Finally, we have the return of the team that first matched wits in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. Wait a minute. Has anyone actually been waiting for these two to be reunited? I am sure there are a few of you who have been, and there really isn't anything wrong with the two stars.
The problem is not so much them or their presence, it is the fact that the story is terrible and never takes off and does anything. It is another one of those cases where the pitch meeting sounded great and the executives all jumped on board, only to discover when putting said concept into practice there was very little to tell. The end result is a film burdened by an overabundance of subplots and a lack of narrative cohesion. It isn't awful, per se, but it is most definitely forgettable.
It is that time of year again; with Valentine's Day right around the corner the theaters will be welcoming a plethora of romantically themed films. We have already had a couple with 27 Dresses and Over Her Dead Body. The latest is Fool's Gold. This time out, rather than add in supernatural or wedding-obsessed elements, they toss in a little action/adventure (and I mean a little). The combination of the love/hate romantic element, with the dissolved marriage angle, and the introduction of adventure, with the treasure hunting thread makes the movie come across as the child of You, Me and Dupree and Sahara. However, it has none of the meager charms of the former while containing none of the entertaining Indiana Jones-lite adventure of the latter.
As the movie opens, Benjamin Finnegan (McConaughey), Finn to his friends, is off a small island in the Florida Keys with his partner, Alfonz (Ewen Bremner). They are on the ocean floor looking for old treasure on a hunt being funded by a rapper called BiggBunny (Kevin Hart). Meanwhile, Tess (Hudson) is working as a steward aboard a yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), who is seeking to reconnect with his tabloid magnet daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena). There is one other side-player to note, Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone), Finn's mentor in the treasure-hunting game.
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