It's a shattering performance swinging between power and vulnerability minute-to-minute.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 7, 2024

... At times, the film feels like a pharmaceutical road movie, at others, like a gritty urban Western and an escape/chase movie like Catch Me If You Can (2002), without Spielberg's charms but with Vallée's denunciations. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 7, 2023

As a movie it’s a little haphazard and it takes the misstep of trying too hard to create a strong dramatic arc by overegging his wild days that led to him catching the virus.

| Dec 5, 2022

Vallée’s attempts to transform reality into a verité-styled exposé are degraded into a purely human interest story once McConaughey and Leto have finished showcasing their astounding ability to drop weight and hand themselves over to their characters.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2022

Whatever the role, we see (Matthew McConaughey) expand his horizons and prove that he's a chameleon that can fit in just about anywhere.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 21, 2022

A very informative film about a side to the AIDS crisis that we knew very little about before.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 2, 2021

the disastrously misplaced cue-the-laughtrack rom-com rumblings dropped in the middle like sugar sprinkled on bed sores

| Jul 14, 2021

The film fails to break the pattern of transphobic narratives in cinema, perhaps because it doesn't understand that trans people are not the same as cis gay people.

| Jun 14, 2021

[A] truly stunning performance as electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 19, 2021

An interesting, well-meaning movie, Dallas Buyers Club is powered by the outstanding performances of its two leads.

| Feb 27, 2021

An emotional drama that never stoops to melodrama. Instead it's an inspirational film about standing up for what you believe in.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Leto's supporting turn is also a momentous occasion, certain to attract year-end awards consideration.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 3, 2020

The always good Steve Zahn turns in his meatiest performance in several years.

| Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

Quite simply, this is McConaughey at his absolute best.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 16, 2020

Set in 1985 when most historians consider the height of the AIDS hysteria, and centers around Ron Woodroof, a real life homophobic bigoted cowboy that will unknowingly become an advocate against big pharma in its pursuit for a cure for AIDS.

| Sep 15, 2019

The magic of McConaughey and Leto is that they can transcend the clichés and reach some truly emotional moments.

| Aug 29, 2019

Matthew McConaughey turns in funny, moving and downright virtuosic performance in the real-life role of Ron Woodroof.

| Aug 7, 2019

An emotionally staggering and wonderfully poignant story, with great direction and immaculate performances.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 8, 2019

The gays, in this film, are titillating extras, as they so long have been, and not only are the courageous stories of many people co-opted for profit, but theft itself is valorised.

| May 7, 2019

Despite the colorful performances of the leading men, the film stays grounded, never veering into melodrama or overt sentimentality.

| Original Score: 8.6 | Apr 10, 2019