UNDERRATED: 'Contagion' (2011)

: What better way to celebrate <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000047" title="Flu" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/flu-HEDAI0000047.topic">flu</a> season than with a harrowing (yet strangely detached) look at how capably society crumbles around one inconvenient <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000071" title="Viral Diseases and Infections" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/viral-diseases-infections-HEDAI0000071.topic">virus</a>? A germaphobe's nightmare filled with muted appearances by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001265" title="Matt Damon" href="/topic/entertainment/matt-damon-PECLB001265.topic">Matt Damon</a>, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003990" title="Kate Winslet" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/kate-winslet-PECLB003990.topic">Kate Winslet</a> and a cruelly dispatched <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003368" title="Gwyneth Paltrow" href="/topic/entertainment/gwyneth-paltrow-PECLB003368.topic">Gwyneth Paltrow</a>, the film will make you consider where you place your hands in public spaces, whether you're feeling under the weather or not.

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: What better way to celebrate flu season than with a harrowing (yet strangely detached) look at how capably society crumbles around one inconvenient virus? A germaphobe's nightmare filled with muted appearances by Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and a cruelly dispatched Gwyneth Paltrow, the film will make you consider where you place your hands in public spaces, whether you're feeling under the weather or not.

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