Fool's Gold DVD

Advantages: nice scenery
Disadvantages: dull characters

...watching was a film called Fool's Gold. Personally I hadn't even heard about it until a friend mentioned it was really funny and a great film, once I looked into it I noticed my magazine had reviewed it and given it a good rating. I also noticed the two main stars of the film are Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey who have worked together previously in one of my favourite films 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days' so I was hoping this would be just as ...
...McConaughey), who we find out is a treasure hunter, looking for treasure lost at sea in the 1700's. While dedicating his time to looking for this treasure, his marriage to Tess (Kate Hudson) isn't going too well. Finn then gets a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure and manages to get onto Nigel Honeycutt's (Donald Sutherland) yacht a millionaire whom Tess is now working for which Finn doesn't know at the time. Also with Nigel is his daughter ... Read review

Advantages: Some nice underwater photography.
Disadvantages: Pedestrian direction, uninspired writing, lazy performances.

Finn is obsessed with finding the legendary Queen's Dowry, lost at sea in 1715. He has poured everything he had into the treasure hunt, including his marriage to Tess. Just as Tess is managing to rebuild her life, working aboard millionaire Nigel Honeycutt's yacht, Finn manages to get on board and convince Nigel and his dim daughter Gemma to join the quest. But Finn's former mentor Moe and a gangster named Bigg Bunny are also hot on the trail… As ...
...it's the one thing "Fool's Gold" director Andy Tennant lacks on a grand scale. Many gags are allowed to go on way too long. This is especially true of the opening scene where we see calamity unfold on Finn's boat while he and his dive partner remain oblivious; sadly this sets the scene for all to follow. But it isn't just the sight gags that fail to tickle the funny bone; the slapstick is also laboured. You can see the pratfalls coming a mile off ... Read review

Advantages: Great cast, special effects
Disadvantages: Predictable action

...Fool's gold is the movie that makes you feel that you're in one of the best vacations for 112 minutes. It has action, adventure and humor, all in equal quantities. The best thing is that they've put Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, we know they look good in the movie How to lose a guy in ten days. Matthew plays the role of Ben "Finn" Finnegan, a treasure hunter who dedicates his whole energy trying to find 40 chests full of lost gold in the depths of the sea in the year 1715. Unfortunately this treasure hunt "helps" him lose his wife, Tess(Kate) whom he tries to win over. In this combination we have Donald Sutherland who plays the role of a billionaire who can sponsor Finn's campaign and Alexis Dzien in the role of the daughter who seems to be a pretty close relative of Kelly Bundy. Director Andy Tennant did a great job... Read review

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Advantages: Kate and Matthews chemistry, some funny parts, easy to watch
Disadvantages: simple plot, sometimes cheesy, gets a bit boring

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Advantages: a few obvious but funny moments
Disadvantages: Could have been better and had more potential than it showed

...When Finn (Matthew McConaughey) finally stumbles upon a clue as to the location of the lost Spanish treasure he has spent his life looking for the timing couldn't be worse. Having just seen his boat sink and his wife Tess (Kate Hudson) divorcing him, he is still determined to find the treasure they had both spent years looking for. Somehow he manages to convince Tess and the millionaire whose boat she is working on to help him find the treasure. Of course an old employer of Finn has been employed by the owner of the Island to find the treasure as well and what ensues is a race between the two teams to find the treasure first. I wasn't particularly sure what to expect from Fool's Gold. I'd originally assumed, wrongly, that it was going to be another film in the Dirk Pitt series following on from Sahara. So I went along to the cinema... Read review

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