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Fool's Gold (2008)

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Reviews Counted:138

Fresh:14

Rotten:124

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: With little chemistry among the performers, humorless gags, and a predictable storyline, Fool's Gold fails on every level.

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $70,158,206

Synopsis: Having proven themselves a magnetic pair in 2003's HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey team up once again as two fun-loving, bickering exes in this action-packed,... Having proven themselves a magnetic pair in 2003's HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey team up once again as two fun-loving, bickering exes in this action-packed, violent, and sexy treasure hunt. Part romantic comedy, part deep-sea diving adventure, FOOL'S GOLD is set in the beautiful seas and sunny shores of Key West, where Tess (Hudson) and Finn (McConaughey) are set to meet for divorce proceedings. Fed up with Finn's money-squandering lifestyle, Tess can't wait to be rid of him so she can return to the academic pursuits she abandoned seven years earlier, when the two lovebirds embarked on a romantic globe-spanning hunt for rumored treasure. But as fate would have it, Tess just happens to work aboard a yacht owned by Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), the same rich man Finn has his sights on as a prospective benefactor for his latest diving debacle. Suspecting this, Tess encourages Nigel to sail off as soon as the divorce papers are in her hands, but their departure is delayed when Nigel's spoiled heiress daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), arrives. Using his sex appeal and daredevil charm, Finn maneuvers his way aboard the ship and into Gemma's heart, not even knowing that Tess, whom he hopes to win back, is also on deck. Once the secret is out, the two must decide whether to part ways or to use a fresh clue to find the treasure they've been seeking for a decade. With Gemma's youthful naiveté, Nigel's aging wisdom, death threats from some villain gangster rappers, treasure hunting competition, and lots of sexual chemistry driving them, the two succumb to the spontaneity that runs through their blood and go for the gold in more ways than one. FOOL'S GOLD boasts lively performances from a solid cast that brings the film's clever, quick humor to life. [More]

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Alexis Dziena, Kevin Hart, Ray Winstone

Director: Andy Tennant

Director: Andy Tennant
Screenwriter: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman, Andy Tennant
Story: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman
Producer: Donald DeLine, Bernie Goldmann, Jon Klane
Composer: George Fenton
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Fool's gold, indeed.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
02/08/08
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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Once the eye candy value wears off, there's precious little left to salvage from this awkward and only mildly diverting genre bender

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
02/04/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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I can't think of anything positive to say about this badly written, over directed adventure in which unbelievable characters move heaven and earth to find long lost treasure.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
02/04/08
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The comedy, though, is broad and only mildly effective and the banter lacks edge and wit.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/18/08
John Hazelton
John Hazelton
Screen International
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/18/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yo-Ho-Ho hum.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
10/01/08
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Just because these two pretty people flirted and pratfell well once, doesn't mean they can do it again--especially when they're trying to do it with such a clunker of a script on their hands.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
09/08/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

As fluffy and mindless as its promotional materials may have indicated...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
07/28/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

I Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated This Movie!!!!!!!!!

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment 1 Comment
07/22/08
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

The film’s final half hour does feature some decent action though, but by that point, you don’t really care.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
07/11/08
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

...more silly than romantic, more frantic than comedic, and more busy than adventurous.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/12/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Surprisingly enjoyable.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/16/08
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

[T]he frequency with which people are shot or drowned wears away at any attempts the film makes to be frothy or screwball.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
05/01/08
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

Matthew McConaughey, whose continuing Hollywood career deserves a separate chapter in any future book by Richard Dawkins on the non-existence of God, is reunited for this romcom caper with Kate Hudson, herself uncompromisingly abysmal in everything.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
04/18/08
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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A ghastly romantic comedy about a race to find a 17th-century Spanish wreck full of treasure. The film is completely dead behind the eyes.

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04/18/08
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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No amount of gratuitous McConaughey ab-flashing (he never stops) or the parading of Kate Hudson in a weeny bikini can scrape this one off the sea bed. Plankton would be insulted.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/18/08
Julia Raeside
Julia Raeside
Channel 4 Film

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Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
04/18/08
Tom Charity
Tom Charity
Total Film

Like Tess and Finn, the makers of Fool's Gold are motivated by lucre, not love.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/18/08
Laura Bushell
Laura Bushell
BBC

To inject drama, the anaemic plot contorts to spin danger out of Finn’s debt to an island owning gangsta rapper (Kevin Hart), and his rivalry with his mentor.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
04/18/08
Rob Daniel
Rob Daniel
Sky Movies

I succumbed to the very occasional charms of this fair, good-natured romcom adventure and left the screening in quite a good mood.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
04/18/08
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
 
 
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