Review of Gold (2016) by Tony P — 01 Oct 2018
Every now and then I am left astounded by aggregate scores averaged from so called critics and casual movie watchers. Here is one such example. A film I found hugely entertaining but received some quite poor reviews.
The film (not to be confused with the Sir Roger Moore film of the same name) stars Matthew McConaughey in the lead role as middle aged Kenny Wells. An up and down kind of character in terms of career success in mining the commodity Gold and the riches that go with it.
The film sees Wells lose money, gain in spectacularly only to see it crash away again, only to recover yet again!
Now what I like about McConaughey is how he changes his physical appearance for different movies. In this case he gained weight and wore false teeth to appear older and 'uglier'.
The film features some excellent location photography of Indonesia where Wells and his geologist strike gold.
The film zips along yet gained my interest throughout. I only wished I had seen this at the cinema.
This review of Gold (2016) was written by Tony P on 01 Oct 2018.
Gold has generally received mixed reviews.
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