Fool's Gold (2008)
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
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, violent, and sexy treasure hunt. Part romantic comedy, part deep-sea diving adventure, FOOL'S GOLD... 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, violent, and sexy treasure hunt. Part romantic comedy, part deep-sea diving adventure, FOOL'S GOLD is set in the beautiful seas and sunny shores of Key West, where Tess (Hudson) and Finn (McConaughey) are set to meet for divorce proceedings. Fed up with Finn's money-squandering lifestyle, Tess can't wait to be rid of him so she can return to the academic pursuits she abandoned seven years earlier, when the two lovebirds embarked on a romantic globe-spanning hunt for rumored treasure. But as fate would have it, Tess just happens to work aboard a yacht owned by Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), the same rich man Finn has his sights on as a prospective benefactor for his latest diving debacle. Suspecting this, Tess encourages Nigel to sail off as soon as the divorce papers are in her hands, but their departure is delayed when Nigel's spoiled heiress daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), arrives. Using his sex appeal and daredevil charm, Finn maneuvers his way aboard the ship and into Gemma's heart, not even knowing that Tess, whom he hopes to win back, is also on deck. Once the secret is out, the two must decide whether to part ways or to use a fresh clue to find the treasure they've been seeking for a decade. With Gemma's youthful naiveté, Nigel's aging wisdom, death threats from some villain gangster rappers, treasure hunting competition, and lots of sexual chemistry driving them, the two succumb to the spontaneity that runs through their blood and go for the gold in more ways than one. FOOL'S GOLD boasts lively performances from a solid cast that brings the film's clever, quick humor to life. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Alexis Dziena
Screenwriter: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman, Andy Tennant
Story: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman
Producer: Donald DeLine, Bernie Goldmann, Jon Klane
Composer: George Fenton
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 17, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Featurette - 1. FLIRTING WITH ADVENTURE: THE MCCONAUGHEY-HUDSON CHEMISTRY
- Gagreel - Laugh-Happy Gag Reel
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Reviews
As fluffy and mindless as its promotional materials may have indicated...
I Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated This Movie!!!!!!!!!
...more silly than romantic, more frantic than comedic, and more busy than adventurous.
[T]he frequency with which people are shot or drowned wears away at any attempts the film makes to be frothy or screwball.
Matthew McConaughey, whose continuing Hollywood career deserves a separate chapter in any future book by Richard Dawkins on the non-existence of God, is reunited for this romcom caper with Kate Hudson, herself uncompromisingly abysmal in everything.
A ghastly romantic comedy about a race to find a 17th-century Spanish wreck full of treasure. The film is completely dead behind the eyes.
No amount of gratuitous McConaughey ab-flashing (he never stops) or the parading of Kate Hudson in a weeny bikini can scrape this one off the sea bed. Plankton would be insulted.
http://www.totalfilm.com/cinema_reviews/films_out_this_week/fools_gold
Like Tess and Finn, the makers of Fool's Gold are motivated by lucre, not love.
To inject drama, the anaemic plot contorts to spin danger out of Finn’s debt to an island owning gangsta rapper (Kevin Hart), and his rivalry with his mentor.
I succumbed to the very occasional charms of this fair, good-natured romcom adventure and left the screening in quite a good mood.
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.
Never do we believe that these two might actually be capable of hooking up off-screen, and this romantic flatness kills your appetite to keep watching.
The idiocy on display in this film is almost breathtaking ... but it's also far more entertaining than those slickly pretentious Hollywood thrillers.
... the two likable leads sink together in Fool's Gold, a leaden action adventure about treasure hunters.
Um dos tipos de besteira mais irritantes que existem: aquele que acredita precisar de duas horas para ser contado.
IF THERE IS A ROMANTIC-COMEDY HELL, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson surely stand at the gates waving people in.
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