CONTAGION

this movie was way better than we were expecting. and, in fact, the only reason i checked it out from netflix is that nothing else was available. So it was a really pleasant surprise to be highly entertained throughout the entire movie. Bill gave it an 8 and i rated it a 7.5.

The story was about an out of control virus that resulted in millions of deaths throughout the world. The movie focused on the reactions and actions of all the people who would, in fact, be heavily involved if an epidemic of this proportion occurred. So there was the CDC and the WHO and the government who didn't want to panic the populace and the private sector versus the public sector as to who was going to get the money to develop the vaccine and the velvet rope crowd who determined who WAS going to get the vaccine and the infected people who rioted against being deprived of help and the investigative journalists who reported online about what the government was hiding and my personal favorite reaction was from the Homeland Security Boys and the CIA who took actions believing the virus was a terrorist attack.

All of it was believable and none of the characters were over-drawn or exaggerated. The ending was really the beginning of the movie; it showed exactly how the virus was brought into the u.s. by a traveler to Hong Kong. Great actors in this movie too- Kate Winslett, Paltrow, Jude Law, Lawrence Fishburne, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon.