Quite the performance from McCona however you spell his name. As a story, it's told in a very compelling way.
So much of the film is fiction though, and conspiracy nonsense. There was no effort to keep these "drugs" away from AIDS sufferers. The cures the film touts were pure snake oil, actually making the patient die sooner.
And in real life the main character was bisexual with partners from both genders. They made him into a bigoted country boy to make him more sympathetic to an audience that might blame him for his own death from having multiple partners.
Enjoy as a good film, but don't think this is real when it isn't.
So much of the film is fiction though, and conspiracy nonsense. There was no effort to keep these "drugs" away from AIDS sufferers. The cures the film touts were pure snake oil, actually making the patient die sooner.
And in real life the main character was bisexual with partners from both genders. They made him into a bigoted country boy to make him more sympathetic to an audience that might blame him for his own death from having multiple partners.
Enjoy as a good film, but don't think this is real when it isn't.