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Contagion (2011)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law
6.8
85%Runtime106 min
Rating12A
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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.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Contagion (2011) directed by Steven Soderbergh received critical acclaim, with an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film's realistic portrayal of a global pandemic and the efforts to contain it resonated with both critics and audiences, as reflected in its 6.8/10 rating on IMDb.
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Fans of director Steven Soderbergh's thoughtful, suspenseful approach to genre filmmaking will appreciate the taut, realistic depiction of a worldwide pandemic and the efforts of medical professionals and government agencies to contain it in the 2011 thriller Contagion.
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Contagion is a 2011 American medical thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The plot concerns the spread of a highly contagious virus transmitted through respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order as the virus turns into a worldwide pandemic, and the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative "hyperlink cinema" style, popularized in several of Soderbergh's films. The film was inspired by real-life outbreaks such as the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and the 2009 flu pandemic.
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