A standout movie

Rating: 8/10 (1 April 2014)

The struggle of a dying man. You have 30 days to live, so what do you do? Bypass the system and come up with a cure for an incurable disease. The film deals with an emotional theme about an impossible struggle undertaken by an ordinary man.
A free spirited Texan is diagnosed with HIV and is given a month to live. In response he refuses to acknowledge his downfall and discovers a fault in the system's dealing with such cases thus trying a cocktail of medication which defies all the odds.
What makes this film great (and it is one of the great recent ones) is the lack of a 'wow moment' or any sort of extraordinary reversal of circumstance. Instead we partake in a man's struggle with death. He knows its coming sooner than expected but his unyielding spirit refuses to let him give up of be content. He wins the battle for life, a day at a time and cannot ask for more.
It is also very upsetting to observe how "the system" refuses to acknowledge an alternative way and because of financial incentives continued supporting a way of managing HIV that was plainly inadequate. Another encouraging outcome of the situation Ron Woodrof faced is to quell an attitude that one could effortlessly describe as homophobic.
Emotional and a roller-coaster of situations where the fighting spirit shows its true might.