Fie on the critical quote on the DVD jacket, "gripping, evocative, and deeply engaging." There's also a Special Feature (I didn't bother) entitled "Contagion: How a Virus Changes the World." Huh? Change?? It would be a stretch to claim that any of the (surviving) characters "changed," let alone "the World."

It becomes obvious less that half-way through this movie that the "plot" has nowhere to go. It's not a "plot," it's a chronicle as "engaging" as reading one of those old-fashioned newspaper articles that would tell you "who, what, where, when, and why."

The Jude Law character makes no sense at all, and Matt Damon is as flat as I've ever seen him. Everyone else seems to "muster up," for all the good it did them (and me). Overall, the acting provided the One Good Thing about this movie. But not enough of a good thing for you to bother!