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Fool's Gold | 
 enlarge | Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Matthew Mcconaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner
Studio: Warner Bros.
Category: Movie
Buy New: $3.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 146
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 113
ASIN: B001B86S74
Theatrical Release Date: February 8, 2008
Release Date: July 21, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Fooled me! October 8, 2008
Here I thought this was going to be a cheesy chick-flick romance, but that's not all I got. If I had to sum it up, I'd call it National Treasure at sea. There was romance, of course, since the premise of the movie revolves around the hero and heroine and their failed marriage. But most of the plot and action are not about that at all, and it focuses heavily on the search for the buried (sunken) treasure.
To add to it, there's a lot of action (and violence) combined with comedy reminiscent of Bad Boys. People being flippant in serious situations and that sort of thing. The characters are an interesting mix that add to the story, and while the ending is a little predictable, getting there is all the fun.
I very much enjoyed this movie even though I went into it with low expectations. I say throw out your preconceived notions based on the promos and give it a try (if you like the National Treasure/Bad Boy type movies, of course).
 Cute but not worth fooling with September 28, 2008
Benjamin Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) in search a ship wreck with gold and other treasure alienates his wife Tess (Kate Hudson,) defaults on a loan from the local bad guy Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) and misplaces a boat.
Yet he finds a clue to the treasure and must placate Bigg Bunny, regain the appreciation of his wife, find a sugar daddy to finance his expedition and beat a rival to the claim. The sugar daddy turns out to be Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland). Nigel is on his own quest to regain if he ever had it the affection of his flibbertigibbet daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena.)
Who will find the treasure (if there really is one)?
Will love or at least lust reappear to our forlorn treasure hunting couple?
Will daddy ever get the respect of this daughter?
Will we get board watching this formula movie that tries too hard?
I watched the Blu-ray version and even though it could not save the movie, they did a terrific job on the seascape and other visuals.
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 It's good September 28, 2008
Maybe the movie isn't a 5 starer, but the fact that it's an easy / fun movie to watch puts it over the top. The music fits and adds to the enjoyment. Sutherland, Hudson, and MM do a good job. One of those movies you can watch a few times and still enjoy it.
 What an awful movie September 22, 2008
Girls, don't make your boyfriends watch this with you. If you really want to watch it, do so with your girlfriends, (along with The Notebook, just get them both out of your system) and then rent with your boyfriend to a decent flick, like, well, anything that's not this fluff without a heart to it. If you do make your boyfriend watch this pointless movie, you totally owe them a guys' night just to get it out of their heads.
Pretty good date movie - that's about it September 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Spending life as a beachbum appeals to Finn (McConaughey). So much so, in fact, that it cost him his wife Tess (Kate Hudson). She was happy to be with him for some time, chasing his dreams of finding sunken Spanish treasure, but inevitably he never managed to find gold or strike it rich. On the day of their wedding annulment, Finn finds a clue that may lead him to the riches that could make him famous and filthy rich, not to mention rekindling his marriage.
Once he links back up with Tess, the two go through relationship struggles, quirky scenarios, and with the help of a rich financier (Sutherland) and his dim-witted daughter Gemma (Dziena), they seek to find their treasures. Facing an unscrupulous and criminal opponent nicknamed Bigg Bunny (Hart) - as well as his mischievous and sometimes bumbling crew - the dangerous race is on for the treasure.
Even though this is a complete rip-off of Into the Blue, and Kate Hudson is nowhere near Jessica Alba, it's a decent date movie nonetheless. Whereas Into the Blue took the drama/suspense angle, Fool's Gold goes the romantic dramedy route. With a few good laughs, a not-so-deep plot (and an appropriate title), the next move is constantly predictable, and it never really has a chance of being hilarious or memorable in any specific way. Perhaps if the cocaine addicted sharks from Into the Blue were used, and Hudson was replaced with Alba, then this would be more highly regarded. Otherwise, it's just two pretty people with average chemistry, in an idiotic yet likeable date movie.
In the end it's like deep-sea fishing and coming up with a license plate. You're happy that something was hooked, but it's ultimately pointless.
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