Rated R for language, nudity, drug use
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto,
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee
The Story:
Ron Woodroof (McConaughey) is a bull rider who enjoys all the vices in life. When he winds up in the hospital and diagnosed as HIV positive, he knows that's not true because he's not gay. With less than 30 days to live, Woodroof tries every means necessary to get the medication he needs to survive. By whatever means necessary, including illegal shipments from Mexico. It is there that he brings back medication for others like him to keep them alive since they cannot get them at home.
Great story, with another tour de force by McConaughey and a completely unrecognizable Leto.
I will simply go on record and say that the FDA has caused more harm than good in the fight against this, and any other disease.
Woodroof did an admirable thing, and his life story was one worth the translation to the silver screen.
He kept himself, and dozens of others alive for an extra seven years.
I'm also very glad that the Academy finally noticed that McConaughey can act.
You can dismiss his earlier work as fluff, but I've always found him to be entertaining and fun to watch.
That's what I pay to see when I watch a movie: I want to be entertained.
He's always done that.
This is his icing on the cake, but also one of the hardest movies to endure, just because of the weight of the subject matter.
Final Grade: B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Worth a viewing once for the acting of McConaughey and Leto. After that, I'm good.
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