MPR Arts Reporter and Cube Critic Euan Kerr reviews a new film based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a Texas electrician who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto and Minnesota native Steve Zahn.

Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Wayzata native Melisa Wallack, follows Woodroof's story as he is frustrated with the lack of available medical options and is unwilling to accept a death sentence. He ends up connecting with and befriending people who, pre-diagnosis, he would have treated with hostility.

This film is rated R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity and drug use. It's screening at the Landmark Uptown Theatre.

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