Making Nicolas Cage's National Treasure hunter seem like a rocket scientist in comparison, McConaughey's Ben seems to have trouble walking and talking at the same time.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 15, 2020

The players are all poorly constructed stereotypes of cooler characters that many will remember from better movies.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Nov 28, 2020

While the latest McConaughey/Hudson pairing is far from worthless, you'd have to be a fool to find much gold in this tedious and lifeless cinematic outing.

| Original Score: 1.5/4.0 | Sep 8, 2020

No spark, no romance; just silly action, limp performances, and a dud of a payoff -- if, that is, you can stay awake.

| Feb 3, 2018

Both McConaughey and Hudson look less interested in the material than cashing their checks and taking in the Bahamas sun.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 6, 2014

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Fool's Gold is a decently charming movie, not a bad couple of hours diversion (once anyway) especially if you come across it while channel surfing, but not much more.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 22, 2011

The comedy, though, is broad and only mildly effective and the banter lacks edge and wit.

| Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: C | Oct 18, 2008

Yo-Ho-Ho hum.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 1, 2008

Just because these two pretty people flirted and pratfell well once, doesn't mean they can do it again--especially when they're trying to do it with such a clunker of a script on their hands.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Sep 8, 2008

As fluffy and mindless as its promotional materials may have indicated...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 28, 2008

I Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated Hated This Movie!!!!!!!!!

Full Review | Original Score: .5/4 | Jul 22, 2008

The film's final half hour does feature some decent action though, but by that point, you don't really care.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 11, 2008

...more silly than romantic, more frantic than comedic, and more busy than adventurous.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 12, 2008

Surprisingly enjoyable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2008

[T]he frequency with which people are shot or drowned wears away at any attempts the film makes to be frothy or screwball.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 1, 2008

Matthew McConaughey, whose continuing Hollywood career deserves a separate chapter in any future book by Richard Dawkins on the non-existence of God, is reunited for this romcom caper with Kate Hudson, herself uncompromisingly abysmal in everything.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 18, 2008