Review of Gold (2016) by Frank L — 02 Feb 2017

A well-done time piece with a mystery pot at the end...

This review of Gold (2016) was written by Frank L on 02 Feb 2017.

Gold has generally received mixed reviews.

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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…

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By Norberto F (71) on 22 Jul 2017

Another example of an outstanding performance by McConaughey. Great story and well played…

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By Spangle (1,205) on 10 Jul 2017

A rising star in the 1990s only wind up being written off as a pretty face in the 2000s, Matthew McConaughey found the first half of the 2010s…

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By Tyranian (764) on 09 Apr 2019

Mccounaghey is great but the film is derivative and not that interesting. Shame…

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By Dhery C (59) on 11 Jun 2017

Gua nga ngerti pas detik detik endingnya pada sebuah surat yang maksudnya apaan yak…

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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]…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 15 Oct 2017

Gold has a terrific twist up its last-reel sleeve that is well concealed, pleasingly unexpected and which I wouldn't dream of spoiling…

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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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By Todd C (261) on 27 May 2017

Great flick! Although, sometimes it hit a little too close to home on portrayals of sales and experts…

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By Colton F (8) on 31 May 2017

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

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