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Dallas Buyers Club
2013 117 min United States of America R 18+
★8.6
Drama, History
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
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Description
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.
Budget:
$5M
US Gross:
$27.3M
Worldwide:
$55.74M
Starring
Matthew McConaughey
Actor
Jennifer Garner
Actor
Jared Leto
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 2014
— Best Actor
Golden Globe 2014
— Best Actor (Drama)
Academy Awards 2014
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 2014
— Best Actor (Drama)
Academy Awards 2014
— Best Picture
Academy Awards 2014
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 2014
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globe 2014
— Best Supporting Actor
Georges Awards 2015
— Best Foreign Drama
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2014
— Best Actor
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2014
— Best On-Screen Duo
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014
— Best Supporting Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014
— Best Cast Ensemble
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2013
— Sebastian Prize
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014
— Best Actor
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2014
— Best On-Screen Transformation
Key opinion
Dallas Buyers Club is a powerful, character-driven drama that chronicles a man’s fight for survival against the HIV/AIDS epidemic and institutional indifference. While the narrative occasionally leans on formulaic tropes, it is elevated by transformative, Oscar-winning performances from Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto.
| Acting | Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto deliver career-defining, transformative performances characterized by intense physical commitment. | |
| Theme | The film effectively critiques pharmaceutical greed and the bureaucratic failures of the medical establishment during the 1980s AIDS crisis. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative structure is viewed by some as a refreshing, unconventional subversion of the hero archetype, while others find the storytelling relies too heavily on conventional, formulaic social-realism. | |
| Acting | Supporting performances are inconsistent, with some viewers finding Jennifer Garner's portrayal to be unengaging or lacking gravity compared to the leads. |