Fool's Gold really is a fool's gold!

Have you watched Fool's Gold yet?

Fool's Gold stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in a romantic comedy with a treasure hunting, action-adventure plot. Hudson plays a frustrated history scholar while McConaughey is a treasure hunter. She is in the process of divorcing him when he discovers a fragment of a plate that may lead to an 18th century treasure-ship wreck. Then their adventure begins along with the rekindling of their love.

Although there were funny moments in Fool's Gold, I was often spacing out during the movie. I think it was because the movie had so much dialog in it. I believe that they would have done a better job of "telling" the story of the treasure if they used clips, pictures, or a re-enactment rather than the lead characters' narration of what happened. It was a very long "what happened to the treasure" story which is not easy to follow with all the different Spanish characters and the convoluted plot. Also, the actors' facial expression and mannerism s were just a tad bit too trying hard to make the story exciting. It was boring and annoying.

The action-adventure part of the movie was not very exciting which failed to live up to the promising plot. Much like a fool's gold! What's a fool's gold? Well, according to Merriam Webster, it's any of various pyritic minerals resembling gold. It just resembles gold but is actually worthless, just the same with the movie Fool's Gold.