Ein Schatz zum Verlieben

A pleasantly nautical adventure film. I think it fulfilled its purpose to entertain, to amuse. Although Kate Hudson's allusions to the great sex with Finn get tiresome over time. Some of the jokes are on the boundary between funny and awkward. But I still like the way Tess passes out plates and beats Finn. 3.5 stars. (28.10.2010)

A summer cinema somewhere near the sea, comfortable seating, good food by your side and a exotic drink in hand, and maybe then you can fully enjoy Fool's Gold. In a relatively cool temperate zone, howerver, this endeavor is truly uninteresting and clichéd. Andy Tennant captivates the audience with his direction only twice or thrice throughout the whole film. There are a few successful jokes here and there, but the whole thing looks incredibly clichéd and worn out. Even help the fact that Matthew McConaughey has a bigger chest than Kate Hudson can’t save it. It's not completely stupid and if you expects lower middle class entertainment, you’ll get exactly that. A simple summer snack. (01.05.2008)

Ach ja, warum ist der Rest des Films nicht so schwungvoll, einfallsreich und witzig wie sein Anfang? An der ersten halben Stunde habe ich nichts zu bemängeln. Sie beginnt mit der perfekten Bootsszene (Wo ist das Boot? – Ich habe es gefunden. – Wo ist es? – Du wirst es schon herausfinden.). Dann kommt die witzige Geschichte mit der Kette und dem Anker. Der Hauptheld schleicht sich auf die Yacht von Donald Sutherland ein und trifft seine Tochter. Das Problem ist der Rest von Ein Schatz zum Verlieben. Ja, der Rest mit der Schatzsuche. Mit der langweiligen Schatzsuche. Das nachlässig gemachte Finale mit dem Kampf auf dem Friedhof und der Konfrontation von verschiedenen Figuren hat mich fast gar nicht mehr interessiert. Man kann sich den Film aber ruhig einmal anschauen. In diesem Fall ist er mehr oder weniger harmlos und schmerzfrei. Ich bewerte ihn gleich wie Sahara – Abenteuer in der Wüste = zweieinhalb. Eine sehr angenehme Musik von George Fenton. (27.09.2011)

Matthew McConaughey is a pretty cool guy, and even though directors often rely on his sex appeal in movies, I think he's a great comedic actor. This is evident in the movie "Fool's Gold", where his co-star once again is Kate Hudson, which is not really a win for me personally, because Kate is one of the actresses that I find very hard to tolerate. "Fool's Gold" is mainly a movie that doesn't rely on her acting abilities, but rather on the fact that she looks absolutely perfect in a bikini, if you happen to like petite women who don't have much else interesting about them. What is it actually about? What else but treasure. Finn (Matthew McConaughey) is a treasure hunter who doesn't have much luck. He has been searching for a lost treasure for a long time, but he can't find it. When it finally seems like luck is on his side, he runs into problems elsewhere. He doesn't have a boat and in the end, he even loses his wife Tess (Kate Hudson), who divorces him because he is basically a nobody who can only scuba dive. I won't go into detail about the great happy ending the film has, I would rather mention what else is wrong here. There are quite a few caricature-like characters in the film who are not funny, maybe only Donald Sutherland is pleasantly foolish, which is also reflected in his film daughter, who is a wonderfully useless character. There are more of them in the end, but we have to accept that when searching for treasure, there must be someone who follows you, because there are always at least two people searching for treasure. "Fool's Gold" is once again a too long film that doesn't offer much. You definitely won't be falling over laughing, just like you won't be rooting for the main couple to get together, rather you will suffer with a silent hope and wish that one of them would die. Well, just imagine the ending yourself. And if you have any marital problems, go on a treasure hunt, where everything will be resolved. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/11/deja-vu-fred-claus-oko-dravce-penelope.html (02.03.2013)