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This film is a germaphobe’s worst nightmare. You’ll finish watching this movie and want to wash your hands. There have been other disease outbreak films before, but none have been this realistic, which of course makes it more frightening.

Beth Emoff (Gwyneth Paltrow, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) comes back from a business trip in China and she’s sick. At first she thinks it’s just the flu, but before she knows it she’s having convulsions and her husband Mitch (Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING) is taking her to the hospital. The disease spreads fast and within a month Mitch and his daughter Jory (Anna Jacoby-Heron) are virtual prisoners in their home as Minnesota becomes like a scene out of a zombie flick.

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You don’t need a star cast or a huge vfx budget to make a quirky Sherlock Holmes-inspired tale. Just watch Aaron Katz’s indie mystery comedy and you’ll know why. His film starts out like a meditative indie about finding one’s self, but transforms into a detective tale that is as funny as it is suspenseful.

Doug (Cris Lankenau, QUIET CITY) is the Sherlock Holmes wanna-be in this tale. He has been studying forensics and has decided to go back home to take a break for a while. He moves in with his sister Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn, UNITED 93), who, as he observes, doesn’t have any friends. He gets a job at an ice factory where he meets the aspiring DJ, Carlos (Raul Castillo, TADPOLES). Doug spends his days reading and taking in the sights of Portland. When he goes to have coffee with his ex, Rachel (Robyn Rikoon), who is in town on business, he doesn’t seem too interested in getting back together with her one way or the other. He just seems fine just floating along doing what he wants.

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