I couldn't have imagined the diet that McConaughey had to endure to take on this role; but once we get past McConaughey’s stunning transformation, we’re transfixed by a performance that reminds us of why this guy became a movie star in the first place-RR
The movie sets in Texas with McConaughey portraying the life of electrician Ron Woodroof, a hard-core drug and sex addict diagnosed with HIV-AIDS in the mid-1980’s. A period in which the virus was highly stigmatized and under-researched. With a 30-day death sentence hanging over his head, he begins aggressively exploring alternative meds. He then soon unwittingly becomes an advocate and activist, even as he kept himself alive for years longer than any medical experts had told him he could.
Woodroof was also, this story tells us, a bigoted redneck who bristled with more than just fear of mortality when he got his diagnosis. Dallas Buyers Club is not just about Woodroof going up against the FDA and Big Pharmaceutical Companies and the other institutions and individuals who kept potentially life-saving drugs from sick people who needed them; it is of course also about Woodroof's growth as a human being, and how this growth allows him to work side by side with a flamboyant transsexual, a person he not only wouldn't have given the time of day to in his prior mode of life, but possibly would have given a beat-down to -GK
Jared Leto gave a “razzle-dazzle” performance as he disappears into the role of Rayon (the flamboyant transsexual). Co-starring Jennifer Garner (Dr. Eve), Dallas Buyer’s Club is an inspiration to the gay community.
9.5/10.
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