Amazing film. Informative, emotional, superior. And the ending is simply...wonderful in its tragedy
Alan Alda, Alex Courtney, Anjelica Huston
Based on journalist Randy Shilts' controversial tome detailing the emergence of AIDS in America, this gripping, made-for-cable film follows doctors at the Centers for Disease Control as they search fo...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
Stats: 259 reviews
Flixster Reviews (259)
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July 27, 2008
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September 1, 2007
This film chronicles the history of HIV and AIDS. Everyone should watch this moving film!
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May 15, 2006
Great story about the very beginning of the Aids problem in America. Sad, touching, educational and frustrating.
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August 31, 2009
A bit dated mainly because of the actors. I was impressed but the emotional part of the story kinda veers of course and the movie starts focusing more on who gets credit for the antivirus, which wasn't as interesting to me. Some interesting information that I'd never heard though...( read more)
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February 25, 2009
This film is more of a documentary on the history of aids rather than a movie. It contains a lot of great actors but the main ones are not that good.
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December 25, 2008
This movie is filled with great actors and it follows different stories of people infected with AIDS in the early years of the disease. It centers on the CDC's search for a cure, and the origins of the virus. This movie deals with alot from politics and how Ronald Reagan really d...( read more)
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November 9, 2008
It took a long time to bring this to television, but it was worth the wait. This movie is filled with great actors and it follows different stories of people infected with AIDS in the early years of the disease. It centers on the CDC's search for a cure, and the origins of the vi...( read more)
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