Blu-ray Review: You Like Yourself Too Much to Watch 'Fool's Gold'
I think Kate Hudson's cute, but this isn't worth it
Fool's Gold is crap and I can't believe everyone from Kate Hudson on down to the grips doesn't know it. There are problems all over the place, but the main problem is too much going on in a story that actually goes nowhere. That may seem impossible, but they managed it. Director Andy Tennant introduces us to a fleet of characters, many of which serve such a small purpose in the story that it's amazing he just didn't axe their scenes. At 112 minutes long Fool's Gold is at least 22 minutes too long. Instead of having no deleted scenes in the special features column there should have been complete characters lost to the cutting room floor.
I have heard people say that Kate Hudson has killed her career since 2005's Skeleton Key, but I would have to take it even back two more and say since How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days she has lost all box-office credibility, and based on the poster for My Best Friend's Girl, in which she stars with Dane Cook of all people, she is looking to continue the trend. Co-star Matthew McConaughey can't really say he has done much better since the 2003 rom-com that first saw he and Hudson teamed up. While Failure to Launch did quite well with audiences it bombed with critics and We are Marshall was terrible.
Yup, Kate and Matt need a career makeover and Fool's Gold didn't manage to do anything other than make it look even worse. [ ... ]
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