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Fool's Gold
Warner Bros. Pictures
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FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for action violence, some sexual material, brief nudity and language
Starring
Matthew McConaughey,
Kate Hudson,
Donald Sutherland,
Ewen Bremner,
Alexis Dziena,
Kevin Hart,
and
Ray Winstone
Ben "Finn" Finnegan is an affable, modern-day treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry--40 chests of priceless treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess. Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt, Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure's whereabouts. Much to Tess' consternation, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel's yacht and, using his roguish charm, convinces the tycoon and his celebutante daughter, Gemma, to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish riches. Even Tess can't resist the lure of finally uncovering the treasure that had eluded them for so long. But they are not the only ones after the prize. Finn's one-time mentor, Moe Fitch, and a ruthless local gangster named Bigg Bunny are intent on beating Finn to the trove. Let the treasure hunt begin. (Warner Bros.)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
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Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
John Claflin
Daniel Zelman
Andy Tennant
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Andy Tennant
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 17, 2008
Theatrical: February 8, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
110 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Engaging though flimsy, lively though occasionally tone-deaf, it's a movie that thrives on the strength of its affable co-stars and a sense of adventure that provides just enough brio to get audiences through some energy-sapping rough spots.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The movie isn't entirely successful as a romance or as an adventure, which makes the experience of watching it feel shallow and hollow, sort of like the stars and the plot.

58
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Tennant keeps his extravagantly stupid new comedy breezing along affably on the strength of photogenic locales, obscenely beautiful stars, a laid-back soundtrack, and a wholesale unwillingness to take itself the least bit seriously.

50
Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
A movie that keeps reminding you of its antecedents, all the way back to 1984 and the comic adventure “Romancing the Stone.”

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
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.

50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Will Finn and Tess find the treasure before the bad guys? Will they put aside their differences and rekindle their love? Yes to both questions! I haven’t spoiled anything, by the way. But perhaps I’ve saved you some trouble.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Just how long will it be before Matthew McConaughey finally fulfills his destiny by dropping out of Hollywood and opening a chain of nudist colonies? His heart clearly isn't in acting right now, so when it was time to make Fool's Gold, he asked his abs to do the job for him.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Fool's Gold isn't so much a film as an opportunity to pay homage to Matthew McConaughey's impressive physique.

42
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The treasure hunt in Fool's Gold is, of course, meant to be about more than money. But the only reason for this movie to exist is to make money.

40
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
A soggy, listless affair, this would-be fun-in-the-sun sunken-treasure frivolity starts taking on water from the get-go, thanks to drawn-out exposition and languid pacing.

40
Variety
Brian Lowry
A listless romantic comedy that, almost out of desperation, turns a little more violent than necessary near the end.

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Of COURSE it's bad. It was always going to be. But it's worse than necessary.

38
TV Guide
Ken Fox
We already knew Hudson and McConaughey weren't exactly Gable and Lombard from their first romantic pairing in "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days," but director Andy Tennant's complete lack of inventiveness comes as a surprise.

38
USA Today
Claudia Puig
The jewels in the buried treasure, once sighted, look fake. But the bigger problem is how artificial the whole story feels.

38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
No doubt conceived as an underwater version of "National Treasure," Andy Tennant's film plays like a Three Stooges movie with scuba gear.

30
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Sorry deep-sea adventure.

30
Washington Post
John Anderson
Any more than two writers on a movie usually spells trouble. On the other hand, that two of the three scribes responsible for Fool's Gold have previously specialized in horror makes perfect sense.

30
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Fool's Gold could easily have been released in 1977, and there's a sort of laid-back, timeless, Gerald Ford feel to the movie: the resolution is never in doubt, the villains are comedic rather than menacing, and no one involved seems to care one way or the other that their names are attached to this indifferent mess.

30
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Sutherland is the only actor in Fool's Gold who isn't trying too hard, perhaps because he doesn't have to. He's the movie's only treasure, hidden in plain sight.

30
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
It's a big, cheesy, familiar bore. With its garland of set pieces featuring Matthew McConaughey in mortal danger strung together by beach-groovy musical hooks, Fool's Gold feels at times like a third-rate Bond movie set to a Jimmy Buffett album.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A romantic comedy and an adventure story, but in this case that just means it bombs in two distinct ways.

25
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
A tedious adventure-romance.

25
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Kate Hudson is as blah and dazed as her costar is cloyingly enthused. If it's possible to have too even a tan, Hudson in Fool's Gold would be the poster child for it.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Excruciatingly lame and laughless romantic comedy.

25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Fool's Gold starts flat and then deflates because of torpid pacing and flailing performances.

20
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
Fool’s Gold is the latest romantic comedy from Tennant, who is very possibly the worst director working in Hollywood today. "Fools Rush In." "Ever After." "Sweet Home Alabama." Hitch: I ask you, has anyone done more in the last 10 years to make love seem totally unappetizing?

20
Empire
Simon Braund
Absolute 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.

0
Village Voice
Scott Foundas
Fool's Gold is the sort of movie that makes you look more kindly upon the WGA strike. It isn't merely bad--it's so desperate that the actors can scarcely conceal their contempt for the material.

0
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's early in the year, but I defy any 2008 comedy to be as stupid, slack and sexless as Fool's Gold. And I'm counting Paris Hilton's appalling "The Hottie and the Nottie," which is marginally better.


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