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Contagion
12 Feature

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Run time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Rental release: 03 Apr 2012
Main languages: English
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  • 3.5 stars out of 5  

    By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

    Steven Soderbergh directs an impressive ensemble cast in this thought provoking drama about the worldwide spread of a deadly virus.

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  • Reality is more than frightening enough

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By RichardReeve (6 reviews) from Edinburgh , 23 Oct 2011

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    There's been a lot of criticism of this film for not being sufficiently pumped up and over the top like every other disaster movie. What made it for me was the reverse - it was careful to stick to the facts, or at least what we believe will happen in the case of a pandemic like this. Anybody who wasn't scared by the millions of deaths, the rioting on the streets, and the breakdown of society wasn't paying attention. All the better for not overplaying it!
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  • booooreing film

    Rated - 1.0 star  
    By a customer , 02 Jun 2013
    ok i get how its realisticly played down but for a film i couldn't wait for it to finish.... fell asleep
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  • Not great

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By a customer , 21 May 2013
    Average movie, it lacked suspense. I almost fell asleep, my friend found it OK. Don't expect too much, same story different actors.
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  • Plausible plot

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By a customer , 19 May 2013
    Nicely scripted movie with a fairly plausible premise. Although, the Jude Law character walking through a newspaper office shouting 'Print media is dead' is a bit naff. Yes, we GET it! You're a blogger!
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  • hope it's not catching

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By corkus (35 reviews) , 08 May 2013
    no no no...it's been done before,and no matter how many big names you pack into it,its been done a lot better.
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  • Too many spreading stories

    Rated - 3.0 stars  
    By Ningen (16 reviews) from Oxford , 08 May 2013
    A tricky tale to tell when the baddy (a virus) can't be seen. Not entirely successful as there are too many stories going on: a blogger distorting the truth for self publicity, a scientist developing the vaccine, a public health worker trying to contain the disease, the chief of CDC in trouble for warning his lover ahead of a public announcement, the kidnapping of a WHO official. The best home for this would be an extended TV series but crammed into a film there is not enough time devoted to any one story to get you involved.
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