(2013) [Trailer]
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée [IMDB]
Back in middle school I used to think AIDS was an automatic death sentence. It was fucking scary and if you got it, your life was automatically getting flushed down the toilet. Today, that's not so much the case. With adequate health care, you can live with AIDS for a long ass time (Magic Johnson). If my recollection of AIDS from the 90's was an entree, it'd be a deep dish pizza, it was pretty heavy. If Dallas Buyers Club AIDS from the 80's was an entree, it'd be a Turducken, it was absolute madness.
Synopsis: A free wheelin' rodeo stud's life hits a brick wall when he contracts AIDS and is given 30 days to live.
During his acceptance speech for the Golden Globes, Matthew McConaughey said he was glad it took forever for Hollywood to green light this film because it allowed the role of Ron Woodroof to fall into his lap... I, for one, couldn't agree more. McConaughey rules hard all over this movie. He has been on a roll lately (Killer Joe, Bernie, Magic Mike, The Wolf of Wall Street) and with DBC he hit another home run. Jared Leto also blasted out an incredible performance. You can tell that both of them really submerge themselves into the film and it pays off. The story is also very compelling and unfolds at a nice pace.
The only real negatives would be the film making itself, it was a little basic and felt like the quality you'd get from something like a made for HBO film.
It's still out there in theaters and is certainly worth a poke.
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