Steve
Isaac Matthew
over 8 years
ago
Reminds me of when i lived in Mexico back in the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
Kyle Malcharek
over 8 years
ago
Really enjoyed this. Similar presentation as Traffic, following folks at every level.
Adam Meehan
almost 9 years
ago
Compelling & well researched. Very matter of fact. Will be instructive, come the time.
Contagion is a 2011 American medical thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Bryan Cranston. Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal indirect contact transmission virus (fomite transmission) that kills within days. As the fast-moving pandemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than does the virus itself. As the virus spreads around the world, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
The film had a production budget of $60 million, and filming took place in countries around the world. It premiered on September 3, 2011, at the 68th Venice Film Festival and was publicly released on September 9, 2011, in the United States, Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, and four other territories.
The film follows several interacting plotlines, with no single protagonist,...