I have already reviewed this film twice (theatrical and Blu-ray) and I am not sure there is much more to say. Fool’s Gold is an example of what happens when you try to stuff too much into a romantic-comedy, ultimately turning it into a damn near two hour movie when it really should have been only 80 minutes, and at that length it may have actually been tolerable.
Let’s watch the trailer and together we will see what is wrong with this movie:
- “Don’t get me wrong, you’re like a son to me.” “Dad, I am your son.”
- Falling off the bar… She’s okay!
- “Sentencing you two to six months… hard marriage.”
- Dropping girl on floor
- Peeing in the sink
- Beating via baguette
- Taking the toilet seat
These are the clips from the film Fox felt would get the audience into the theaters. It worked to the tune of $78 million. These people should be put on suicide watch because they obviously hate themselves. Oh, and this trailer didn’t even have the scene where Ashton puts popcorn down his pants, nope, that gem was saved for a second preview.
This film is here simply because it is an absolute borefest that makes zero goddamn sense. If you watch closely you can actually see this film falling apart as each frame passes until the end arrives and you are in utter shock at what is left of the film that started a mere 100 minutes ago.
Talk about needless films. Yeah, see, let’s make us a ’20s style football comedy. It’ll be a humdinger. Yeah, thanks Clooney.
