FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS -- CONTENT REVIEW: CONTAGION

"CONTAGION"
(2011) (Matt Damon, Kate Winslet) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:
Drama: Multiple characters deal with the outbreak of a global pandemic and the breakdown of society that results.

PLOT:
A global pandemic rather quickly throws the world into turmoil, and we see the breakdown of society as scientists and the various governments race to find a cure. The virus starts in Asia, with business executive Beth Emhoff (GWYNETH PALTROW) bringing it back to the United States. Miraculously, her husband, Thomas (MATT DAMON), is immune to it.
As the outbreak worsens, Dr. Ellis Cheever (LAURENCE FISHBURNE) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention springs into action, putting together a team that includes Dr. Ellen Mears (KATE WINSLET) and researcher Ally Hextrall (JENNIFER EHLE). Ellis, though, can't help breaking the rules from time to time to ensure that his fiancé, Aubrey (SANAA LATHAN), has the best possible chance of surviving. In China, meanwhile, French scientist Dr. Leonora Orantes (MARION COTILLARD) is dispatched by the World Health Organization to track the origins of the virus there. She ends up being abducted and held for eventual vaccine ransom.
Reporting on the whole tragedy is Internet blogger Alan Krumwiede (JUDE LAW), a shifty character whose website hits mushroom from 2 million to 12 million as the virus spreads. He partners with a hedge fund, which uses his uncanny ability to uncover insider information to make investments based on which companies they think will profit from the pandemic.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Older teens may be drawn to the film's A-list cast.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For disturbing content and some language.

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