Dallas Buyers Club

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Dallas Buyers Club

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2013

1h 57m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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In mid-1980s Texas, electrician Ron Woodroof is stunned to learn that he has AIDS. Though told that he has just 30 days left to live, Woodroof refuses to give in to despair. He seeks out alternative therapies and smuggles unapproved drugs into the U.S. from wherever he can find them. Woodroof joins forces with a fellow AIDS patient and begins selling the treatments to the growing number of people who can't wait for the medical establishment to save them.

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Critics Consensus

Dallas Buyers Club rests squarely on Matthew McConaughey's scrawny shoulders, and he carries the burden gracefully with what might be a career-best performance.

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Eleven

Autostraddle

Jun 14, 2021

The film fails to break the pattern of transphobic narratives in cinema, perhaps because it doesn't understand that trans people are not the same as cis gay people.

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

Jan 2, 2018

Sometimes a character punches through the screen, beyond the film containing him. Matthew McConaughey's performance as an HIV-positive cowboy in Dallas Buyers Club is one of those moments.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 6, 2017

A

Though Jean-Marc Valle's direction is sometimes indistinct, it does allow the actors to come off more inhibited in their performances and each scene is that much more authentic.

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Joe Lipsett

The Queer Gaze (Podcast)

Jul 16, 2026

3/5

A film that hasn't aged particularly well since its release, relying too little on truth and too much on awards-bait. Jennifer Garner is innocent, though

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Apr 7, 2024

4/5

It's a shattering performance swinging between power and vulnerability minute-to-minute.

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

Feb 7, 2023

... At times, the film feels like a pharmaceutical road movie, at others, like a gritty urban Western and an escape/chase movie like Catch Me If You Can (2002), without Spielberg's charms but with Vallée's denunciations. [Full review in Spanish]

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 7, 2026

Dallas Buyers Club = a *4.5* star movie

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Dave K

@BilboBagsy Aug 6, 2026

This film impressed me. It’s not just an important story, it's also told in a way that gripped me and it has some of the best performances I have ever seen from Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. The film isn't the most historically accurate depiction of Woodruff. In reality he was an openly bisexual man and was a vocal member of the Dallas Gay Alliance. While this is a major change from the truth it serves as the film's point of conflict and it does work incredibly well for both character and story development. Jared clearly researched and spoke to many trans people to build a convincing character. The controversy surrounding the casting decisions were heavily debated by the trans community but as a result the industry changed the approach and this led to many trans people being cast in much more prominent roles. While people may argue that a straight man shouldn't play a trans man, this is the same as saying a gay man can't play a straight man. 8 / 10

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Caleb S

@review-person-friend77 May 26, 2026

This movie was powerful. I’ve always been a proponent of using medicine through legal means, but this movie made me rethink a lot of my opinion about regulations concerning the terminally ill. I was very impressed with the acting and the storytelling and how it helped the viewer to overcome stereotypes and prejudice towards people with HIV, particularly homosexual and bisexual patients. As a movie, it did its job—it helped change the audience’s paradigm through art. If anything, I am much more compassionate toward those who want to seek alternative treatments.

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Rich L.

@Richard810 Jan 21, 2026

Movie was great. The true story was beautiful. See it was sad that the struggle that he had to go through to get to the point to where he is today Matthew McConaughey he yet again doesn’t disappoint. The movie just dragged a little bit, but probably Jarret‘s only good performance ever.

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Karina S

@KarinaSK Nov 23, 2025

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💫

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GABRIELY

Oct 15, 2025

The movie is awesome.

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Synopsis

In mid-1980s Texas, electrician Ron Woodroof is stunned to learn that he has AIDS. Though told that he has just 30 days left to live, Woodroof refuses to give in to despair. He seeks out alternative therapies and smuggles unapproved drugs into the U.S. from wherever he can find them. Woodroof joins forces with a fellow AIDS patient and begins selling the treatments to the growing number of people who can't wait for the medical establishment to save them.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Producer: Rachel Winter, Robbie Brenner
Screenwriter: Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Voltage Pictures, Evolution Independent, R2 Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Drug Use|Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.3M
Runtime: 1h 57m

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