Dallas Buyers Club

Fight for your life

This highly-decorated film is loosely based on the true story of a womanising Texas cowboy, who was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. After nearly dying sooner from the only legally available treatment, he decided to take matters in his own hands, and tracked down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. He joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely successful ''buyers' club.'' Their shared struggle for dignity and acceptance is a uniquely American story of the transformative power of resilience.

No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Prejudice, Drug abuse).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn, Michael O'Neill, Dallas Roberts
Director	Jean-Marc Vallée
Screenplay	Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Cinematography	Yves Bélanger
Editing	Martin Pensa, Jean-Marc Vallée
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Truth Entertainment, Voltage Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Strong and frequent
Nudity	Infrequent, strong
Sex	Moderate to strong, infrequent
Violence	Mild to moderate, infrequent
Prejudice	Mild to moderate, frequent
Blasphemy	Mild, infrequent
Drug abuse	None [sic. Probably an error - Ed.]
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Lara de Matos Running on empathy...	15
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Vigs-bio is byna grusaam kil, eerlik.	15
Cape Times David Rooney Cowboys AIDS activist.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Most viewers will eventually forget they're watching a visual example of extreme weight loss as they get caught up in his journey, warts and all.	14
Metacritic.com 47 critics	17
Rottentomatoes critics 221 critics	16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Dallas Buyers Club rests squarely on Matthew McConaughey's scrawny shoulders, and he carries the burden gracefully with what might be a career-best performance.	19
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	10
What the People say
Internet 73795 Netizens Great Story, Excellent Performances	16
Average .. 76%	15