Review of Gold (2016) by Jack H — 21 Feb 2017

My pick for most underrated film of 2017 so far.

This review of Gold (2016) was written by Jack H on 21 Feb 2017.

Gold has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Gold

Review of Gold (2016)

By Nyle R (17) on 08 Jun 2017

Nothing amazing, but it's a good way to burn a Friday night. Well scripted and well acted…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Conrad T (467) on 30 May 2017

Nothing close to breath taking in the Indonesian forest as well as in the NYC broad rooms full of crocs…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Craig R (226) on 04 Sep 2017

What could have been a fascinating film about one of the greatest precious metals scandals of modern times was deeply scarred by countless…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Brad S (2,657) on 25 May 2017

Gold tries really hard to strike it rich, but it comes up a bit short as it's buildup unwinds…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Lezee (801) on 04 Nov 2017

Treasure hunt meets the wall street! Loosely based on the real. It's both a treasure hunt film, and a wall street tale…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Mo B (326) on 29 May 2017

Some good moments but flat overall. Few nuggets in this one! A tad racist too…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Keemt (24) on 24 Aug 2017

Way better than The Big Short (which was pretty good). How can people not love this movie…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Scott J (1,156) on 31 May 2017

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

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By Pablo A. Scholz (320) for Clarín (492) on 10 Oct 2017

A kind of frenetic roller coaster ride, where we can never be completely sure of what will happen next. [Full review in Spanish]…

Read Review

Review of Gold (2016)

By 3Ebfan511 (96) on 27 Aug 2017

The Wolf of Wall Street meets the Treasure of the Sierra Madre...if you like adventure films, or any kind of get rich quick scenarios you will…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Condemned (2007)

By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 26 Apr 2007

The Condemned, directed by Scott Wiper (appropriate last name), is a bad rip-off of the 2000 Japanese sensation Battle Royale and the 1932…

Read Review

Review of Music Within (2007)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 Feb 2017

Sheen is often the saving grace of Music Within, thanks to an aggressively profane wit that gives an otherwise tapioca-bland story a little edge…

Read Review

Review of 1776 (1972)

By Mark D (2,239) on 07 Jul 2012

Although the first half is kind of bloated and pointless at times, it gets better, more dramatic and focused as it goes along…

Read Review

Review of Sid and Nancy (1986)

By Anomaly . (75) on 13 Nov 2012

Maybe if I was a Sex Pistols fan i'd appreciate this a bit more, as it stands though, it was nothing but screaming and vomiting for 2 hours…

Read Review

Review of Uptown Girls (2003)

By Jeanne Aufmuth (581) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 11 Aug 2003

Can two lonely hearts come together as one, rendering them Best Friends? I don't care, and neither should you…

Read Review

Review of Gotti (1996)

By Mithun L (17) on 15 Jun 2011

There's so much story here and yet this is almost free of story, what the hell…

Read Review

Review of Lean On Me (1989)

By Tiffany E (27) on 27 Oct 2007

I love it when freeman calls himself batman…

Read Review

Review of A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

By Al D (70) on 24 May 2010

[size=2]If you decide to take a little trip down to the movie rental store you can avoid renting [i]A LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN[/i]…

Read Review

Review of Boy A (2008)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 Jun 2014

See the Holocaust trivialized, glossed over, kitsched up, commercially exploited and hijacked for a tragedy about a Nazi family…

Read Review

Review of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 09 May 2019

For a film that was supposed to give us the girlfriend's side of the story and how she dealt with it, We weren't given anything new or insightful…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews