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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 8341
Released: June 17, 2008 |
| Our Price: $2.74 |
| Used Price: $1.40 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure- and laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny. After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen’s Dowry, a fabulous fortune that mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean in 1715. Now all he has to do is get the gold, get the girl and get going before Bigg Bunny gets him. Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch), Fool’s Gold glitters with danger, action, romance, comedy, great one-liners – and a great time to be had by all!
Description of Fool's Gold (Widescreen Edition):
The "gold" of the title refers to an elusive pirate's booty, but it just as easily could mean the sun-washed glistening shores of Florida, or the sumptuously tanned bodies of its appealing stars, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. The whole film is awash in golden highlights, and the scenery and cinematography make the experience akin to taking a tropical holiday. Hudson and McConaughey reprise the chemistry they first exhibited in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, sparking and tangling and kvetching, while all the while the audience knows, of course, they adore each other and are perfect for each other. McConaughey is a dreamer, on the trail of a sunken pirate's treasure, and Hudson his now-ex-wife, a historian who prefers life to be a little more sedate. McConaughey, as Finn, delivers impassioned speeches to Hudson, as Tess, saying, "You want history? It's in the ocean, lady!" Before you can say Romancing the Stone, Tess and Finn are grudgingly reunited in search of the booty. If the plot doesn't contain many surprises, the froth of the stars' chemistry is amiable and makes for a perfect date movie. Scuba divers may find McConaughey's antics below the surface to be wildly unbelievable and usually fatal, but in the end viewers will root for him to surface, and recapture the heart of his lady love. --A.T. Hurley
Fool's Gold (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Love the Bluray Transfer 
2009-09-28 - Lovely story. But I also loved the quality of the transfer to bluray. The blue ocean shots looked amazing! Defenetly a must have.
A Good Treasure Hunt 
2009-09-27 - I had seen this movie several times before I purchased it. I couldn't get enough of it, so I bought it. The movie has a little bit of everything in it, and I love storylines about treasure hunting. Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey are so good together, and the rest of the cast, especially Donald Sutherland and Alexis Dziena, who plays Gemma, his daughter, were perfect for their parts. I highly recommend this DVD for an evening of good entertainment.
Good condition
2009-09-13 - I received my movie quickly and it was in good condition. Definitely a good buy.
Fun movie
2009-08-19 - Not a bad movie to watch indeed. Don't know why others have given this movie a bad review, but for me, it was fun to watch. Good story, good acting and the quality of the blu ray was very good. Glad I bought it.
Fun times!
2009-08-10 - So...not an award winning film but fun and entertaining. The scenery alone is worth watching. The actors have a great chemistry and the treasure hunt isn't bad. Overall it's just a good, fun, flick.
