Summary

Ben Finnegan, or Fin, is a treasure hunter with an obsession about the Queen’s Dowry, an 18th Century treasure that sunk and has never been found. Until now he has had his wife, Tess, helping him search for clues on it’s possible whereabouts, but she has had enough and divorces him. She hopes to return home to finish her PhD, until a clue is unearthed that sends them on their way to finding that treasure Fin and Tess are obsessed about. But does Fin find the treasure AND get Tess back?

Review

If you are stuck in on a cold and rainy winter evening and would like to bring some Florida summer into your living room, this is the film to watch. It won’t win any awards, but it will still transport you if you want it to. With Matthew McConaughey (with his shirt off for most of the movie, if that sort of thing turns you on!) and Kate Hudson leading the cast and Donald Sutherland in a support role, you can’t go far wrong when one or more of them are on screen, but it does loose it slightly when they aren’t on screen.

Many people liken it to Sahara, and I can see that connection as far as Matt McConaughey is in both, but other than that I’m not seeing it. Plus, as much as I like Sahara, I don’t find it a great film…the book is much better!

I suppose the main reason I like this film is because they go diving in a gorgeous location, and you can forget everything else as you follow the characters along their journey in the gorgeous weather! Other than that it is pretty much mass produced plastic as I like to call it!

IMDB link for more info:  Fools Gold

Where can I buy it?

Amazon links to both US and UK stores:




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