It's a mindless Funjet excursion that doesn't take as long, cost as much or leave you as sunburned.
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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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticMay have been filmed in a new process: Pectoralscope.
02/08/08
It's no more nor less than International Treasure: Book of Sea Crests.
02/08/08
along the lines of Romancing the Stone or Six Days, Seven Nights... without the old man macking on the lesbian
02/08/08
A modestly entertaining genre pick that doesn't take itself too seriously.
02/08/08
Harmless but seriously wit-deficient.
02/08/08
The 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
The only people who will get any enjoyment out of this feature are those who love to ogle Matthew McConaughey shirtless ...
02/07/08
Fool's Gold really pushes the violence level way out of proportion. It also pushes our level of tolerance for exposition.
02/07/08
It was co-written by the authors of "Anaconda 2" and the director of "Hitch" and the Drew Barrymore version of the Amy Fisher story and even by those less-than-robust standards, they are playing well below their respective high-water marks
02/07/08
Does Matthew McConaughey's contract call for him to be shirtless for a specific amount of time in every movie?
02/07/08
as pretty as it is dumb
02/07/08
Kate Hudson stars opposite Matthew McConaughey's tanned torso in this forced, unfunny attempt at something Romancing the Stone made look so effortless.
02/07/08
Like its namesake, this one is all glitter.
02/07/08
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 CriticFool's Gold, like its namesake, is a poor substitute for the real thing, which is feeling rarer all the time.
02/07/08
Fool's Gold is like The Three Stooges meets Gilligan's Island. I did laugh a few times, mainly to keep myself awake, but there's very little funny about these cardboard characters.
02/07/08
Fool'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
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
It's a flat, listless movie all the way around, the kind where you know exactly how every scene will end the moment it begins.
02/07/08
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