I loved "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" , I thought it was really funny, it had an interesting story and it had a great cast - I just love Matthew McConaughey and his chemistry with Kate Hudson was just brilliant.
So when I saw "Fools Gold" in my housemates DVD collection, I just had to give ... Read review
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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and ... more
rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure-and-laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny. After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen's Dowry, a fabulous fortune that mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean in 1715. Now all he has to do is get the gold, get the girl and get going before Bigg Bunny gets him. Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch), Fool's Gold glitters with danger, action, romance, comedy, great one-liners - and a great time to be had by all!
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and ... more
rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure- and laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny. After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen's Dowry, a fabulous fortune that mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean in 1715. Now all he has to do is get the gold, get the girl and get going before Bigg Bunny gets him. Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch), Fool's Gold glitters with danger, action, romance, comedy, great one-liners - and a great time to be had by all!
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Advantages: McConaughey gets his top off Disadvantages: Everything else is just horrendous
I loved "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" , I thought it was really funny, it had an interesting story and it had a great cast - I just love Matthew McConaughey and his chemistry with Kate Hudson was just brilliant.
So when I saw "Fools Gold" in my housemates DVD collection, I just had to give it a go. Good Sunday night viewing, easy watching a few laughs, good rom com with lots of chemistry with Kate Hudson and Matthew ... ...Story'''
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Matthew plays Benjamin Finnegan, a sea treasure hunter. At the beginning of the film we see as he escapes death from a group of thugs whom he owes money. Kate plays Tess, the soon to be ex wife of Benjamin. They both have a love for the water, history and treasure hunting. After their divorce, they find themselves both on a luxury boat owned by multimillionaire, Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland)
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I loved "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" , I thought it was really funny, it had an interesting story and it had a great cast - I just love Matthew McConaughey and his chemistry with Kate Hudson was just brilliant.
So when I saw "Fools Gold" in my housemates DVD collection, I just had to give it a go. Good Sunday night viewing, easy watching a few laughs, good rom com with lots of chemistry with Kate Hudson and Matthew Mc.C. Right?
Wrong.
The Story =======
Matthew plays Benjamin Finnegan, a sea treasure hunter. At the beginning of the film we see as he escapes death from a group of thugs whom he owes money. Kate plays Tess, the soon to be ex wife of Benjamin. They both have a love for the water, history and treasure hunting. After their divorce, they find themselves both on a luxury boat owned by multimillionaire, Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland)
The two of them end up going on a last treasure hunt along with Honeycutt and his ditzy daughter to uncover the mystery of the 18th Century Queens Dowry.
Will they find it before Benjamin's nemesis do? Will Tess and Benjamin rekindle their romance? Do we really care??!
My Thoughts =========
I cannot begin to explain just how awful I thought this film was, but Ill certainly try.
The first 45 minutes of the film is just "setting the scene", nothing much happens at all except that the characters are set up. It was far too long winded and I was in serious danger of passing out through boredom. To top this off, there is a rather long episode (which I admit was probably necessary) where Finnegan and Tess tell the story of the Queen's Dowry to the Multimillionaire that is about to finance their adventure. It was dull, dull dull. I think that 45 minutes just to set up the characters and the premise of the story is a bit much. It wasn't exactly taxing on the brain to watch but it certainly wasn't interesting either.
Secondly, not once did I find any humour to this film, there were no funny moments that I can recall, I did not laugh and I did not crack a smile. I frowned a couple of times at the awful and predictable attempts at humour which mainly came from Tess' boss' daughter, Gemma but that was it. It was cheesy, predictable - and sometimes this works in these films - but there was nothing. Nothing at all that was truly funny about this film. Actually, I take that back. There is a rather unusual and disturbing performance played by the (usually) very good actor, Ray Winstone who has THE most horrendous American accent ever heard.
Lastly, and this was most disappointing of all, was the chemistry between Hudson and McConaughey. It was like they were just going through the motions and I in turn felt nothing for them. I'm not sure what happened in their personal lives/acting since the making of "How to lose A Guy" but it seems they had lost any spark there was between them. I really couldn't care less if they managed to rekindle their marriage or if Hudsons character jumped off the boat to be eaten by sharks whilst McConaughey runs off with the millionaires daughter.
The ending of the film sees them involved in lots more action, you would think this would be the point where things start to get interesting, but still, I felt nothing, it was all so predictable, bad guys chasing the good guys, the good guys getting out of sticky situations right at the last minute, there was nothing interesting there at all and my heart certainly wasn't racing with excitement. Ray Winstone's character makes more of an appearnce in these scenes, so there is more smirks at his appalling accent which helped me get through the final scenes but thats it.
I would have turned the film off after the first 45 minutes, but as I knew I would end up reviewing it (so awful, I just had to!) I watched, completely bored and without even cracking a smile to the end.
One good thing about this - McConaughey has his top off during his second scene on screen. This is about 10 minutes in, so watch til there, then switch off I say.
A complete waste of time overall, admittedly there are some pretty settings (there was something going on behind McConaughey and his beautiful chest anyway) but other than that, appalling acting, ridiculous chase scenes and absoloutely zilch chemistry from the leading actors.
