Powerful

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2014)

Matthew McConaughey, transformed for the occasion as is Jared Leto, delivers a terrific performance in this poignant character and his fight against the illness and the pharmaceutical lobby and its unsuspected actions.
Jean-Marc Vallée perfectly managed to depict this story, in a very sober yet powerful way, putting the emphasis on the silences and looks through his hand-held camera.
The strength of the movie also resides in the fact that it manages to be funny despite a serious and heavy subject, you surprise yourself laughing during certain scenes thanks mostly again to the Quebécois' touch.
Little regret however, the scenario drags on a bit in the last thirty minutes, just fifteen minutes less and a few more ellipses would have certainly been beneficial, but that doesn't impact much the quality of Dallas Buyers Club, a powerful movie.