Fool’s Gold is so predictable that seeing the trailer is essentially the same as seeing the movie.
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02/11/08
Fool's Gold (2008)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:0
Rotten:29
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: With little chemistry among the performers, humorless gags, and a predictable storyline, Fool's Gold fails on every level.
Theatrical Release:Feb 8, 2008 Wide
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
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Reviews for Fool's Gold
Top CriticNot 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
Top CriticIt's not a complete power failure, but it's close.
02/08/08
Top CriticSo intricate, so convoluted and so full of various character names that it becomes impossible to follow.
02/08/08
Top CriticAt least costume designer Ngila Dickson didn't have to work too hard on McConaughey's wardrobe.
02/08/08
Top CriticNothing about the movie is memorable, unless you happen to be McConaughey's undoubtedly proud personal trainer.
02/08/08
Top CriticThere are several dazzlingly pretty but profoundly dumb characters in Fool's Gold, characteristics they share with the film itself.
02/08/08
Top CriticAnything can happen -- anything except anything remotely entertaining.
02/08/08
Top CriticA semi-adventure and even less of a romantic comedy, only pretends to whip up excitement.
02/08/08
Top CriticYou might even forget you're watching a movie and think you're having flashbacks to Us Weekly.
02/08/08
Top CriticIt's so riddled with complications and exposition (a queen's dowry, hurricanes, libraries in Spain) you wish the audience had just been handed an appendix and footnotes that covered the boring parts.
02/08/08
Top CriticIt is such a prefabricated, false-feeling, scattered and awkward stab at a romantic comedy you feel embarrassed for everyone involved and sorry for anyone who spends money on a ticket expecting a decent date movie.
02/08/08
Top CriticWhat didn't figure into the equation was fresh writing.
02/08/08
Top Critic[A] sorry deep-sea adventure.
02/08/08
Top CriticWhen I was bored watching it (which is to say often) I thought about admiring the hard work McConaughey did for this picture and how all that work appears to have gone into his abs.
02/08/08
Top CriticIt's a mindless Funjet excursion that doesn't take as long, cost as much or leave you as sunburned.
02/08/08
Top CriticIn 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 CriticIt'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.
02/07/08
Top CriticI can't think of why anyone would want to endure this soggy mess.
02/07/08
Top CriticFool's Gold is a movie that keeps reminding you of its antecedents, all the way back to 1984 and the comic adventure Romancing the Stone.
02/07/08
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October 12, 2008:
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August 15, 2008:
Hero-Movies.com: McConaughey's sexy beach bum feeds his obsession for 40 lost chests of gold, while Kate smacks around lots of big, burly men who pretend to be terrified, in this snoozer treasure hunt travelogue.
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