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
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
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 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
Screen couplings that work are things to be treasured. In that sense, Fool's Gold is as close to the real thing as we've come in a while.
02/08/08
As fluffy and mindless as its promotional materials may have indicated...
07/28/08
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
While Fool's Gold is hardly a treasure, it might make a worthy investment.
02/09/08
Thought it falters almost as often as it succeeds, Fool's Gold has an odd, low-key appeal.
02/25/08
A modestly entertaining genre pick that doesn't take itself too seriously.
02/08/08
It's going to be dragged through the critical mud because it's not "Atonement."
02/06/08
along the lines of Romancing the Stone or Six Days, Seven Nights... without the old man macking on the lesbian
02/08/08
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson have the spar-flirt formula down pat.
02/08/08
McConaughey makes an amiable enough fool, and the sunny, spirited Hudson is just as Gold(ie) as ever. For a mainstream February release, this one isn't so bad.
02/07/08
Surprisingly enjoyable.
05/16/08
"Fool's Gold" is the second pairing on screen of McConaughey and Hudson, and their chemistry makes them seem like they've been together forever
02/08/08
Get ready to heat up February and prepare for another love struck film.
02/06/08
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 Critic[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
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