 |
| Sick of it all. |
Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion" creeped me out so bad, that while I'm typing this, I'm wondering when the last time I washed my hands was, and how many times this computer has been touched without somebody washing theirs first. The film was so realistic in its portrayal of a rapid spreading new disease, and the government response to it, that it will make anyone watching very, very paranoid. The cast, like so many Soderbergh projects, is bursting at the seams with reliable talent. Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, and John Hawkes, among many others, hand in their own excellent performances, but it's Matt Damon, playing the widow of the first victim (Gwyneth Paltrow), who makes the film his own. His role in this film is sympathetic, honest, and human. There is much about this film that is all of those.
Grade: A-
Starring: Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer(s): Scott Z. Burns
RT: 106 min
Rating: PG-13 for disturbing content and some language
No comments:
Post a Comment