This weekend Focus Features will release "Dallas Buyers Club," which is already winning actors Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto praise for their daring performances.
The film, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, and Jennifer Garner, tells the story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986.
The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival where it received rave reviews. Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto in particular are being touted as Oscar contenders for their roles. The film currently has a 93 percent aggregate score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four and said, "[Matthew McConaughey's] explosive, unerring portrayal defines what makes an actor great, blazing commitment to a character and the range to make every nuance felt."
Richard Corliss from Time Magazine also gave a positive review and wrote, "If the camera occasionally suffers a fashionable case of the jitters, the movie transcends its agitated verismo to impart dramatic and behavioral truth."
Variety's Peter Debruge stated, "Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto give terrific performances in this riveting and surprisingly relatable true story."
Betsy Sharkey from the Los Angeles Times wrote, "[McConaughey and Leto] elevate the movie beyond ordinary biography or overplayed tragedy, and give Oscar-worthy performances in the process."
The title of our own Latinos Post similarly championed the filmd: "Matthew McConaughey Gives Performance of his Career in Multi-Layered Film."
"Dallas Buyers Club" was directed Jean-Marc Vallee and will be released in nine theaters. The film is rated R for for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity and drug use.
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