Contagion takes the well-worn pandemic scenario and presents it in a cool, compelling and matter-of-fact way, taking the viewer on a hard-hitting and credible journey pieced together from a variety of angles. Director Soderbergh (at times seeming to channel Fincher) deftly juxtaposes the growing global medical and social crises with the way it isolates everyone from individuals' fear of others to the lonely task of the scientists trying to find a solution, making the developing story both frightening and heartbreaking. The starry ensemble cast is uniformly great, making Contagion a relentlessly grim but wonderfully-executed movie.
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