Contagion
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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.
What critics thought
Soderbergh's procedural epidemic thriller earns broad admiration for its discipline and intelligence, though the very qualities that make it credible — cool detachment, clinical precision, a sprawling ensemble kept deliberately at arm's length — are exactly what divide critics. Some find its restrained approach genuinely unsettling; others feel it leaves the human cost of catastrophe frustratingly unexamined. Jennifer Ehle draws near-universal notice amid a cast that critics mostly praise for underplaying, while Jude Law's blogger subplot is singled out as the film's weakest construction.
“Mr. Soderbergh doesn't milk your tears as things fall apart, but a passion that can feel like cold rage is inscribed in his images of men and women isolated in the frame, in the blurred point of view of the dying and in the insistent stillness of a visual style that seems like an exhortation to look.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“The blogger subplot doesn't interact clearly with the main story lines and functions mostly as an alarming but vague distraction.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Two-time Tony-winning actress Jennifer Ehle comes close to stealing the picture with this quietly yet quirkily empathetic performance.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Steven SoderberghDirector
Marion CotillardLeonora Orantes
Matt DamonMitch Emhoff
Laurence FishburneEllis Cheever
Jude LawAlan Krumwiede
Kate WinsletErin Mears
Jennifer EhleAlly Hextall
Gwyneth PaltrowBeth Emhoff
Bryan CranstonLyle Haggerty
Elliott GouldIan Sussman
Chin HanSun Feng
John HawkesRoger
Anna Jacoby-HeronJory Emhoff
Cliff MartinezComposer
Scott Z. BurnsWriterSteven SoderberghCinematographyContagion
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.
What critics thought
Soderbergh's procedural epidemic thriller earns broad admiration for its discipline and intelligence, though the very qualities that make it credible — cool detachment, clinical precision, a sprawling ensemble kept deliberately at arm's length — are exactly what divide critics. Some find its restrained approach genuinely unsettling; others feel it leaves the human cost of catastrophe frustratingly unexamined. Jennifer Ehle draws near-universal notice amid a cast that critics mostly praise for underplaying, while Jude Law's blogger subplot is singled out as the film's weakest construction.
“Mr. Soderbergh doesn't milk your tears as things fall apart, but a passion that can feel like cold rage is inscribed in his images of men and women isolated in the frame, in the blurred point of view of the dying and in the insistent stillness of a visual style that seems like an exhortation to look.”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“The blogger subplot doesn't interact clearly with the main story lines and functions mostly as an alarming but vague distraction.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Two-time Tony-winning actress Jennifer Ehle comes close to stealing the picture with this quietly yet quirkily empathetic performance.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Steven SoderberghDirectorMarion CotillardLeonora OrantesMatt DamonMitch EmhoffLaurence FishburneEllis CheeverJude LawAlan KrumwiedeKate WinsletErin MearsJennifer EhleAlly HextallGwyneth PaltrowBeth EmhoffBryan CranstonLyle HaggertyElliott GouldIan SussmanChin HanSun FengJohn HawkesRogerAnna Jacoby-HeronJory EmhoffCliff MartinezComposerScott Z. BurnsWriterSteven SoderberghCinematographyStream
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