Review of Gold (2016) by Brian H — 03 Sep 2017

If it wasn't for Matthew McConaughey, would be a horrible movie.

This review of Gold (2016) was written by Brian H on 03 Sep 2017.

Gold has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Bill W (569) on 30 May 2017

Awful movie. Waste of time and money…

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By Spangle (1,205) on 10 Jul 2017

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By Carol B (148) on 23 Oct 2017

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Matthew is the real gold I like his performance…

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A film made with craft, but also with a lot of formulas in its exploration and reformulation of the eternal myth of the (North) American dream…

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Gaghan aims to Scorsese, but ends up even away from David O. Russell. [Full review in Spanish]…

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Entertaining enough inspired-by-true-events story. Matthew McConaughey was superb as usual (and quite unrecognisable)…

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By Jeffrey A (182) on 01 Oct 2018

I'm kind of surprised this movie got buried when it came out. The story was very interesting and McConaughey was great…

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