If you're in the mood for a boring by the numbers romantic comedy, this is for you.
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02/10/08
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.
Theatrical Release:18-04-2008
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
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
An extended cruise ship commercial run through the blender with "Gilligan's Island" sub-plots and slacker pratfalls. A teenager's story about treasure hunting that not even a teen-ager could love.
02/09/08
After this bomb, McConaughey's next project should be a reality show called "Pimp My Abs."
02/09/08
...never aspires to much, but it's easy on the eyes, a vicarious Caribbean vacation, a beach read on a rainy day.
02/09/08
Maybe the most telling commentary is that Even though the two leading actresses spend much of their time in bikinis, the largest breasts in the film belong to Matthew McConaughey.
02/09/08
While Fool's Gold is hardly a treasure, it might make a worthy investment.
02/09/08
"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
Director Andy Tennant seems to have found a mythical Zen space of bad comedic timing.
02/08/08
Fool's Gold makes Six Days, Seven Nights look like Raiders of the Lost Ark. It makes Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End look like Pirates: Curse of the Black Pearl. It makes Into the Blue look like everything
02/08/08
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson have the spar-flirt formula down pat.
02/08/08
Alas, the nautical romantic comedy constitutes a missed opportunity—a voyage to Red Lobster in a dinghy—mostly thanks to mediocre directing.
02/08/08
Not only do we not care about the lost treasure, their characters aren't developed enough for us to give a hoot, so nothing about this story strikes gold.
02/08/08
It's not a complete power failure, but it's close.
02/08/08
A comedy with no jokes is more like a dulledy.
02/08/08
This movie feels very generic and very, very long; after it's over, you might need a little sunscreen for your brain.
02/08/08
So intricate, so convoluted and so full of various character names that it becomes impossible to follow.
02/08/08
The action does kick in eventually, but director Andy Tennant's staging is uninspired. The picture also grows more violent than you might expect -- a development that smacks of desperation.
02/08/08
The plot gets messier without getting funnier, and there's something distasteful about the way the movie treats its black Bahamian characters.
02/08/08
The movie winds up as a lot of pretty people sitting around a movie set waiting for a director and writers to strike comic or romantic gold. At least their tans were 24 karat.
02/08/08
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