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Mostly works on a visceral level in spite of its familiarity; these tropes exist for a reason.
Michael Nordine, L.A. Weekly
Overview
A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.
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Buried beneath a melodramatic plot rife with unlikely coincidences and a love affair with fewer sparks than Robert De Niro's 1990 wooing of Jane Fonda in "Stanley & Iris."
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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