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  Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★ 3

  they always say yee haw they never ask haw yee, the movie

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  Review by Jake Cole ½ 124

  It's easy, if one only ever has to suffer a few times a year the no-budget, no-talent indies dumped on one-week NY runs and burned onto screener discs, to have a charmed view of what constitutes a bad film. Truth be told, with the number of films produced domestically exploding in recent years thanks to mass proliferation of acceptable-quality, cheap DV, it's a good bet that the vast majority of American movies made each year now consist of films made by people with little to no experience, often no real ambition or even point of view, and no discernible talent. Even those of us who only ever see about five or six of these a year are confronted with stunted…

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  Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ 44

  Matthew fuckin' McConaughey as Ron fuckin' Woodroof a cowboy-bigot-homophobic-party-animal who becomes a pioneer in the treatment of AIDS after his own diagnosis. Wasted-Hollywood-pussy. A sad-face clown. Shocking the shit out of yourself. Shocking-fuckin'-news. Nothing can kill Ron Woodroof in 30-fuckin'-days. A trailer-park-orgy. Elektra's cardboard acting. Alienation by your so-called-friends. Back the fuck off Tinkerbell. Scoring a lifeline in a strip club. Handsome in a Texas-hick-white-trash kind of way. Rayon doesn't bite. Preferring to die with your boots on. A little-white-lie to the FDA. An unlikely business partner. The bar you never thought you would visit. Starting up a new club. Global travels. A big-as-fuck cellphone. The fuckin' IRS. A dinner date with the good doctor. Feeling human again. A total-fuckin'-bullshit…

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  Review by oKay ½ 33

  casting a man as a trans woman is bad enough on its own but like

  it had to be jared leto?? jesus christ what an insult to injury

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★½ 11

  Two thoughts:

  1) This is an incredible performance by McConaughey, and one that makes smart use of his existing star text in new, interesting ways; Wooderson gone to seed. Jared Leto is excellent as well.

  2) These incredible performances are in a movie that lives into every negative stereotype of Hollywood filmmakers examining a minority issue--in this case the impact of the HIV virus on the gay community in the 1980s, and the FDA's lethargic response to it--from the perspective of a heroic straight white dude. It's not necessarily a bad version of that kind of movie. But it's still that kind of movie.

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  Review by Frandi Peralta ★★★★ 10

  What would you do if you find out that you are going to die in 30 days?

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  Review by james💫 ★★★★

  McConaughey and Leto worked SOOO well together and definitely deserved their oscar wins

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  Review by Lise ★★★½ 42

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  My mom is sitting on the couch watching this right now, reacting to everything she is seeing. When McConaughey has his 3rd trip to the hospital, she utters "oh, that's hard" about life with AIDS. When he decides to leave the hospital in disgust, walking down the hallway with his open gown flapping about showing his cheeks she giggles. She laughs quite a bit whenever Jared Leto gives him a good dressing-down, and she utters "good for you" when McConaughey makes his former friend shake Leto's hand in the grocery store. She is glued to the screen, trying to eat something or other out of a bowl, not daring to look down too much at her spoon for fear of…

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★ 15

  Film #63 of Make me watch your favourite. Recommended by Piper.

  
  Dallas Buyers Club isn't an exceptional film. It's fine. Its plot safely remains within the boundaries of the based on a true story/biopic realms, making it neither thought provoking or offensive. And that's perfectly fine as Vallée's strong and solid direction manages to avoid melodrama and keeps it refreshingly straight, never forcefully trying to evoke a reaction from his audience and truly focusing on telling the story and the characters in it.

  It's solid entertainment, nothing more, nothing less. And then two actors come along and just raise the film to a completely different level.

  Now, Tom Hanks probably ruined depicting AIDS in movies for most of his colleagues…

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  Review by john ★★★½

  Jared Leto might be annoying as hell in real life, but he acted the hell out of this movie.

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  Review by Jizzmonkey ★★★

  One star each for the two leads, one star for the crew turning up.

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  Review by mima 🌙 ★★★★½ 2

  I really don't know why I didn't watch this sooner. Very good insight into the early discovery of AIDS and the drugs available. Jared Leto in this role was legendary, too good as Rayon. And McConaughey left me speechless. He laughs, cries and exhibits each and every emotion marvelously. Their commitment to these roles made it all very believable. The weight loss is simply just the frosting of their dedication. The acting, direction, make- up is an absolute beauty. Overall this is a brilliant drama that was well deserved of its Oscars.