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If I had not watched 12 years a slave, which is about a slave that was enslaved for 12 years and then released, I would have called this the best movie of the year. It is so gritty, compelling, and controversial. It is everything a best picture nominee should be. First of all, I like to give a rundown of the film, Dallas Electrician and cowboy (but he never rides a horse in the film), Ron Woodroof (pronounced Woodruff, not Wood roof, I'm surprised at the pronunciation too), is diagnosed with AIDs by Dr. Servard and given 30 days to live. Instead of going down without a fight, he begs a hospital worker to get him some AZT, an approved drug, to prolong the life of AIDS patients. He soon finds that the drug degenerates his health and begins taking ddc and Peptide T to prolong his life. With a seductive, unbecoming, and perky friend in Rayon (played by Jared Leto), he sells the new drugs he prescribed to people in what is known as a Dallas Buyers Club. The club is successful. However, Ron Woodroof has a heart attack caused by a dose of interferon. When his doctor Servard hears of this dosage he is mad. Later on in the film, Woodroof and Rayon's Buyers Club gets invaded, but does not get stopped because the drugs they're selling are legal. In 1987, two years after this film begins, the FDA makes an unapproved drug illegal, and in order to save the club when it runs out of money, Rayon sells her life insurance policy to raise money. After going to Mexico to get more Peptide T, he learns that Rayon has died after going to the hospital. The doctor that regular attends Woodroof gets fired from her job. Overtime, Woodroof shows compassion to the LGBT community who are members of his club. In 1987, he files a lawsuit to the FDA, seeking the legal right of Peptide T. Later the FDA allows Woodroof to take the Peptide T and he uses it to help him, but he dies of AIDS five years later. This is such a great film. I'll start with the pros: great acting (McConaughey is totally believe as foul-mouthed, uncaring Woodroof, Leto is brilliant as a transvestite), then the drama (all the times Woodroof passes out, the FDA raid), and well-directed (a lot of action goes down in it's relatively short time. The flaws in the movie are it is kinda long, the dallas buyer's club is not featured much in the film, the film is mostly not like they describe it on wikipedia, and not enough Jared Leto's character. However, all in all, a great film, McConaughey's best performance probably, and mostly well-done.Read full review
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This film, based upon a true story was truly an excellent production and cast, with Matthew McConaughey in the lead role. I have watched this movie for the second time; you are never bored. A must add to any ones' DVD collection. The setting took place in Dallas, TX back in the 1980's of SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK-N-ROLL when the AIDS epidemic began showing up in urban America. It dealt with all of the stereo types, prejudices, bureaucracy, social sigmas and hurdles that HIV and AIDS patients had to go through. Matthew McConaughey played an independent Electrical Contractor and part-time prize Rodeo Bull Rider, who contracted the disease. But, he denied it. Doctors gave him 30 days to live. He became angry, then accepted it; but fought the social stigmas, community doctors and politics of the FDA and pharmaceutical companies who profited from controlled drug trials that often left AIDS patients more sicker and shorten their lives. Matthew's character found a way to increase his survival, that ultimately benefited other AIDS patients in his state. It is funny, sometimes hilarious, thought provoking, and heart warming movie that stands on it own!Read full review
Dallas Buyers Club is a biographical drama, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. Matthew McConaughey delivers an intensely exceptional performance as Ron Woodroof, an AIDS sufferer, during the '80's. Following his diagnosis, Woodroof becomes a deeply committed activist helping others with AIDS to get the medication they need by creating The Dallas Buyers Club, which circumvents an unresponsive, bureaucratic medical system. This movie is a study in courage and human compassion, in an era of discrimination and death. Matthew McConaughey's outstanding performance was enhanced in this film by his ability to lose enough weight to achieve the thin, emaciated appearance of Ron Woodroof - the mark of a dedicated actor.
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Great movie that clearly portrays just how inept, incompetent, and anti human Big Pharma, FDA, and the medical profession really are…
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Excellent movie,excellent acting, As usual,. Matthew McConauhey, as usual is outstanding.
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