Certificate: 12 Year: 2008 Duration: 1 hour 48 mins approx
Advantages: Fun, raw adventure comedy Disadvantages: Some accents, and it's nothing special
...character mould in this film, Fool's Gold, where he is on an eternal quest for sunken treasure in the Caribbean.
McConaughey plays Finn, a high octane fun loving guy whose marriage to Tess (Kate Hudson) is about to come to an end as all he is concerned with is hunting the £500 million treasure that was rumoured to have sunk in a storm over 200 years previously somewhere off the coast of a small island in the Caribbean. A series of comic events lands ... ...to the right place.
Fool's Gold takes the winning formula of McConaughey and Hudson from How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and throws them in the water for a couple of hours, pausing every now and then to allow them a few chases and arguments.........as you do! The acting is solid throughout, although a couple of accents needed a bit of work. Winstone was cast as an American, which he seemed to keep forgetting (reminding me of his performance in the ...
pmcds 07.04.2009
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Advantages: Funny moments, good chemistry between characters Disadvantages: Not the best romantic comedy ever
I was browsing through Lovefilm looking for some films to add to my rental list when I came across Fool’s Gold. It’s a film starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey so I thought it might be quite good, the only thing that worried me was that I don’t remember it coming out at the cinema. However I decided I would give it a go.
The film tells the story of Ben (called Finn) and Tess Finnegan a married couple about to divorces in Cuba. They have ... ...loves Finn he is not very dependable. They both have a desire to find the Queens Dowry treasure which was lost when a Spanish ship sunk in the 1700’s. Finn discovers something which he thinks will lead him to the find but in the process manages to spectacularly blow up then sink his boat. Meanwhile Tess is working as a steward on billionaire Nigel Honeycutt’s yacht but not really happy. Finn hatches a plan to try to get both Tess and Nigel on his ...
AJ26 12.10.2009
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Advantages: Matthew McConaughey, nice scenery Disadvantages: Everything else
Finn (Matthew McConaughey) and his estranged wife Tess (Kate Hudson) were treasure hunters however as of recent, Tess has been working as a steward on a boat while Finn is still out at sea looking for whatever treasure he can uncover. When Finn finally finds the exact location of what him and Tess have been searching for, for years, he informs his wife who reluctantly agrees to accompany him along with Tess’s millionaire boss and his spoilt daughter, ... ...Finn’s mentor is intent on finding the treasure first at all costs…
After seeing the brilliant How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days starring the two main actors in this film I was excited to see the pair reunited for the first time in about 7 years as they shared great chemistry in their earlier pairing. I never got round to seeing this at the cinema so bought it on DVD when it came out and I must say I was extremely disappointed.
The chemistry that the ...
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Advantages: exotic location Disadvantages: amout of extras
Fool’s gold Running: 112 minutes Categorie: adventure Year: 2006 Director: Andy Tennant Language: English Country: USA Extra’s: no Actors: Matthew McConaughey as Ben Finnegan Kate Hudson as Tess Finnegan Donald Sutherland as Nigel Honeycutt Alexis Dziena as Gemma Honeycutt Ray Winstone as Moe Fitch == Story == Benn Finnagan has a dream and a passion all his life. His passion is to find treasures in deep sea where old ships found there resting place ... ...search for adventure he seduced his wife Tess into his life. They have been together for 8 years and for 8 years long they have been looking for treasures and have been unsuccessful all those years. Tess is sick of the searching and has had it with Benn and is ready to divorce him. They only need to sign the papers when Benn does the discovery of a lifetime. While loosing his ship on a horrible expedition he founds a piece (clue) from a old ship ...
JL132 30.09.2009
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Advantages: Nice Locations Disadvantages: Duff Storyline, Seen It All Before
Sometimes a girl will say she's slowly turning into her mother. Well I guess that's true is you're names Kate Hudson and our mother's Goldie Hawn. That's because Fools Gold is the kind of frothy tosh that her mother starred in back in the day.
After their last pairing was a huge success, Hudson reteams with Matthew McConaughey in this tale of buried treasure.
Tess and Benjamin are an estranged couple who are about to get divorced. Tess has had ... ...of lost treasure that has eaten up all their money. On an underwater rec, Benjamin comes across remains of a long lost treasure and soon he sees his fortune. But he's needs Tess on board and some financial help from her incredibly rich boss Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland). What ensues is a tale of hijinks as the motley crew battle with a bunch of bad guys also after the loot and try and find the spark in their romance again.
The problem with ...
utero 28.01.2009
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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 everyone knows, the secret to good comedy is timing. But 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 ...
I have seen quite a few films this week, and have been really enjoying seeing so many different genres of films. The film that I chose to review this week which I enjoyed 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 good.
The film starts with Ben Finn (Matthew 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 ...
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 ...
Contains moderate violence, sex references and one use of strong language
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Feature Film
Country Of Origin
United States of America
Plot
In this action-comedy hybrid, the pair plays a divorced couple who reunite to search for sunken treasure.
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DVD
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WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
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Main Language
English
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Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
After starring in the romantic comedy hit HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson up the action ante for this adventure film. In this action-comedy hybrid, the pair plays a divorced couple who reunite to search for sunken treasure. Andy Tennant (HITCH, SWEET HOME ALABAMA) directs a cast that also includes Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, and Ray Winstone.
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