Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto are the main attraction in Dallas Buyers Club

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2014)

Back in 2011, McConaughey came out with The Lincoln Lawyer, it was a critical success, his first in years and since then its been hit after hit after hit. The Lincoln Lawyer, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, The Wolf Of Wall Street, The HBO series True Detective and now Dallas Buyers Club. Jared Leto, I know him primarily as the lead singer of rock band 30 Seconds To Mars. He was in critical success like Fight Club, Panic Room, American Psycho in small roles and he also starred in 2009s Mr Nobody as the main character. Dallas Buyers Club is where I want these guys to jump from, Leto I want permanently acting and McConaughey needs to keep the ball rolling, because he has made one of the biggest turnarounds of any actor in recent memory, no more Rom-Coms, from now on McConaughey is the real deal.
Dallas Buyers Club is the story of Ron Woodroof, and his struggle with the Aids virus. Woodroof himself is a very despicable character at first, the lowest of the low, he's a drunk, racist, homophobe and any of the old McConaughey charm is lost in his riveting portrayal. After learning of his contraction of the disease he brushes it off as he how could he get a virus only 'Faggots' have. He soon reallies that the diagnosis may be true and befriends a transsexual names Ryon (Played by Jared Leto) and sets up the 'Dallas Buyers Club', a place where all HIV Positive sufferers can come and get all the medication they like... for a fee. Woodroof see's this as a way to survive and make money at the same time but eventually, his heart, in true Grinch fashion' grows 3 sizes and he starts to truly care for all the people he has helped.
I don't need to say that McConaughey and Leto were committed to their roles. they both lost a dangerous amount of weight and Leto went method and didn't break character for the whole shoot. These guys are A level stars because of this film and I hope we get to see McConaughey continue this winning streak he has been on (His next film is Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan) and I want to see Leto back, full force, in the film industry, he has been away too long.
Why an 9 then? thats what you may ask, well because of Jennifer Garner. She was not good in this. She was monotone, boring, lifeless and i'm not talking about her professional scenes where she's meant to be like that because, she is a doctor after all. Im talking about when she's meant to show emotion, when we are meant to care about her as a character but nope, we don't because Garner can not carry the type of role she's not even trying to do justice to.
Overall, Dallas Buyers Club is inspiring, a story of a man who learns to love through his life threatening disease is what I took away from the film and the fact it won Best Actor and Supporting Actor for McConaughey and Leto is no surprise in my eyes.