Dallas Buyers Club

I think Matthew McConaughey  is a great actor but I don't think he should have won an Oscar for this picture.
The story is set in 1985 Dallas, An electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof (played by McConaughey) works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.
This was a true story and McConaughey does a great job of not only losing weight but conveying this tragic story.
My problem with the performance was that it was not Woodroof that I believed was on the screen, it was a skinny McConaughey. He was using all of his acting skills from prior performances. His unmistaken swagger was all over the screen. It was hard not to think it was a skinny McConaughey instead of Woodroof. Whereas Jared Leto, missing for years from the screen, brings zero baggage to the role and steals the movie.
America likes a comeback so thats why McConaughey won. Leonardo Di Caprio was also nominated but gave a better performance in Wolfs of Wall Street. You believed Leo was Jordan Belfort, the man he played in Wolfs.

Verdict:
This was a Lifetime movie, you have seen it and it's been done before. McConaughey gives an award winning performance in HBO's True Detective. Skip this, watch that.