DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Very good movie (based on a true story) about Ron Woodroof who contracted AIDS in the 80's from drug use and unprotected sex - lots of unprotected sex! Ron is played by a mesmerizing Matthew McConaughey who has improved and broadened so much as an actor its hard to remember his roles in stupid adventure movies or mindless romantic comedies.

Ron is often hard to like. He is a heterosexual, homophobic drinking, drugging, sexist, dishonest, volatile man. when he gets diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live, he is transformed through his blazing rage into a man on a mission. He does NOT accept the prognosis so educates himself about the various treatments and through this finds out about the various modalities that are showing success that are not approved by the FDA and are only used in foreign countries.

Well, by God, then that's where Ron goes and he brings back a lot of these drugs (all non toxic and mostly protein solutions and vitamin and mineral combo's) and starts a buyers club in Dallas. He sells them to other AIDS victims. Of course, he gets into a lot of opposition with the government and the FDA agency.

Through out the movie, Ron is changed into a slightly gentler man and someone who starts accepting homosexuals and makes friends with a man who is in the process of changing sex. It was very difficult to recognize Jared Leto in this role because most of the time he/she had makeup on and women's clothing and the transformation was incredible.

The only slightly jarring note was the obligatory role of the supportive doctor played by Jennifer Garner. Isn't she married to Ben Affleck? It appears that she has taken zero cipher acting lessons from him. Fortunately, she wasn't in the film very much.

We both gave this movie an 8 and McConaughey a 426.!