By Brandon Fu
Rated: R
Directed by: Jean-MarcVallee
Dallas Buyers Club tells the story of Ron Woodruff (Matthew McConaughey) , a trailer-dwelling electrician and sex addict, who tests positive for HIV. After this HIV diagnosis, he sets out to smuggle in medicine for AIDS sufferers who were not fortunate to get medicine from the hospital. He teams up with fellow AIDS sufferer Rayon (Jared Leto) to get clients and build up a "buyers club", a special number of people who pay a membership to get medication for their illness.
This movie tackles big subjects such as homosexuality and AIDS, as during the time in which the movie takes place, people with no knowledge of the disease blamed the cause to be homosexuality, rather than a disease that spreads through the use of drugs and sex. When the idea of being gay frightens Ron, he is also ostracized from his friend group. He initially rejects to the idea of homosexuality, but he learns to embrace and accept it.
The acting in this movie is just perfect. Matthew McConaughey turns in an oscar-winning performance, turning away from his rom-com and courtroom dramas and delivering great movies like this one, Mud, and The Wolf of Wall Street. Jared Leto also turns in an oscar-winning performance, as his cross-dressing character definitely stands out as one of the years' best performances. Both oscars for this movie were well deserved. The only thing this movie suffers from is the performance of Jennifer Garner, as her story and character is severely underdeveloped and bland.
Overall, Dallas Buyers Club is an incredible movie with character performances that stand out as the best of the 2013. Although it suffers from some underdeveloped characters, this movie is a must see for any movie lover.
4.5/5
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