Genre: Biography / Drama / History Director(s): Jean-Marc Vallée Release Date: 22 November 2013 Movie rating: 8.0

Dallas Buyers Club is a biography movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto. It is a story of an electrician named Ron Woodrof who smokes, drinks, has casual sex and does cocaine. He is also racist and homophobic, one day he goes to the hospital on a work related injury where the doctors inform him that he is HIV positive and that he will most likely die in thirty days. At first, Ron is angry and in denial, but a quick reflection assures him that he indeed is ill. He begins to do some research about which treatments exist and he learns of the drug which is most effective in treating HIV, AZT. Unfortunately, the drug is in clinical trials stage and he is unable to receive it. He embarks upon a trip to Mexico where he finds a doctor who was banned in the USA but he managed to make a cocktail of drugs which are very effective in treating symptoms of HIV, and Ron starts to smuggle those drugs in the USA. Matthew McConaughey does an amazing job in this movie, without him this movie wouldn't be as amazing as it is. Script is engaging and tragic, dialogues are lively and the director did a stunning job. This movie should definitely be seen by more people since it is one of a kind.

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