Fool's Gold

I wasn't expecting much as I drove through the icy cold night for the screening of Fool's Gold. I don't know why. It could be that I can't watch Kate Hudson without picturing her Mom, Goldie Hawn, who I love. Matthew McConaughey I took with a grain of salt because all I've seen of him has been on E! or other TV magazine shows like Entertainment Tonight.
I hadn't seen their previous movie together and thought I'd be seeing a cute formula movie featuring two very pretty people jumping through some acting hoops and that I'd maybe get a chuckle or two out of it. Boy was I wrong!

Fool's Gold is everything it's supposed to be and more. It grabbed me from the start and didn't let go until the ending, which I was reluctant to see approaching. It's part romantic comedy and part action adventure with a solid script behind it filled with surprises, twists, turns and a lot of laughs, giggles, chuckles, guffaws, that moves at a somewhat dizzying pace.

Here is a brief synopsis, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. "Matthew McConaughey plays Ben "Finn" Finnegan, a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry--40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson) and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, "Booty Calls." Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure's whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel's yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess' better judgment, the search rekindles her love...of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finn's mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize."

What follows is from me.