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All That Glitters Isn't Fool's Gold

Posted Feb 8, 08 3:29 PM CST in Gossip,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Fool's Gold reunites Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, to less-than-golden effect. Playing off the name of their successful 2003 collaboration, Michael Rechtshaffen of the Hollywood Reporter snipes that the "soggy, listless" adventure comedy "could have been called How to Lose an Audience in 10 Minutes."

The treasure-hunting flick "isn't merely bad—it's so desperate that the actors can scarcely conceal their contempt for the material," says Scott Foundas of the Village Voice. And who can blame them? "Fool's Gold is the sort of knockabout 'romp' in which folks clunk each other over the head with shovels," writes Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman. "It's the dialogue that clunks most painfully."

Sources Metacritic, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly

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In this image released by Warner Bros., Matthew McConaughey portrays Ben "Finn" Finnegan, and Kate Hudson portrays Tess Finnegan in a scene from "Fool's Gold. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Vince Valitutti)   (Associated Press)
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