Dallas Buyers Club Movie Review

Dallas Buyers Club isn't all hype! It really is a great movie and not a waste of two hours of your life, I assure you. Honestly this year is going to be impossible to pick a "Best Picture" at the Oscar's because every nominee really deserves to be there. This one included! Directed by Craig Borten and starring Mathew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.

McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof an electrician from Dallas Texas. Quite frankly we're introduced to him as a racist homophobic rodeo cowboy. He's a pretty scummy human being, but within the first ten minutes of the film he's diagnosed as being HIV positive after being committed to the hospital for a work-related accident. He's in rage-filled denial and claims that he isn't a "faggot" so there's no way he could have this disease.

Slowly he becomes ostracized by his friends and family and hits rock bottom. He does more cocaine and drinks more then he did before, which only deteriorates his condition. The doctor only gave him 30 days to live, but he far surpasses those 30 days. During his stays in the hospital he befriends both Dr. Eve Saks (Garner) and Rayon (Leto) an AIDS positive transgender woman. 

Together Ron and Rayon start the Dallas Buyers Club, which is an organization that costs $400 to become a member, but once a member you can have as much medication as you need. This was of course only for HIV/AIDS positive people. Now this medication wasn't illegal but it also wasn't authorized by the FDA.

It's sad how something so terrible had to happen to Ron Woodroof for him to turn his life around and become a decent human being, but he truly did help a tremendous amount of people. He might not have saved their lives, but he saved them a great amount of pain, and it was a beautiful thing what he did. McConaughey's performance was terrific and heartfelt. He really did a great job in terms of Ron's transformation. It was a solid cast with great chemistry and an amazing story to tell.

Along with Mud, McConaughey takes what would be an underdog of a film and makes it wonderful. I give Dallas Buyers Club a 9 out of 10.