Basically veggie propaganda with A-list actors. No fucking thank you.

An Idealistic story about love and death with one simple message; WASH YOUR HANDS!

I don't understand what Soderbergh was trying to achieve here. For me it seems like a huge waste getting all those big names and giving them very thin characters to work with. Also, what an interesting twist on usual nowadays teal/orange look - Soderbergh makes everything blue, as in sterile.

Superbly plotted and compellingly paced, Soderbergh skillfully creates a tense and vividly realistic scenario of a pandemic. I have a medical background so it gave me great pleasure that the scientific aspects of the film were, for the most part, accurate and plausible. The paranoia event of the year.

good acting by Damon & law.

I'm a total sucker for this type of story and Contagion didn't disappoint thanks to the great production values and strong cast. Feels really grounded, the presentation is sober (though a bit too sterile at times), and it covers a wide area of elements. Maybe a bit too wide, giving most characters only a limited amount of screentime and a lack of conflicts. Still, I got exactly what I wanted. Goodie! Wonderful soundtrack by Cliff Martinez as well.

It does what it does well enough, everyone's fine and the plot is easy to follow... somewhat clichéd at times, but watchable. But that's all it is. There's no passion or vision to it, it's just a bland, forgettable film. It's hard to imagine this making anyone's list of favorites. Nothing about it stands out (Cliff Martinez does provide a nice score). I maintain that I've yet to see a bad movie from Soderbergh but it's disappointing to see him deliver such an uninspired product.

We've seen just about everything "Contagion" has to offer. Wolfgang Petersen's "Outbreak" has merely been updated into a more current, thought-provoking, and less action-oriented thriller. An all-star cast elevates an otherwise standard affair. Soderbergh's film is still effective and engrossing. It keeps you interested until the very end. Even if the characters are a tad thin, the film raises some big questions and satisfies as an entertaining little ride.

A typically Soderbergh movie with a somehow transcendenting score. I really loved the sound which created a futuristic and emotionally cold (something I found in most Soderbergh movies up ahead the Solaris remake) atmosphere. A very good Sci-Fi thriller.

A talented cast is mostly wasted due to the fact you only see each of them for about 10-15 minutes and there isn't much time for them to flex. Excellent score and it is still ultimately effective as a disease thriller and the realistic reactions to said outbreak seem completely plausible.

Very decent let's-crack-open-the-skull-of-Gwyneth-Paltrow movie. Unfortunately it has to many stories to tell and therefore end up loosing it's focus. It could easily have bennefitted from cutting out e.g. the Cotillard part. Nice cinematography and for once I wasn't extremely annoyed by Soderbergh's usually irritating, jazzy soundtrack.

Hey, that's Gwyneth Paltr----ow, ohhhw, ohhhhhh...

somewhat entertaining. nice production. weird plot, gives it a bit of the feeling of a spectator to life as opposed to an audience member to a play.

Very solid writing that expertly extrapolates the consequences of a world-wide epidemic. The problem is that intellectually breaking down such an event can be extremely boring. This movie is very slowly paced and very dialogue heavy. So, overall, I found the movie fascinating, but not one I would sit through again.

An authentic-looking account of this particular (pre-)apocalyptic situation with an impressive ensemble cast of good performances (especially the always terrific Jude Law). It's a stale and emotion-less film (even when it tries wobbly to be emotional), but it's worth it for the researched story.

Well-made and very thoroughly researched thriller. It reminded me of 1970s-era relentlessly grim near-future sci-fi like The Andromeda Strain. Some of the many plot strands could have been dropped (never thought I'd say a film would be better with less Marion Cotillard). It's also lacks any real emotional connection to the characters or the usual twists and tensions associated with thrillers, but I don't think the film set out with those goals in mind. Excellent for what it is.

Worst typeface usage ever.

Too many beautiful faces for one motion picture. Matt Damon became my favourite American family man after this movie, though.

???? So much wasted talent! WHY? And the movie could have been so much more.. It seemed like the director/writer spent too much time focussing on the process of eradicating the virus; they should have focussed more on the 'personal' story of the characters involved. Thats why it seemed more like watching a documentary about stopping a virus.. At least the few minutes at the end were cool (conclusion)! :P

6- pretty good, decent :: An infectious disease outbreak probably would go down like this, but I didn't care for the "trust in the government, don't think for yourself" subtext.

Don't listen to naysayers, this is the best Soderbergh has managed to come up with for some time.

I expected a lot from this movie considering it to be Soderbergh movie. It just turned out to be just another hollywood drama thriller. A lot of good acting talent wasted in this movie. The movie is predictable, the only good thing about the movie was that it is well paced.

Compelling, if not quite fleshed out take on the social panic epidemic film. The large cast is very well used, creating compelling storylines that merge well into the overarching narrative. Instead of being focused on the personal it uses the stories to examine the social bonds that get created and broken by stress, luck and external pressures. What it lacks, however, is a resolution with any sort of punch. The film just dissipates, telling us what happens as if under an obligation to do so.

I don't know, it felt more like a two-part season finale of a TV show than a movie. There isn't a single memorable character in the film and the story never feels quite as gripping as it should.