Fool's gold, indeed.
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02/08/08
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 CriticOnce 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 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 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
That two of the three scribes responsible for Fool's Gold have previously specialized in horror makes perfect sense.
02/07/08
Top CriticMatthew McConaughey goes beefcake in blah romcom.
02/07/08
The script is fatally stupid, most of the gags fall flat, the secondary characters add little, Hudson fails to make anything interesting out of the exasperated heroine, and the endless references to McConaughey's sexual prowess finally become revolting.
02/07/08
Fool's Gold, like its namesake, is a poor substitute for the real thing, which is feeling rarer all the time.
02/07/08
May have been filmed in a new process: Pectoralscope.
02/08/08
An inane script buries good actors who have terrific chemistry... A convoluted treasure hunt plot and sinking sentimentality don't help.
02/13/08
It would be nice to say that Hudson and McConaughey connect the same way they did in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, but the fitful chemistry from that film has all but evaporated here.
02/06/08
Nothing but a flimsy excuse for McConaughey to spend half of his screen time shirtless.
02/07/08
You might even forget you're watching a movie and think you're having flashbacks to Us Weekly.
02/08/08
The only people who will get any enjoyment out of this feature are those who love to ogle Matthew McConaughey shirtless ...
02/07/08
Yo-Ho-Ho hum.
10/01/08
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 CriticAbsolute 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 CriticA bad movie, bad in almost every respect, bad as adventure and bad as romance and bad as comedy. It's really completely bad.
02/12/08
It's going to be dragged through the critical mud because it's not "Atonement."
02/06/08
While Fool's Gold is hardly a treasure, it might make a worthy investment.
02/09/08
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