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02/08/08
Fool's Gold (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 130 Fresh: 13 Rotten:117 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
Theatrical Release: Feb 8, 2008 Wide
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, violent, and sexy treasure hunt. Part romantic comedy, part deep-sea diving adventure, FOOL'S GOLD... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Alexis Dziena
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
Screenwriter: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman, Andy Tennant
Story: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman
Producer: Donald DeLine, Bernie Goldmann, Jon Klane
Composer: George Fenton
Reviews
Top Critic
Once the eye candy value wears off, there's precious little left to salvage from this awkward and only mildly diverting genre bender
02/04/08
Top Critic
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.
02/04/08
Top Critic
...more silly than romantic, more frantic than comedic, and more busy than adventurous.
06/12/08
[T]he frequency with which people are shot or drowned wears away at any attempts the film makes to be frothy or screwball.
05/01/08
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.
04/18/08
Top Critic
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.
04/18/08
Top Critic
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.
04/18/08
http://www.totalfilm.com/cinema_reviews/films_out_this_week/fools_gold
04/18/08
Like Tess and Finn, the makers of Fool's Gold are motivated by lucre, not love.
04/18/08
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.
04/18/08
I succumbed to the very occasional charms of this fair, good-natured romcom adventure and left the screening in quite a good mood.
04/18/08
Absolute tosh. A ridiculous, unerringly tedious plot is weighed down by listless performances from a cast who clearly wished they were somewhere else, despite the sumptuous locations.
04/18/08
Top Critic
Never do we believe that these two might actually be capable of hooking up off-screen, and this romantic flatness kills your appetite to keep watching.
04/15/08
The idiocy on display in this film is almost breathtaking ... but it's also far more entertaining than those slickly pretentious Hollywood thrillers.
04/10/08
... the two likable leads sink together in Fool's Gold, a leaden action adventure about treasure hunters.
03/27/08
Um dos tipos de besteira mais irritantes que existem: aquele que acredita precisar de duas horas para ser contado.
03/21/08
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