Dallas Buyers Club

4.22
    Dallas Buyers Club
    2013

    Synopsis

    Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

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    Cast

    • Matthew McConaugheyRon Woodroof
    • Jennifer GarnerEve
    • Jared LetoRayon
    • Denis O'HareDr. Sevard
    • Steve ZahnTucker
    • Michael O'NeillRichard Barkley
    • Dallas RobertsDavid Wayne
    • Griffin DunneDr. Vass
    • Kevin RankinT.J.
    • Donna DuPlantierNurse Frazin

    Recommendations

    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      What distinguishes Borten and Wallack’s screenplay is its refusal to sentimentalize by providing humbling epiphanies to set Ron on the right path and endow him with empathy.
    • 90

      Time

      This is a bold, drastic and utterly persuasive inhabiting of a doomed fighter by a performer who has graduated from the shirtless rom-com Romeo of the last decade to indie-film actor du jour.
    • 85

      Film.com

      It’s all about the performances. McConaughey and Leto don’t just give voice to the disenfranchised of the 1980s, but all people suddenly faced with impossible challenges.
    • 80

      The Guardian

      [McConaughey] delivers a twitchy, hostile performance on par with anything he's done since he escaped the rom com cul-de-sac.
    • 80

      The Telegraph

      At just under two hours, it's a little long, but the blend of biting character study and campaigning pharmaceutical docudrama is zesty and memorable.
    • 75

      The Playlist

      Despite the fine performances from McConaughey and Leto, tightly coiled editing that keeps the story moving and a nicely measured balance between drama and comedy (McConaughey is often a hoot), Dallas Buyers Club still sometimes feels like it's missing one more grace note.
    • 75

      IndieWire

      The narrative only really stumbles because its tone never manages to convince on the level that McConaughey's performance eventually does. With its subdued approach, Dallas Buyers Club stops just short of an emotional payoff.
    • 70

      Variety

      The film manages to educate without ever feeling didactic, and to entertain in the face of what would, to any other character, seem like a grim life sentence.

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