Fool's Gold

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The trailer for Fool's Gold (Warner Bros., 2.8.08), which showed before last night's Juno screening at the Leows/AMC plex near Harvard Square, promises a coarse, idiot-level romcom in the vein of Jewel of the Nile and Romancing the Stone.

You can tell right away from Hudson's food-throwing-on-the-yacht bit that director Andy Tennant hasn't lost his knack for over-emphasis. I can only presume that people like myself are going to hate most if not all of this. That seems to be the general idea, at least. Matthew McConaughey, the reigning king of the empties, costars with Kate Hudson, who has made nothing of any consequence since Almost Famous.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 18, 2007 at 12:33 PM

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Craig Kennedy says ...

This combination sounds almost as bad as the BFCA and VH1

Posted by Craig Kennedy at December 18, 2007 1:17 PM

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vansmith says ...

king of the empties!! and thats a helluva of a kingdom he's got..

Posted by vansmith at December 18, 2007 1:19 PM

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p.Vice says ...

So are there any movies coming out in 2008 that might actually be good?

Posted by p.Vice at December 18, 2007 1:23 PM

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JHRussell says ...

At least it is being dumped into the right month, the dead zone that starts right after the Oscars...I can't stomach either of them.

Posted by JHRussell at December 18, 2007 1:25 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

I think Romancing the Stone deserves more credit than being tagged 'idiot-level'.

Posted by jeffmcm at December 18, 2007 1:26 PM

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vansmith says ...

i read the link from last year, you buried mathew and all the other frat dudes and buddies but im glad you took paul walker off the list, paul walker has something, its like a manic anger thats just underneath, he could do all of mark wahlbergs roles.. needs a new agent.

Posted by vansmith at December 18, 2007 1:38 PM

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Le Samorai says ...

the only thing that could save this from becoming 2008's version of 'the big bounce' would be the presence of ray winstone.

Posted by Le Samorai at December 18, 2007 1:45 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

The last movie to costar Ray Winstone and Donald Sutherland was COLD MOUNTAIN. How the mighty have fallen.

Posted by BurmaShave at December 18, 2007 1:56 PM

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the king says ...

"How to lose money with two worthless actors"

"How to make a lousy movie with two empty stars"

Posted by the king at December 18, 2007 2:03 PM

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swordandpen says ...

I was about to say. Who looked more embarrassed to be in this movie? Winstone or Sutherland? And Sutherland's made his share of bad movies for the paycheck.

Posted by swordandpen at December 18, 2007 2:07 PM

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actionman says ...

To be fair, it didn't look as bad as I imagined (I loathe Kate Hudson, my least favorite actress by far). It looks like a jokier version of Sahara, if that's possible. It sort of screams "dvd" though...

Posted by actionman at December 18, 2007 3:19 PM

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Pinko Punko says ...

The pack on my back is aching- the straps seem to cut me like a knife

Posted by Pinko Punko at December 18, 2007 3:20 PM

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Sean says ...

"The last movie to costar Ray Winstone and Donald Sutherland was COLD MOUNTAIN."

True, but I bet this is the first movie to costar Spud and Theo Huxtable.

Posted by Sean at December 18, 2007 3:24 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Yes, since all of Malcolm Jamal's scenes were cut from TRAINSPOTTING.

Posted by BurmaShave at December 18, 2007 3:27 PM

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Undercover Brother says ...

First off, I'm going to have to slap Jeff for comparing this stunning piece of shit to "Romancing the Stone." That's just stupid. Maybe "RTS" isn't exactly "The African Queen", but it's a very entertaing piece of 80's Hollywood. I'd be thrilled if Zemekis would re-embrace the enthusiastic style of adventure/comedy that he had then. As it is he seems inthralled with stiff eyed CGI people.

Second, if I thought McConaughey and Hudson could be in anything more worthless and reduce my already sewer level opinion of them both, I was wrong. This really does look like something to commit suicide to. These two are more than ready to be sent off to sitcom land. That being said I'm sure it will make $95 million stateside, spawn a sequel and another reunion of these two hacks 5 years from now when they're once again desperate.

Posted by Undercover Brother at December 18, 2007 9:07 PM

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Terry McCarty says ...

You can tell right away from Hudson's food-throwing-on-the-yacht bit that director Andy Tennant hasn't lost his knack for over-emphasis.

I can't bring myself to watch the trailer quite yet (but know I'll see it played in Pacific Theatres lobbies), but maybe Kate's trying to do a homage to her mother's performance in Garry Marshall's OVERBOARD.

Posted by Terry McCarty at December 18, 2007 11:03 PM

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jbf81 says ...

Does anyone her think that Kate just throwed her career in the garbage after a good start in Almost Famous? As soon as she hit the late 30 she will be without work. I actually thought that she would have a better career.

Posted by jbf81 at December 19, 2007 6:14 AM

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DavidF says ...

As great as Hudson was in Almost Famous, it's fascinating to look at how Sarah Polley turned it down for precisely this reason.

Now Hudson is starring in third-rate romantic comedies while Polley is directing indie movies with Oscar nominations (I'm betting)....

and kudos to defenders of Romancing the Stone. Aside from "The Going Get Tough" the Jewel of the Nile doesn't have much going for it but that first film is a great piece of mid-80s fun. No one involved owes an apology for it.

Posted by DavidF at December 19, 2007 7:00 AM

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