[PattyCakes]

Saw this movie today on Comcast on Demand. Excellent movie and easy to see how Matthew McConaunahay won Best Actor and Jared Leto won Best Supporting Actor. The primary antagonist in this movie is the FDA, who was under pressure to release AZT to doctors/hospitals to treat HIV/AIDs patients in the early to mid 80's. Ron Hubbard, portrayed by McConauahay, a wild, crazy electrician in Dallas was diagnosed with HIV, and there the story begins. Jennifer Garner plays a hospital doctor who came around to Hubbard's way of thinking when he decided to provide "natural" medicines to HIV/AIDs patients instead of the controversial AZT. This is a true story, and exemplifies how the FDA is so easily swayed by big pharma to release medicines before complete results of side effects/permanent effects on patients are known. Very well done movie, gripping and a slice of 80's American healthcare life.