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Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.

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Gold boasts an impressively committed performance from Matthew McConaughey, but it's just one glittering nugget in an otherwise uneven heap of cinematic silt.

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Gold | Rotten Tomatoes (1) J. R. Jones Chicago Reader [Matthew McConaughey's] scenes in the jungle with dashing geologist Edgar Ramírez are much duller than those in the movie's latter half. Mar 26, 2020 Full Review Gold | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Michael Sragow Film Comment Magazine Gaghan never catches you up in Wells's gold-fever dream, so the movie, like his plan, falls apart. His attempt to impose a mock-heroic template on the material, doesn't fit. Mar 8, 2018 Full Review Gold | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Gary M. Kramer Salon.com Despite McConaughey's commitment to the role, his Kenny is more pathetic than sympathetic, which makes caring about him for two hours a difficult task. Mar 3, 2017 Full Review Gold | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Matt Neglia Next Best Picture A movie that is completely hollow and only saved by Matthew McConaughey's committed performance. Rated: 3/10 Jun 24, 2022 Full Review Gold | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It's a dark comedy, a satire of capitalism gone wrong, a critique of corporate greed, and a human drama about a loser who thought he finally made it big. And moreover, the film does none of these modes well. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 5, 2022 Full Review Gold | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The maxim states that all that glitters is not gold, and that's certainly true. In the case of Gold, it's more like a shattered disco ball, promising dazzlement but delivering only a few fleeting glints of illumination. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 17, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bumbling K Beautiful depiction of a true story. Gripping till the end. Just because it takes a dig at Zs of New York, biased critics are throwing a hissy fit. Good movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/01/24 Full Review Lorry S It's worth watching if you like Matthew and you have adventure for Gold. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/05/24 Full Review Ilson Simão S Achei um filme bom, não é genial mas pra quem gosta desse tipo de filme vale a pena, não entendi tantas notas baixas Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Susan A I thought it was an excellent movie.I am shocked that it has such a low rating. My friend and I loved it! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/09/23 Full Review David R So this movie deserves a watch and significantly better ratings than it has received. Ron Howard's daughter Bryce gives a wonderful performance opposite Matthew Mcconnaughey in a take off based on the all too true story of a tiny company that cooked up their stock price on the false promise of the biggest gold strike in modern history. There's nothing really wrong with this flick unless you want to nit pick about it being perhaps a bit disjointed, and maybe a tad slow at times. Mcconnaughey has made precious few stinkers in his career and this is certainly not one of them. Ignore the reviews and give it a twirl. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/22/23 Full Review Gertrude Gerapopoliuos I'm losing all my faith in movie critics, this movie was panned and although not earth-shaking , I thought it was still very good. McConaughey was especially good as usual Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen Gaghan Director Matthew McConaughey Kenny Wells Edgar Ramírez Michael Acosta Bryce Dallas Howard Kay Joshua Harto Lloyd Stanton Timothy Simons Jeff Jackson
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Synopsis Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.

Director
Stephen Gaghan

Producer
Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Nozik, Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Matthew McConaughey

Screenwriter
Patrick Massett, John Zinman

Distributor
Weinstein Co.

Production Co
Black Bear Pictures, Living Films, Hwy 61 Films

Rating
R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language Throughout)

Genre
Drama, Adventure

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 27, 2017, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 20, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.2M

Runtime
2h 0m

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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