From NetFlix:

Steven Soderbergh steers big stars through this big-screen disaster-thriller about a global team of doctors tasked with tamping down a deadly outbreak of infectious disease before it annihilates mankind.

For this film I have created yet another category “Acceptable Science” because this film is not really science fiction. Instead this is a “what if” story about an all too possible global epidemic that uses as its tools real science (possibly you cannot watch a video of a virus taking over the body). What is also painfully real is the conjecture about how people would react: fear, panic, violent self-preservation, profiteering, etc. But the film also hopes and portrays some people acting nobly for the sake of others. No telling what I would do in such a situation (run naked through Harvard Square, what difference would it make ?).

No point in mentioning the large cast of known actors. However, Matt Damon looked a bit worse for wear.

There are some touching moments, especially the “prom” scene. This is, despite the horrors, an optimistic film that says that humans use their intelligence to rise to the occasion.

“Contagion” could have been boring, but for me it was interesting.