Dallas Buyers Club

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Dallas Buyers Club

R

Released Nov 1, 2013

1h 57m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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In mid-1980s Texas, electrician Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) 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 (Jared Leto) 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

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.

Jun 14, 2021

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

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.

Jan 2, 2018

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

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.

Rated: A

Sep 6, 2017

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

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

Rated: 4/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

... 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]

Feb 7, 2023

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Kaleem Aftab

Filmmaker Magazine

As a movie it’s a little haphazard and it takes the misstep of trying too hard to create a strong dramatic arc by overegging his wild days that led to him catching the virus.

Dec 5, 2022

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Breno G

Special Effects: 1,0/Sound Effects: 1,0/Acting: 1,0/Story: 1,5

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/24

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Kauã M

The ability to captivate and build characters in this work is impressive, a round story that made me learn about such a story, leaving this film sad and with a warm heart at the same time is an incredible feeling, great performances and a script come together with good direction for a great work.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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Ruthless T

Matthew stuns in this flick with top notch acting. Supported by a stellar performance in Jared Leto. The true dark side of the aids epidemic is displayed. Movie makes you grow to love the main character even more. What a great movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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Dan R

Matthew McConaughey and Jarod Leto really out did themselves in this movie, the raw emotion and character development, paired with intense dialogue throughout the movie really encourages an emotional reaction, top 10 movie of all time for sure.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/08/24

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Nathan M

The only watchable part of this film was the part where Jared Leto had AIDS.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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Benjamin H

Although there is one fictional character that feels tacked on and there are some tonal shifts that could have been handled better, Dallas Buyers Club is an authentic, emotionally rich and thought provoking biographical drama that is phenomenally acted by Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Jean-Marc Vallée

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Matthew McConaughey

Ron Woodroof

Jennifer Garner

Dr. Eve Saks

Jared Leto

Rayon

Denis O'Hare

Dr. Sevard

Steve Zahn

Tucker

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Synopsis

In mid-1980s Texas, electrician Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) 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 (Jared Leto) 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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