Contagion
2011 · Movie · PG-13 · 106 min · ★ 6.6 · 78% critics
A deadly airborne virus spreads rapidly across the world, pushing health experts and governments into a race to understand it, slow it down, and calm public fear. The story focuses on the growing crisis from many angles, showing how quickly everyday life can become uncertain.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-09-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (6,546 votes)
- Box office
- $135,458,097
- Budget
- $60,000,000
About
You may like this if you want a grounded, unsettling epidemic drama rather than action-heavy chaos; Not for you if you need constant thrills or deeply personal character stories.
Pros: realistic pandemic fear; strong ensemble cast; thought-provoking tension | Cons: slow for some; thin characters; abrupt ending
Themes
- quarantine
- saving the world
- mutation
- infection
- terminal illness
- outbreak
- disease
- vaccine
- lethal virus
- scientist
- epidemic
- prophetic
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Marion Cotillard
as Leonora Orantes
Matt Damon
as Mitch Emhoff
Laurence Fishburne
as Ellis Cheever
Jude Law
as Alan Krumwiede
Kate Winslet
as Erin Mears
Jennifer Ehle
as Ally Hextall
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Beth Emhoff
Bryan Cranston
as Lyle Haggerty
Elliott Gould
as Ian Sussman
Chin Han
as Sun Feng
Directed by Steven Soderbergh