Fool’s Gold
Release Date : 8 February 2008 (USA)
Director : Andy Tennant
Synopsis :
Ben ‘Finn’ Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a modern-day treasure hunter searching for the legendary Spanish treasure “Queen’s Dowry” that was lost at sea in the Caribbean in 1715. Finn is totally obsessed with finding the gold treasure, even to the point of losing his wife, Tess (Kate Hudson). Presently, Tess is in the Caribbean working as a steward on a yacht owned by millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland). Tess is divorcing Finn and wants to sell the salvage boat so she can go back to college and finish her degree. After 8 long years, Finn finally finds a piece of a broken plate from the sunken treasure ship. Finn now needs another ship to search for the treasure so he smooth talks his way on board Nigel’s yacht. Finn is able to convince Nigel and his ditzy daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) to join him in his quest for the treasure. Tess is once again pulled into the hunt and joins the new treasure hunters.
My Comment
This movie try turn a romantic comedy and action packed thriller, but fails. The script was written like a sinetron (that they call in my country :P) that jumps all over the place. The problem with “Fools Gold”. It’s just so predictable. You can even see in the trailer how the movie ends T_T. i think the movie was little bit cliché. Fool’s Gold is a comedy which did not produce me any laughs ,the action scenes are not exciting and the villains from this movie are so stupid.
Youtube Trailer : “Fool’s Gold”
