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

[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

A ghastly romantic comedy about a race to find a 17th-century Spanish wreck full of treasure. The film is completely dead behind the eyes.

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

Like Tess and Finn, the makers of Fool's Gold are motivated by lucre, not love.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 18, 2008

I succumbed to the very occasional charms of this fair, good-natured romcom adventure and left the screening in quite a good mood.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Apr 18, 2008

Absolute tosh. A ridiculous, unerringly tedious plot is weighed down by listless performances from a cast who clearly wished they were somewhere else, despite the sumptuous locations.

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

Fool's Gold is so predictable that seeing the trailer is essentially the same as seeing the movie.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2008

The physical spark between the two shaggy blondes that made How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days the perfect airplane movie is 20 fathoms under sea.

| Original Score: D | Feb 11, 2008

Not only do we not care about the lost treasure, their characters aren't developed enough for us to give a hoot, so nothing about this story strikes gold.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 8, 2008

It's not a complete power failure, but it's close.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 8, 2008

This movie feels very generic and very, very long; after it's over, you might need a little sunscreen for your brain.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 8, 2008

So intricate, so convoluted and so full of various character names that it becomes impossible to follow.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 8, 2008

At least costume designer Ngila Dickson didn't have to work too hard on McConaughey's wardrobe.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 8, 2008

Nothing about the movie is memorable, unless you happen to be McConaughey's undoubtedly proud personal trainer.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 8, 2008

Anything can happen -- anything except anything remotely entertaining.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 8, 2008

A semi-adventure and even less of a romantic comedy, only pretends to whip up excitement.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2008

You might even forget you're watching a movie and think you're having flashbacks to Us Weekly.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 8, 2008

It's so riddled with complications and exposition (a queen's dowry, hurricanes, libraries in Spain) you wish the audience had just been handed an appendix and footnotes that covered the boring parts.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 8, 2008

It is such a prefabricated, false-feeling, scattered and awkward stab at a romantic comedy you feel embarrassed for everyone involved and sorry for anyone who spends money on a ticket expecting a decent date movie.

| Original Score: D | Feb 8, 2008