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Fool's Gold Reviews

2008 Certificate 12
  • 60
  • from 19,239 members

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 .. Read more

Starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner
Director Andy Tennant
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Romance

Buy From: £4.43

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  • Critics' reviews of Fool's Gold

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  • 3 stars out of

    Andy Tennants Caribbean treasure-hunt comedy uses Romancing the Stone as a rough template for Kate Hudson and... read more on Time Out

    • Derek Adams, 
    • Time Out
  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Fool's Gold

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  • 25 out of 25 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    jeez, has it finished yet?

    My teenage son really wanted to see this film. Maybe it would have been better if it wasn't such a long film, a lot of the time was spent on the location ... more

      • A customer from Northants
  • 14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    Rubbish

    I was expecting fools gold to be really good coz it had the people from 'how to loose a guy in 10 days' in it, but it wasnt. It was sooooooo boring and ... more

      • Hannah13 from Chichester
  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    A good ole fashion treasure hunt!!

    I REALLY missed seeing a good treasure hunt movie like this. If treasure hunts are your cup of tea then this movie has it all and delivers in spades!! Action, ... more

      • A customer from SW London
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of Fool's Gold

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Matthew never fails to deliver..

    This film is another classic by Matthew & Kate!! Absolutley loved it!!!!

      • A customer from Tewkesbury
  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Oh Dear, oh dear, oh dear

    Watched this on a flight back from Cyprus and would have prefered turbulence to break up the monotony. In fact if we'd had a decent bit of turbulence they ... more

      • A customer from 36,000 ft
  • 25 out of 25 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    jeez, has it finished yet?

    My teenage son really wanted to see this film. Maybe it would have been better if it wasn't such a long film, a lot of the time was spent on the location ... more

      • A customer from Northants
  • 14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    Rubbish

    I was expecting fools gold to be really good coz it had the people from 'how to loose a guy in 10 days' in it, but it wasnt. It was sooooooo boring and ... more

      • Hannah13 from Chichester
  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    A good ole fashion treasure hunt!!

    I REALLY missed seeing a good treasure hunt movie like this. If treasure hunts are your cup of tea then this movie has it all and delivers in spades!! Action, ... more

      • A customer from SW London
  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Oh Dear, oh dear, oh dear

    Watched this on a flight back from Cyprus and would have prefered turbulence to break up the monotony. In fact if we'd had a decent bit of turbulence they ... more

      • A customer from 36,000 ft
  • 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    fool s gold

    A good family film for most ages a good watch

      • CAROL1 from Pontefract
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Very Poor!

    This is the first film in a long time that I have turned off half way through - yawn!!

    Tired of Matthew M showing off his chest and Kate Hudson being... more

      • A customer from Cambridge
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    poor

    waste of time. slow starting, never got going. poor story line.

      • A customer from Bournemouth
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Fools Gold

    Excellent action and humour - thoroughly enjoyed.

      • A customer from Stockport
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Fool's Gold

    This turned out to be a much better film than we both anticipated. So it's an old fashioned treasure under the sea in an old galleon type film, but the ... more

      • Smoggie from The Boro
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Unbearable....and i'm not joking

    This film was on the way back from a holiday on the plane. I started watching it but then it got cut off so i was quite disappointed considering the start was ... more

      • A customer from Redditch
  • Critics' reviews

  • 3 stars out of

    Andy Tennants Caribbean treasure-hunt comedy uses Romancing the Stone as a rough template for Kate Hudson and... read more on Time Out

    • Derek Adams, 
    • Time Out
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