The REAL "angels in America" . . .

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2013)

. . . contending with an almost overwhelming horde of Big Pharma, Big Medicine, and FDA devils. Not only is DALLAS BUYERS CLUB the best movie yet to come out in 2013 (and I've seen about 97% of theatrical releases earning at least $500,000 domestically), but it rivals Tom Hanks' PHILADELPHIA and TV's ANGELS IN AMER!CA for the top spot among all the AIDS features ever made. In Matthew McConaughey's best performance to date, he transforms his body FOR A REASON (as Robert De Niro did in RAGING BULL, not as a stunt A La Christian Bale for THE MACHINIST). This is not some boring and\or forgettable disease-of-the week movie (such as LORENZO'S OIL--how often do they run that on any of the premium movie channels?). It has a great cast, with Jennifer Garner easily topping her role from PEARL HARBOR in DBC's two good doctors\one bad doc set-up, as she eventually joins McConaughey's Ron on the journey from hateful ignorance to transcending love. Jared Leto's Raymond\Rayon pulls hardest at the heartstrings, but Denis O'Hare as Big Pharmaceutil's mercenary pawn Dr. Sevard not only wins kudos as the most hateful villain of 2013, but gives Nurse Rachett from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST a run for her money as the worst medical monster of all time (sorry, HUMAN CENTIPEDE guy, I'm talking serious flicks here, not shock horror). Finally, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB exposes the American F.D.A. (Food & Drug Administration) for the lost cause that it is--a cause that would actually be WORTH shutting the government down to reform!