Dallas Buyers Club

Today my film of choice to review is Dallas Buyers Club. I hope I am not always completely transparent in which reviewed films I enjoy the most, I do not wish to be completely biased in my opinions after all, but this movie was fantastic. The film itself is controversial in its storyline and ultimate goal to voice concern for the medical retail industry, and of the American medication approval system, the FDA or Food and Drug Administration. As all medication needs to be approved by this administration before it can be administered or sold to the public, there is much controversy surrounding the procedures and policies that allow some forms of medication to be approved, and others not. The controversy itself suggests that the approval is skewed by visions of financial gain when products are introduced to the administration. 
Dallas Buyers Club highlights the opinion of controversy, and shares insight with the public into a struggling community battling AIDS in the 1980’s and 1990’s. The story follows our main character, Ron Woodruff played by Matthew McConaughey on his journey to fight his illness and find medication by the FDA that improves his health, lessens his symptoms, and creates a comfortable quality of life. The medication McConaughey finds is unapproved, but the medication being administered in hospitals is given in doses too high to be beneficial, resulting in a breakdown of the patients already weakened immune system, resulting in death. The main character finds ways to administer this unapproved drug to others facing the illness, and thus Dallas Buyers Club is given life.

The role is played to perfection my McConaughey and leads viewers to be drawn into the emotional aspect of every person battling the illness, and especially to the LGBT community fighting for equality and respect in the midst. The friendships developed through the help and advocacy brought to the LGBT community by McConaughey is touching, real, and necessary to be brought to life in film. This film is moving, controversial and incredibly interesting.
I give this movie 4 cupcakes! Tune in next week for my humble opinion on film, and watch the trailer below!