“Fool’s Gold”

Rating: 5/10

Starring:

Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena

The Plot:

Ahoy! Matthew McConaughey’s pecs have earned yet another screen credit.

McConaughey stars as Finn, a lovable surfer dude who’s looking for a bout of not-so-fool’s gold. He’s after the Queen’s Dowry, a loot from 1715 with enough gold to fund a small city.

Kate Hudson plays Tess, Finn’s newly ex-wife. As they struggle with their relationship, they find financial support in the form of multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland) and his Blackberry-toting, room-temperature-IQ boasting daughter, Gemma (Dziena).

The Good:

There are very pretty landscapes. For a second, I thought I’d stepped into a Bond film, with the exotic location, the crystal blue seas, and enough guns to make “Rambo” look tame.

Escapism at its best, it was wonderful to snuggle into my warm theater seat and pretend for 1 hour and 50 minutes that I was in Key West.

The Bad:

I really tried, but I couldn’t believe in the story. Seriously, can one guy drag an anvil that’s anchoring him to the ocean floor several feet before he finds a gun to shoot it off with? Remember, he’s underwater.

Or how about later when he climbs up a flying Cessna with his bare hands? I’m sorry, but they’re going to have to do more than that to get me to believe he’s acquired monkey qualities. That and he needed a haircut. Maybe that was the monkey link …

The Lowdown:

I didn’t expect much from this movie. I even counted the minutes until I saw McConaughey’s naked torso (15!). And while I actually enjoy Kate Hudson in chick flicks, there was no way I was going to connect with her character and feel sorry for her; she has sexy man-candy and is “forced” to live in Florida.

Just because a casting director slaps these two together again does not make another “How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days.” Bad try, but nice abs.