Review: Fool’s Gold
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By: The Dweeb
June 2008
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Ugh, I am really loathe tow write about this movie,but its my job to watch this stuff so you don’t have to. Fool’s Gold is supposed to be an adventure romantic comedy film, at least the marketing makes it look that way. Unfortunately what we get is a tedious, formulaic mess that will have you wishing that you were somewhere on beach instead of watching this thing. I was really hoping for something along the lines of Romancing The Stone, instead you have to sit through 112 minutes of lame jokes and banter, obvious continuity errors and Matthew McConaughey’s bare chest. Dude, you work out we get it! You pay your trainer well. Its just not that funny, or entertaining. I’m willing to bet the film was greenlit because the cast and crew could get a free vacation out of this movie. Yeah, they worked hard on this one.
The film is about a married couple who are basically on the rocks and get divorced because Tess (Kate Hudson) can’t stand her slacker husband Finn (Matthew McConaughey) anymore who can’t seem to get anything right (the opening scene is his boat catching fire and sinking). He spends his entire life looking for this legendary treasure buried in the Caribbean somewhere. He’s an annoying mimbo, and somehow very lucky. Oh and they drive home the point he’s great in the sack. At least Finn is good for something. So from this setup I was expecting a fun adventure with Russian mobsters and maybe a real farce like movie in a Scavenger Hunt sort of way you know? Where the race to the treasure becomes really absurd and hilarious. Nah, we don’t really have that. Instead we get a lame rapper named Bunny (Kevin Hart) who is supposed to be a bad guy, and then they decide to throw in Finn’s former arch rival Moe (Ray Winstone) as well for really no reason as he didn’t serve to move the plot forward. Then at the end, the film takes a surprisingly violent turn for a comedy. Sure, a little gun play here and there is okay, but I think it was a bit much. I just couldn’t buy it from a guy named Bunny.
The casting for this film was nothing to write home about. I thought the chemistry between Matthew and Kate was awkward, and the rest of the characters were pretty dull anyway there wasn’t anyone standing out. I have to wonder why the great Donald Sutherland chose to play in this film with that awful fake British accent. What the hell was he doing here anyway? Did we really need to involve a rich billionaire and his completely irritating and unfunny pop tart daughter (Alexis Dziena) in this film? Seriously guys, why would a rich man care about getting his hands on a little bit more cash. What was his investment in this? Goodwill? A chance to use a superyacht as a center piece of the film? Yeah, thats probably it. Hey at least my man Malcolm-Jamal Warner finally found some decent work with that Rastafarian look. Yah man!
This disc package for the film is very bare bones, and probably for good reason. Who would want to sit through more of this stuff? Its typical material, mostly of the blowing smoke up each other’s butts variety. Oh I love working with so and so… The Flirting with Adventure video is ironic as it talks about their on screen chemistry together. Where is it? The editing room floor?
Fool’s Gold is definitely like the name implies, not the real deal. Only fools will probably enjoy this movie. Go find something else to watch, unless your on an airplane in which case this film certainly in your future.
Reviewer’s Opinion: BORROW IT!!
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