Once the eye candy value wears off, there's precious little left to salvage from this awkward and only mildly diverting genre bender
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02/04/08
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,... [More]
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner
Director: Andy Tennant
Reviews for Fool's Gold
Top CriticFool's gold, indeed.
02/08/08
Top CriticI 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 CriticI Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated This Movie!!!!!!!!!
07/22/08
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10/18/08
In Fool’s Gold Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, as golden as a pair of rotisserie chickens, squabble and cavort in a tropical paradise.
02/07/08
Top CriticThe screenplay works hard to make sense of all the situations and characters and for the most part does a plausible job. While the jokes fall flat sometimes, it's not for lack of trying.
02/08/08
[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
You might even forget you're watching a movie and think you're having flashbacks to Us Weekly.
02/08/08
The physical spark between the two shaggy blondes that made How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days the perfect airplane movie is 20 fathoms under sea.
02/11/08
A sublimely ironic deconstruction of cinematic conventions? If only. What we have here is filmmaking that is forced, flimsy and flaky. At best.
02/10/08
The movie lost me right from the beginning, when I couldn’t accept any of its plot premises and didn’t believe in any of its characters.
02/06/08
The only people who will get any enjoyment out of this feature are those who love to ogle Matthew McConaughey shirtless ...
02/07/08
This is garbage. It's pretty garbage inhabited by pretty people in pretty surroundings, but it's still garbage.
02/25/08
The best thing you can say about Fool's Gold is that it gets less bad as it goes along.
02/08/08
Fool's Gold is the cinematic equivalent of going to the Caribbean for vacation. You won't be visiting any great museums, taking in any palaces, marveling at any opulent cathedrals or doing much of anything to stretch your intellect. But you will
02/28/08
Fool's Gold offers small compensation -- a listless romantic comedy that, almost out of desperation, turns a little more violent than necessary near the end.
02/05/08
Top CriticFool's Gold can't help but feel like one of the larger disappointments found in this new year of filmgoing. I mean, how often does a seafaring actioner come along, and then the guy hired to direct it is Andy Tennant?
02/07/08
An inane script buries good actors who have terrific chemistry... A convoluted treasure hunt plot and sinking sentimentality don't help.
02/13/08
Not offensive. Not icky. Not even naughty. Just stupid.
02/08/08
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