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PG-13 Released Sep 9, 2011 1h 46m Mystery & Thriller Drama TRAILER for Contagion: Trailer 1 List Contagion: Trailer 1 Contagion: Trailer 1 2:24 View more videos
85% Tomatometer 284 Reviews 63% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings When Beth Emhoff returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger fans the flames of paranoia. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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Tense, tightly plotted, and bolstered by a stellar cast, Contagion is an exceptionally smart -- and scary -- disaster movie.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online A bit of a mixed bag at times, its overall well developed character sketches and good performances will certainly keep the attention of moviegoers and no doubt increase DVD sales (as well as, perhaps, sales of Purell). Rated: B+ Sep 8, 2017 Full Review Roger Moore Tribune News Service "As slick and polished as this "real" version of "28 Days Later" is, it's an utterly heartless affair." Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 9, 2013 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com It took me a good hour after seeing it for the hair on my arms to relax and the sweat on my brow to dissipate, and if something like this ever did happen, I shudder to contemplate the societal ramifications. Rated: 3/4 Jan 27, 2012 Full Review Ray Pride Newcity A corker of dread... Accepting of the possibility, plausibility and even certainty of massive social tremors and upheavals. Flu, weather, warming, water: [it] could have taken flight from any of these... delicate filaments of global commerce, Rated: 9/10 Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Allison Rose FlickDirect With an incredibly talented cast, Burns' words are in capable hands. Rated: 4.5/5 Feb 26, 2024 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Contagion might be a more important film in 2024 but it really speaks to the importance of being prepared when mitigating a pandemic outbreak. Rated: 4/5 Feb 26, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Matt Damon bites the head off of a bat and spews Covid venom all over Ozzy Osbourne’s playlist Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/15/24 Full Review Patrick F This is a well made film with an all star cast. It was certainly prophetic having come out 9 years before the covid-19 pandemic. The film is a mover and just goes at this break neck pace from start to finish. While that was effective for the first two acts in driving home the fear, it hurt the last act. The resolution felt like it was too rushed. That being said, solid film with a great cast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review Griffith J A Hollywood approach to a relevant topic. Interesting concepts that mix fear for survival, factual processes, & social effects. Yet it seems a bit over done & low budget. A stacked cast but not enough time with any to shine. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/27/24 Full Review Don T I tend to go against the grain, as I did when I reviewed the fabulous Napoleon. YYMV I guess. I found Contagion to be well scripted, well acted, and a decent score. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review Terrance L Interesting to have my first watch of this years after the start of Covid. It's not a "loud" movie that seeks to exploit itself with unrealistic storylines. I suspect that may turn some people off. I respect it though. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/16/24 Full Review Igor S It's a good watch. It's crazy, all the similarities between this movie, who came out in 2011, and the covid pandemic. I feel like it's not fair for the movie, that people are talking about it not having tension or being predictable. Of course it won't have any tension of be predictable; we've just been through a pandemic... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Beth Emhoff returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger fans the flames of paranoia.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Producer
Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Gregory Jacobs
Screenwriter
Scott Z. Burns
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Double Feature Films, Gregory Jacobs
Rating
PG-13 (Some Language|Disturbing Content)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 9, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 6, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$75.6M
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital
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