Contagion
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Critics Sentiment
Flashback shows bat to pig to chef transmission
Citywide quarantine orders cause panic and looting
The film's biggest sentiment swing occurs from the social breakdown at midpoint to the vaccine breakthrough, as reviewers shifted from disturbed by realistic chaos to impressed by scientific procedure.
Critics found Contagion to be a cerebral, realistic procedural that impressed with its scientific accuracy and ensemble performances, particularly Matt Damon's grieving father. While some reviewers wanted more traditional thriller elements and found certain subplots unfocused, most appreciated its unsensational approach to pandemic storytelling. The film's prescient realism gained even more critical respect in hindsight during COVID-19, with many noting its brilliant full-circle structure.
Full cast
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Marion Cotillard
Leonora Orantes
Matt Damon
Mitch Emhoff
Laurence Fishburne
Ellis Cheever
Jude Law
Alan Krumwiede
Kate Winslet
Erin Mears
Jennifer Ehle
Ally Hextall
Gwyneth Paltrow
Beth Emhoff
Bryan Cranston
Lyle Haggerty
Elliott Gould
Ian Sussman
Chin Han
Sun Feng
John Hawkes
Roger
Anna Jacoby-Heron
Jory Emhoff
Sanaa Lathan
Aubrey Cheever
Demetri Martin
David Eisenberg
Armin Rohde
Damian Leopold
Enrico Colantoni
Dennis French
Larry Clarke
Dave
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Lorraine Vasquez
Daria Strokous
Irina
Rick Uecker
Minnesota Health
Crew
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