SummaryContagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By:Steven Soderbergh
Written By:Scott Z. Burns
Contagion
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70
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51 Ratings
51 Ratings
Jan 8, 2013
10
If you are someone who cannot stand most movies because all the inaccuracies, over-dramatizations and oversimplifications. If you feel like it is impossible to enjoy much of anything now unless you take some pill that gives an IQ of 20 for a few hours, chances are you will love this movie. It is a plausible and all too real scenario that is frightening as no other movie like it has ever been because it is that close to reality. The CDC actually helped in the writing and production of this movie so you can literally have wikipedia open on a laptop and not be able to nitpick it. The movie makes use of the acting talent it has in a way that big budget joyrides never do because the characters are not having spontaneous crisis or love at first sight (i.e. no cliche and unrealistic developments). The complexity inherent to all people is hinted at and appropriately left to be an open book without easy answers as far as character development goes. Best of all the film did not skimp on some of the epic "money shot" moments (I won't give them away with descriptions). I will say that careful use of expensive and large-scale shots had a real "less is more" Jaws-like effect of hinting at an even larger full scope. Excellent movie that is courageously fighting the status quo where no one cares about accuracy or plausibility so long as they get loud bangs and bright colors. This is the kind of movie that will actually be watched years from now, simply because people will be more educated on average.
Dec 20, 2011
10
Hollywood brain-washing for the masses. Anyone that doubts mandatory vaccination, quarantine, military on the streets, is a low-life conpiracy nut case out to make a profit. Ok there are some big names, but it really doesn't gel together very well. It genuinely feels like a movie made to acclimatise the general population into believing that bio-weapons don't exist, and that the government and its agencies are doing their best to fight strange new forms of disease that may appear out of nowhere. Directed by the guy who made "Traffic" in 2000, that begins with a truck full of boxes, all labelled 9-11, for some reason ...
Sep 6, 2011
80
This is Steven Soderbergh at his best delivering a gripping, chilling and powerful movie experience that will have audiences talking (and freaking out).
Sep 8, 2011
75
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.
Sep 12, 2011
70
Like much of Soderbergh's recent work, Contagion feels a little sterile, more like a cinematic exercise than something with blood pumping through it. It's certainly high-minded - it might be the most high-minded disaster movie ever made.
Sep 7, 2011
63
There is little urgency to this spiraling disaster. Soderbergh has made a lot of noise this past year about quitting directing and taking up a less collaborative, more solitary pursuit - painting. This is an anti-social painter's movie. Millions are dying, but he doesn't care that much. So why should we?
Sep 7, 2011
38
A germophobe's worst nightmare, Contagion touches on all the dramas big and small, mostly big, we've come to associate with catastrophes such as this, and does so as if it were hurriedly going down and adapting a list of bullet points, never lingering on any one drama in a particularly meaningful fashion.
Dec 17, 2011
10
Thrilling, with a cool original score with just amazing fantastic performances from: Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, and most of all Kate Winslet. I give this film a 97% **** movie.
Sep 8, 2021
6
Really enjoyed this movie. The cast was amazing. I cared a lot more about some of the secondary characters than i though i would. I really recommend it.
Mar 21, 2020
6
É um bom filme, de forma geral. Mas não chama muito a atenção quanto a demais fatores que fazem um filme ser especial. Acredito que as interpretações são regulares, mas não quanto ao potencial dos atores - que aqui é desperdiçado. O filme não foca muito nas relações dramáticas dos personagens, e sim na epidemia como um todo, porém não acho que essa dinâmica tenha funcionado tão bem. De um ponto de vista naturalista, achei as consequências e o final de determinados personagens justo, o que é um ponto positivo para o roteiro, mas a realidade é que o que acontece ou deixa de acontecer com eles pouco nos importa. Não entendo a justificativa de apelar com algumas cenas chocantes no incio do filme e não aprofundar isso no impacto que isso traz para o personagens. Ele até retrata uma das reações mais normais que teríamos numa época como essa, como as fake news, a histeria, o medo, o ceticismo; mas nada disso é aprofundado demais para que realmente haja um debate sobre. Não gosto de analisar um filme pensando no que ele poderia ser, mas nesse caso aqui, temos um potencial enorme jogado fora.
Apr 5, 2020
3
Невероятно скудный по сюжету, бездарный фильм, раздутый хайпом пандемии. Убийство времени в худшем его варианте
Nov 12, 2011
3
A tutting shame. Great pitch, a disease outbreak hits a populated area with no time to contain it (could happen) starts on day 2 (genius, keep em guessing till the end) great cast and Jude Law! But, oh dear, they forgot one or two simple things. Pacing a movie is not an easy thing so jumping from character to character and popping 'day 12' 'day 28' etc, is plain lazy! Jude Law (and that really annoying tooth attachment) warble around the movie like an annoying 8 year old playing make believe in the back garden. On the positive, the reveal at the end, although not worth the wait, is neat (spot the irony of the company chopping down the trees?) and the film does have..... an ending.
Production Company:
- Warner Bros.
- Participant
- Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
- Double Feature Films
- Digital Image Associates
Release Date:Sep 9, 2011
Duration:1 h 45 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:The world goes viral September 9
Awards
Jupiter Award
• 2 Nominations
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
• 2 Nominations
Hollywood Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
