YMMV / Dallas Buyers Club

• Broken Base
  • The film picked up acclaim from both critics and audiences alike. However, there's still a significant split between those who were fine with the whole movie as-is versus the people irked by all of the additions for the sake of drama, particularly since Woodroof was a real person. As stated on the main page, the man had a wife and child as well as no history of making homophobic, racist, and sexist snarks to people. The film depicts a loner character with a jerkass personality who slowly changes his tune as a result of his diagnosis and work with other patients. Even publications that have praised the movie have taken issue with this.
  • Though few will deny that Jared Leto gives an excellent performance as Rayon, whether the film should have cast a transgender woman rather than a cisgender man as a transgender woman or if Leto's performance was good enough that it doesn't need to be questioned has become a greater topic of debate as trans representation in movies has become more of a hot-button issue since the early 2020s.
• Harsher in Hindsight: the fact that the FDA, pharmaceutical companies, and many of the doctors are portrayed as villains is particularly rough in this day and age of misinformation, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The movie also grossly under plays the fact that the vast majority of drugs and recipes Woodruff provided had no effect, or even made things worse. It was largely a crapshoot as to whether or not a cocktail the person was taking would work or not. The movie does point out that these people had nothing to lose, but does imply that the government is deliberately withholding medications that could work.
• He Really Can Act: The physical transformation and performance by Matthew McConaughey in this movie was another step up the rung that convinced the world of his acting prowess.