Contagion

Movie: Contagion

Genre: drama

Synopsis: Beth (Gwyneth Paltrow) is infected with a particularly virulent virus while on a business trip in Asia.  She brings it back to the U.S. where it spreads like wildfire.  Her husband, Mitch (Matt Damon), was immune but she and their son both succumb to the disease.  One story line follows Mitch as he tries to keep his daughter from being infected.  A second story line follows the efforts of the CDC doctors (Laurence Fishburne and Kate Winslet) try to track the origin of the disease and develop a plan to contain it.  A third story line follows a WHO doctor (Marion Cotillard) as she tries to locate the origin of the disease in Asia.  Another story line follows a fringe blog writer (Jude Law) who claims to have predicted the outbreak and also claims to have a cure.

My two cents: A really good thriller.  A lot of good performances.  The really scary thing about the movie is how possible it is.  Something like the 1918 Spanish Flu could spread throughout the world in a matter of days.  It’s pretty sobering stuff to think about.  Definitely a movie worth seeing.

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