DallasBuyersClub

With 30 days left to live, what would you do? Surrender to fate? Or, dare to live?

Welcome to the Dallas Buyers Club!

In an absolutely transformative role, Matthew McConaughey is Ron Woodroof, a character who undergoes a beautiful metamorphosis after meeting a Greek tragedy. Name the worst things in the world - a racist, a homophobe, a transphobe, that's Ron in the beginning. Until he's diagnosed with HIV. So with 30 days left, what he does for the remaining part of his life forms the crux!

You're witnessing a man at the brink end of his life. He is dying. He wants and is begging for medicine. It injects a genuine sharp fear in you! You would never want something like that to happen to you, ever! The impact of it is too goddamn strong! As does Ron's character arc. Who knew due to this exact horrible, incurable disease, Ron Woodroof is forced to change. He goes on a research. To find out why would he have contracted said illness. To discover the truth about FDA approved medication known as AZT that isn't working. And we see how he goes about bringing his own solution, an unapproved drug that actually helps HIV patients like himself into the US soil.

In the process, we are witness to some truly soul-crushing stuff. He loses his job. Pushed away by his friends. Thrown out of his own house. He has nowhere to go but to cry helplessly in his car. Until he meets a true companion in the form of Rayon. One would likely unable to witness a more convincing performance, veritable changeover and aesthetic portrayal of a transwoman as Jared Leto's Rayon, in any other film! What starts out as a rough and tough between the two knowing how repulsive Ron can be, flourishes into a friendship and an amazing business venture! Probably one of the best scenes in the film is when Ron forces his former friend T.J. (Kevin Rankin), a homophobe like he was once, to shake Rayon's hand, which also serves as a significant absolute point of change in our protagonist's character arc. It's however truly sad to see Rayon destroying herself with drugs, but her character provides direct contrast to Ron. Them playing cards as induction, she massaging Ron's cramp and the 25% business negotiation are hilarious. Rayon's conversation with her dad and the one final hug she shares with Ron is heartbreaking to say the least.

Ron's arc grow. From a redneck. To a learned man. To an international man. To a cultured man. An arc so strong that influences a doctor to quit participating in this pharmaceutical bullshit. Good to know he had a chance at romance once again, and his attempts to woo Eve (Jennifer Garner) are adorable. Doctors told Ron he would only last for 30 days. He died 2,557 days later having brought a change for the entire AIDS community. Rest in peace, good sir.