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Fool's Gold (2008)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 127

With little chemistry among the performers, humorless gags, and a predictable storyline, Fool's Gold fails on every level.

Average Rating: 3.2/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 31

With little chemistry among the performers, humorless gags, and a predictable storyline, Fool's Gold fails on every level.

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days co-stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey re-team on the big screen for this adventurous tale about a treasure-hunting couple whose eight-year quest for the ultimate prize has left them flat broke and fresh out of gas. Ben "Finn" Finnegan (McConaughey) is a treasure hunter who has made it his mission in life to track down the Queen's Dowry -- a legendary collection of 40 chests filled with priceless treasure, and lost at sea in 1715. But in his single-minded quest

PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.

Action & Adventure, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Andy Tennant

Written By: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman, Andy Tennant

In Theaters: Feb 8, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Jun 17, 2008

Box Office:$70.2M

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Fool's Gold

All Critics (146) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (130) | DVD (17)

Fool's Gold is so predictable that seeing the trailer is essentially the same as seeing the movie.

February 11, 2008 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

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.

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

It's not a complete power failure, but it's close.

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

So intricate, so convoluted and so full of various character names that it becomes impossible to follow.

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

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.

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

At least costume designer Ngila Dickson didn't have to work too hard on McConaughey's wardrobe.

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Fool's Gold is a decently charming movie, not a bad couple of hours diversion (once anyway) especially if you come across it while channel surfing, but not much more.

March 22, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

The comedy, though, is broad and only mildly effective and the banter lacks edge and wit.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Screen International

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John Hazelton

Screen International

Yo-Ho-Ho hum.

October 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Hollywood.com

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Kit Bowen

Hollywood.com

Just because these two pretty people flirted and pratfell well once, doesn't mean they can do it again--especially when they're trying to do it with such a clunker of a script on their hands.

September 8, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com Source: ReelzChannel.com

As fluffy and mindless as its promotional materials may have indicated...

July 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

I Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated This Movie!!!!!!!!!

July 22, 2008 Full Review | Comments (3)

Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

The film's final half hour does feature some decent action though, but by that point, you don't really care.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium

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JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Emporium

When you like a movie's music more than its story or characters, you know the thing's in trouble. (Blu-ray Edition)

June 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...more silly than romantic, more frantic than comedic, and more busy than adventurous.

June 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

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.

June 5, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

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Fool's Gold had the potential of being a good comedy film, but the problem with the film is that it's bloated with overused clich�s from previous comedies, thus everything you'd expect that will happen, happens. I thought that the film started off well enough to be a good, fun comedy film. However, halfway through the

November 10, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Terrible film, just purely pathetic and unfunny.

August 17, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

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